Wine Country

 
 
 
 
 

Festival

 
 
Vancouver International Playhouse Wine Festival's Meet Your Match is fashioned after the speed dating format, except instead of meeting a bunch of potential...
 
 
 
The Vancouver Playhouse is hosting the 2012 International Wine Festival.
 
 
 
Four-day festival celebrates the art of mixed drinks and involves many local establishments
 
 
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James Cluer

Port 101

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James Cluer: A port primer

Ports are one of the longest lived wines because they are fortified, they have the support of tannin...

 

Wine of the Week

Paul Mas Estate Single Vineyard Collection Malbec Gardemiel Vineyard 2010, Coteaux du Languedoc, France; Price: $16; Score: 88/100; Remarks: A delicious, big time value of modern Euro Malbec.

Principle wines

Yalumba Y Series Viognier tastes fresh with honey and mango.

 

Canada

wines

wine

Twisted Tree Marsanne Roussanne 2009, Osoyoos

Love the mineral, ginger, lemon, honey, nutty, nectarine, apricot flavours.

 

World

Business

Europe accounts for 62 per cent of world wine consumption, but that figure is likely to drop.

U.S. biggest wine consumer as China joins top five

U.S. consumers were the world's top wine drinkers in 2011, while China displaced Britain to become the...