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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
