Spring has finally arrived and with it, new growth and warmer days. Our cover shows old vines coming back to life as the sun gently awakens them from their sleep. They are the promise of longer days, warmer nights and great wines to come. This issue we welcome photographer … [Read more...] about ON THE COVER • MAY / JUNE 2018 EDITION
Features
A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE
We are blessed to have such fertile soil, amazing grape growers and farmers, and talented vintners and chefs throughout BC. I’m lucky in that I get to know a bit about what goes on behind the scenes at many of our BC wineries. In this issue, I want to acknowledge all those … [Read more...] about A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE
Celebrating 25 Years of Wine Trails Magazine – part three of a three part series
Ron Taylor, an influential winemaker who had a long career at Andrés Wines in Port Moody, wrote a recurring column called “Reflections in a Wine Glass” beginning in 1996 on the history of the wine industry. Dr. Larry Anderson contributed a column on wine and health and there were … [Read more...] about Celebrating 25 Years of Wine Trails Magazine – part three of a three part series
The final evolution of the all too forgettable wine charms is Wine Glass Writer
If necessity is the mother of invention, saving good wine from the drain surely meets the criteria. Wine Glass Writer creator Jeannine Fradelizio recalls a party for 20 people in her Sonoma area home that left her with 90 wine glasses to wash. “Dumping wine down the drain … [Read more...] about The final evolution of the all too forgettable wine charms is Wine Glass Writer
Dames Wine
A unique winemaking project is underway in the Okanagan, as Mireille Sauvé, a member of the BC chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, oversees the creation of the “dames wine”. Dame Mireille has been visiting the Okanagan from her home base in Vancouver to shepherd this fundraising … [Read more...] about Dames Wine