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Van Westen Makes Wines with Va-Va-Voomnew

Speed in acquisition is the name of the game with Van Westen Vineyards' wines.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  12-17-2007  |  Food+Drink

Seven Gift Ideas for Thirsty Gourmandsnew

Books for wine lovers, including John Schreiner 's Icewine: The Complete Story and Rosé: A Guide to the World's Most Versatile Wine.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  12-10-2007  |  Food+Drink

8 Wine Treats for the Holiday Seasonnew

If there's any pliancy remaining in your seasonal budget, come along and look at a few new treats and treasures.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  11-19-2007  |  Food+Drink

South African Wines Worth the Pricenew

The wines range in price from $11 to $45, so we grabbed one of each of those as bookends.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  11-12-2007  |  Food+Drink

Whisky Cocktails Even Snobs will Drinknew

Let's pick up where we left off, whisky-wise. Scotch is Scotch, rye is Canadian, bourbon is American and Irish is spelled with an "e".
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  11-02-2007  |  Food+Drink

A Whisky Refresher, and a Reinvention of Sortsnew

Whisky's back, with a bright new look and an attitude that says fun is the name of the game.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  10-12-2007  |  Food+Drink

Out on a LImb with New Grapesnew

Coming across a bottle of Gray Monk's Siegerrebe a few weeks ago got me thinking about Kerner, Albariño, Gros Manseng, and Cannonau. A little digging and there they were.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  09-21-2007  |  Food+Drink

Absinthe, eh? Canadian, eh?new

Absinthe's bad rep lead many countries to ban it -- enter enterprising distillation iconoclast Frank Deiter of Okanagan Spirits, one of the world's smallest distilleries but with perhaps one of the world's largest portfolios.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  09-14-2007  |  Food+Drink

Rich Sicilian Reds Put Warmth into Fallnew

There are plenty of reds, despite the fact that white-wine grapes are still Sicily's largest plantings. Perhaps the most promising variety is the ubiquitous nero d'avola, which takes to oak aging successfully.
The Georgia Straight  |  Jurgen Gothe  |  09-07-2007  |  Food+Drink

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