Okanagan Wine Guide is a Tour de Force

By |2020-10-15T08:53:51-07:00October 14th, 2020|Latest Posts, Wine|

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve written about John Schreiner’s ‘latest’ book. But over the years there have been more than a few. I have to chuckle as I still recall John’s ‘retirement’ party, when he wrapped up his career with the Financial Post. Since then we’ve become friends and colleagues, often [...]

Malbec, Who’s Your Daddy? Prunelard (at l’Institut de la Vigne)

By |2020-05-17T19:45:32-07:00September 13th, 2014|Wine|

Prunelade: Papa de Malbec. Who knew? This week I got my nose into a whole bunch of new varieties. Actually, as it turned out, most of them weren’t that new—and some were pretty old. Just east of Toulouse, in Lisle Sur Tarn, is one of  seven regional offices of l’Institut Français de la Vigne [...]

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