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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle
Welcome to Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle. Have you ever tasted a wine and been curious about its back-story? My name is Judith Lane and I will help you discover the people and places behind the...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle – Vancouver’s Wine Culture
Vancouver is on the flight path of many visiting winemakers and drinks experts. Our city is a huge favourite for most. They’re impressed with Vancouverites’ wine savvy, Vancouver’s stunning setting,...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle – Long Shadows Vintners
There’s no better way to kick off any edition of the Vancouver International Wine Festival than attending a winemaker’s dinner. The recent Long Shadows Vintners wine-paired meal at Coast Restaurant was...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle with Adolfo Hurtado, Viña Cono Sur, Bicycles,...
One of Chile’s top winemakers, Cono Sur’s Adolfo Hurtado, passed through Vancouver recently. He’s been to Vancouver several times, and I’ve had the good fortune to visit the winery in Chile on a...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle – VIADER, a Napa Valley Family Winery
On a recent spring evening, a lucky group of wine lovers gathered to taste a dozen Napa Valley wines from VIADER, one of Napa’s most enduring family wineries. Three generations of the VIADER winemaking...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle with Layer Cake
There’s a wine on store shelves with a three-tiered chocolate cake on its label that tempts at first glance. Look closer and you’ll see that it’s called Layer Cake and is a Primitivo from Puglia,...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle with Elisabetta Nonino
Every once in a while you taste a spirit that makes your pulse race and renders you legless. Nonino Grappas, which have crept into Vancouver restaurants and bars, can have that effect. What makes...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle – Winning Wines: LG Awards for Excellence in...
Every year there is palpable excitement when Government House in Victoria announces the results of the annual Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines. Twelve wines made...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle – B.C. Wines Fly Friendlier Skies
Flying just got a whole lot more interesting with the introduction of wine sampling aboard WestJet Encore flights throughout summer 2013. Encore is WestJet’s newly launched service via Bombardier Q400...
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Wine Stories: Behind the Bottle with Alpha Estate’s Angelos Iatridis
There was a time when the only Greek wines available in Vancouver were so-so Demestica and Tsantalis reds and whites, and mostly dire, drink-if-you-dare Retsina. None were very good but there was an...
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Wine Tales: Behind the Bottles with the Vancouver International Wine Festival
Wine Tales: Behind the Bottles with the 2014 Vancouver International Wine Festival By Judith Lane The most wonderful time of the year for wine lovers–the 36th annual Vancouver International Wine...
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