Category: Red Wine
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Chateau de Fauzan Minervois
A lazy Friday on the couch, doesn’t mean you have to have a lazy kind of wine! So do what I did, and get yourself a bottle of this delicious little number. Chateau de Fauzan 2013 Minvervois is a blend of Syrah (mostly) and Grenache from the Languedoc region of France. Known for its…
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A List of Wines to Drink in 2015
Well these wines might not be NEW, but they are the picks of 5 top wine experts in the city. I attended ‘Excitement in a Glass’ during the Vancouver International Wine Festival in February to learn what a team of Masters of Wine and Sommeliers were drinking. Here are a few of my favourites from…
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Learning about Australian Shiraz
The Vancouver International Wine Festival is always a great annual event in Vancouver, BC. And this year was especially good with Australia being the theme country. I’ll admit, I don’t often buy Aussie wine out of having other worldwide favourites, so I wanted to use this as an opportunity to discover something NEW about the…
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Rich bolognese with Fortissimo from LaStella Winery
On a cool evening I was craving comfort food. I was craving a Bolognese sauce and pasta (my favourite). So I found one that was easy and extremely flavourful – from Jamie Oliver. I paired this rich and flavourful dish with an equally intense wine. Fortissimo 2008 (a take on a super-tuscan) Notes of Cassis,…
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What wines I’ve had
Here’s a list of some red wines from 3 very different wine regions I have enjoyed lately… Haywire Syrah 2012 – dry yet juicy with medium body and tannins, with red fruits, and a hint of the farmyard (don’t let that scare you, think hay, earth, and well…farmyard smells!). It had an essence of old world,…
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Passionate wine made in BC
So it’s no secret I love wine. And it should be no secret that some of my favourites are made right here in BC. Yes BC. We have come a long way in the wine industry. Not only are winemakers making better wine than 20 years ago, they are producing wine that really reflects…
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