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This Champagne House needs little introduction; in a nutshell, the Taittinger family has managed this House for nearly a century. In 1915, a young officer from Paris, named Pierre Taittinger, was assigned as chief of staff to General de Castelnau, who was based at the Château de la Marquetterie, in the heart of Champagne. Pierre…
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Here are more great wines for the festive season, or any season really! 2024 Broad Daylight $25.99 Broad Daylight is a blend of 69% Pinot Gris, 14% Muscat, 11% Viognier and 6% Arneis. The grapes were hand harvested from the Home Vineyard and the Moon Curser Vineyard on the Osoyoos East Bench, as well as…
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What’s better than great wine? Great wine on sale! Blasted Church is making it easy for wine lovers to stock-up for the festive season with their big holiday sale, on now through December 14th. The sale applies to all Renaissance Series wines. Here are the sale details: There are savings in numbers, so get your…
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Did you know that at this time last year Moon Curser Vineyards was sold to new owners? You may recall that Chris and Beata Tolley opened a winery in 2004. The land they purchased was an old orchard and the winery was named Twisted Tree after the old, gnarly cherry trees that used to grow…
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What are your thoughts on entry level Bordeaux? Which ones would you recommend? This week I had the opportunity to taste the 2022 Château DAVIAUD. Château DAVIAUD is produced by the Sichel Family, a Bordeaux label you may be more familiar with. Maison Sichel, now seven generations deep, was first established in 1883 as an acquisition office…
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Have you tried La Linda wines before? La Linda is a label under Bodega Luigi Bosca, which was founded more than 100 years ago. One of its founders, Leoncio Arizu arrived in Argentina from Spain in 1890, settling in the Luján de Cuyo area of Mendoza. Just over a decade later, Arizu partnered with the…
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There is no doubt that the winters of 2023 and 2024 were particularly challenging for wineries in British Columbia, with the winter of 2024 being the most devastating. Fort Berens, located in Lillooet, BC, unfortunately did not escape these winters unscathed. In January 2024, following what began as a relatively warm winter, a cold snap…
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Have you tried low alcohol or non-alcoholic wines yet? If so, what did you think of them? Have you found any gems? Last weekend I made pesto for pizza using garlic scapes from the garden and tried pairing it with Yalumba’s 2024 Y Series Lighter Chardonnay. This was my first time trying a low alcohol…
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Aasha Wines is a winery that almost didn’t happen. Gaurav Puri is the head of emergency medicine at a hospital in Toronto. He was introduced to wine while he was doing his residency, but his passion really developed whilst traveling and tasting his way through different wine regions around the world. This passion eventually inspired…
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Red Barn Winery belongs to the Iconic Wineries of British Columbia (IWBC) portfolio, which includes wineries like CheckMate, Martin’s Lane and Mission Hill. Red Barn Winery produces small lots of unique wines, making only about 1000 cases each year. What really distinguishes Red Barn from the rest of the IWBC portfolio though is their free…
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