Facebook campaign seeks to reduce taxes on imported wine
The Import Vintners & Spirits Association of British Columbia (IVSA) have taken up a campaign to lower taxes for alcohol in BC. There is a good case to be made that we are supremely overtaxed here, especially on wine. For example, BC wines sold in the neighbouring province Alberta are up to several dollars cheaper […]
Water to Wine
We attended the South Vancouver Rotary Club's Water to Wine event, which was held at The Butler Did It catering company. There was a fairly extensive selection of wines to try, and some delicious appetizers to go with them! The wines we tried included Wild Goose Winery's 2006 Pinot Gris, Lake Breeze Vineyards' 2006 Pinot […]
Thornhaven Diosa Late Harvest 2006
Thornhaven Estates Diosa 2006 Yes, this is another fine wine from the folks at Thornhaven Estates Winery. I can't explain why I like the wines so much, it just seems to be the intensity of flavour in practically all the varieties produced by this winery. This wine opens with a big peachy nose, and was […]