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Imagine life without potatoes, no French fries, mashed potatoes, hash browns or gnocchi. This was a reality in eighteenth century France. In 1748, France actually banned the cultivation of potatoes as they were thought to cause ailments such as leprosy, and considered to be hog feed. That was at least until Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, a French…
Continue reading TIME Family of Wines: Potatoes, Blueberries and Red Blends
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Catena Zapata’s 2018 Malbec is a great wine to have on-hand for your BBQ’s this summer, as it goes well with everything coming off the grill. This Malbec even stands-up to the heat in Chimichurri sauce, which we smothered on everything, including the burrata and grilled toasts. 2018 Catena Malbec $24.99 This wine is made…
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Do you struggle to identify particular tastes and aromas in wine? Blueberry is one aroma and flavor that I have difficulty finding when I am tasting wines. In fact, I have been waiting a long time to find a wine with blueberry notes just so that I would have an excuse to bake my favorite…
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For my last post of 2020 I thought it fitting to leave you with the Grand Vin from Gold Hill Winery on the Golden Mile Bench in Oliver, British Columbia. Gold Hill Winery is owned by two brothers, Sant and Gurbachan Gill. Sant and Gurbachan come from a long line of farmers. In the 1980’s…
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It’s hard to believe that not even two months ago wine lovers packed themselves into the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre to learn about and try new wines from around the globe. On the last day of the Vancouver International Wine Festival, I was fortunate to find myself at an intimate dinner with Laura Catena…
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Named after 500-year-old pictographs discovered on the property, Painted Rock is a beautiful estate winery located along the Skaha Bench in Penticton, British Columbia. I was fortunate to have visited this winery in 2016, but I really fell hard for their wines when I tried the 2015 vintage at the Okanagan Falls Winery Association tasting…
Continue reading Painted Rock: Rendering a new Landscape for the Skaha Bench
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I think most people would agree that deciding to sell your home is a big decision. Now, in addition to selling your home, imagine quitting an established career, going back to school in a foreign country, moving to a completely different city and buying a farm. This is essentially what Chris and Beata Tolley did,…
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If you had asked me if I liked Malbec a couple of years ago, I would have probably disclosed to you that it wasn’t one of my favourite grape varietals. I have since learned though, that Malbec is not the grape that I thought it was. It can in fact be many things: fruit forward,…
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World Malbec Day began in 2011. It is a day created by Wines of Argentina, who were tasked with establishing Argentinian wine as a worldwide brand, and Malbec has become their “global ambassador”. April 17, 1853 is thought to be the day that the president of Argentina, Domingo Faustino Sarmienot, sent Michal Aime Pouget (a…