Tag: Wine
Forget Beaujolais Nouveau – try a Cru Beaujolais wine instead
Today is Beaujolais Nouveau Day and I’m not going to drink any. Instead, I’m going to enjoy a lovely Cru Beaujolais, which is one of the most underrated (and therefore greatest values) in the French […]
Celebrating Tempranillo Day with a virtual cooking class and wine tasting
Happy International Tempranillo Day! I love a good Tempranillo, especially from Rioja, so I was delighted to be invited to a virtual Rioja wine tasting and cooking class hosted by Get Cooking. This was my […]
Wine Review: candy powder Crémant from Luxembourg
I visited Luxembourg in 2004 because my Contiki bus tour stopped there for lunch. I don’t remember much about it, except for seeing medieval castles on cliffs overhead. I was 19 at the time (hence the […]
How to find any wine (or beer or spirits) in Alberta
I often get asked where people can find the wines that I write about. There’s actually a really simple, quick answer: go to Liquor Connect and search for the one you want. Liquor Connect is […]
Edmonton wine lists in the COVID era
My latest wine story in the newly-minted Edify Magazine talks about the changes that local restaurants are making in light of the massive disruption caused by the COVID-19 lockdown/shutdown and subsequent restrictive re-opening. Scroll down […]
Resuming life
I tried to write this post dozens of times over the last few months. The farthest I got was a couple of stream-of-consciousness notes on my phone, thumb-tapped out when the mood struck. Nothing complete […]
My bubbly is red: Lambrusco wine story in Avenue
I remember the first time I tried bubbly red wine: I was super weirded out. It was a sparkling Australian Shiraz and while I can’t remember the producer (this was over 15 years ago), I […]
You look like a Tempranillo to me
I’m sure I’m not the only writer who looks back on their past work and shudders. Fortunately for me, everything I wrote as a fledgling writer has disappeared from the internet (along with everything else […]
Alberta Fruit Wine & Mead: Complete Winery Listing
Last updated: November 19, 2020 The following is an alphabetical listing of Alberta’s producers of fruit wine and mead (honey wine). Scroll down to the bottom for details about Alberta’s cottage winery history and legislation. […]
Signs of Spring: Rosé Wine
Everyone has their own particular signs of spring – those triggers that grab your attention and make you think, “Hey! There actually IS an end to this winter!” Of course, in Edmonton we always get […]
