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Tasting Rooms Can Get Ready Now–Don’t Wait
Sectors of the economy all over the province are going to be turning in plans and protocols for the government to review in the next few weeks to allow for re-opening. Tasting rooms (be they for wineries, cideries, distilleries and … Continue reading
Posted in BC Wine Industry, Health and Safety
Tagged #COVID-19, BC, beer, cider, reopening, spritis, wine, WorksafeBC
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10 Reasons to Free My Grapes
I wrote this article, Top 10 Reasons to Free My Grapes, for the September edition of Orchard and Vine magazine. All views are my own, of course.
Posted in Grapes and Wine
Tagged BC, British Columbia, C-311, canada, Grapes, laws, Liquor, wine
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“Special” Orders
Now that Bill C-311 has passed federally, the provinces are stating that they will need to “look at it”, but in the meantime provincial liquor boards are telling their consumers that little has changed. To be helpful they are … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Grapes and Wine
Tagged alchol, BC, bcldb, british columiba, C-311, freemygrapes, ILLA, ldb, liquor board, nova scotia, nslc, special orders, wine
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12 Gauge v. 12 Bottles
As some of you may have heard by now, I have been involved in the FreeMyGrapes fight to get Canadians access to Canadian wines. To that end, I purchased a 12 gauge shotgun online from Saskatchewan last week to show … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek
Tagged BC, C311, canada post, freemygrapes, ILLA, wine
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For Your Personal Consumption: The Lobster7 and the Canada3
Having just wrapped up four days in Halifax for the Atlantic Canada Wine Symposium, I was given three bottles of Nova Scotia wine to take back to British Columbia with me. I am not unfamiliar with the young industry out … Continue reading
Posted in Grapes and Wine
Tagged atlantic canada, BC, canada, jost, lobster, luckett, nova scotia, wine
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BCWineChat Turns Four Months Old
Some of you may know that I began BCWineChat on Twitter at the end of December 2011. My hope was to find an open forum for BC wine consumers, BC wineries, retailers and restauranteurs to meet, once a week to … Continue reading
Posted in Grapes and Wine, Social Media
Tagged BC, BCWine, BCWineChat, chat, consumer, food pairing, restaurant, wine, wine laws, wine retailer
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BCWineChat is Born
A spirited conversation on twitter last week about sub appellations in the British Columbia wine industry was the kick off for a new one hour weekly chat on twitter called BCWineChat. The chat, hosted under the twitter hashtag #BCWineChat, is held … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek
Tagged BC, BCWineChat, British Columbia, canada, Canadian, chat, CoverItLive, Grapes, restaurants, retailer, vineyard, wine, winegrapes, winery
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Stillness Between the Seasons
There is a time in the Okanagan Valley where the calendar says it is Fall but we’ve had our first taste of winter. Some leaves remain on the trees but many more join new skiffs of snow on the ground. We … Continue reading
Posted in Grapes and Wine, Local
Tagged BC, British Columbia, fall, Grapes, horse, kerner, okanagan, Orchard, snow, south okanagan, vineyard, winter
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Up a Tree
I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree… Yes, I have a thing for looking up a tree. All around the world. Whenever I think of it. Hanoi, VietNam
Posted in Travel
Tagged Annapolis Royal, Bay of Fundy, BC, ca, canada, france, hanoi, italy, keremeos, New Brunswick, nova scotia, paris, penticton, San Francisco, santa rosa, ste. michelle, tree, trees, Vancouver, vaseaux lake, vietnam, washington dc, Washington state, white house, wolfville
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#getabackbone
Vineyard Manager Andrew Moon extolling the virtues of Cabernet Franc. For all you Tinhorn Creek Cabernet Franc fans out there, you “get it” already.
Posted in Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek
Tagged Andrew Moon, BC, cab franc, cabernet franc, Grapes, Tinhorn, Tinhorn Creek, vineyard, wine
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Oldfield's Wanderings 