Playhouse Wine Festival begins!
BC is the theme region, so let's celebrate! The Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival began on March 23rd, and continues at several venues during the rest of the week. BC Wine Lover has been anticipating this festival for some time as the "theme region" for this year's fest is the British Columbian wine region. Bring on […]
Wild Goose Makes the News!
One of our favourite wineries, Wild Goose Vineyards, was named 2009 Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year by Wine Press Northwest magazine: In today's world, red wines get most of the ink. They are sexy, they generally fetch higher prices, and they create more buzz among "serious" wine lovers. Yet making great white wine is […]
Tom Doughty on making wine & BC’s winemaking community
This is second part of BC Wine Lover's interview with Tom Doughty of Campagnolo Wine Bar. Tom makes his own wine, Montague Cellars, and he describes his Three Barrel Merlot which he produces with watchful support of Ian Sutherland (Poplar Grove, Monster Vineyards). He describes a tight knit community of winemakers in the Okanagan, and […]