Wine Pairing Column in Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Hearld, Vancouver Sun

In the new year, I signed on to do a weekly syndicated wine pairing column in the Postmedia newspapers across the country, including the Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Regina…

Best Canadian Mobile Apps – Apple iTunes Lifestyle

Our team was thrilled yesterday when Apple got in touch to tell us that our free wine app has been selected as one of the Best Canadian Apps on iTunes. Thanks for all your great feedback and feature suggestions over the…

Mother’s Day Wines for Brunch and Gifts – Canada AM


Jeff and I had such fun chatting about wines for Mother’s Day this morning, especially bubblies for brunch. There’s even a “live action” shot with uncorking a sparkler. (Okay, not so much.) Later today, I was part of an amazing celebration for the fifth birthday of More Magazine. What…

Heredad de Baroja, Bellaria Assunto, Clos de Gat Best Cellar Wines in LCBO Vintages Release May 12

By Gaby Israel

The repeating question is what to do with so many wines and a limited budget. Here’s my best cellar wines list for this release as a shopping list that you can print and these are my recommendations in…

Billionaire’s Vinegar Movie with Brad Pitt, Wine Book Review Globe & Mail

It’s just been announced that Brad Pitt will star in the movie adaptation of the wine book The Billionaire’s Vinegar by Ben Wallace. Will Smith bought the rights and will be directing this production. I can’t wait to see it! Here’s my review of…

More Magazine Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with Four Women Leaders

I’ve been an avid reader of More since it first started publishing its classy, smart magazine five years ago. With the fifth anniversary, they did a complete redesign and I was happy to sign on on the wine columnist.

On Thursday, I’ll…

Tempranillo and Garnacha Red Guitar: Spanish Version of Cotes du Rhone

By Travis Oke

I don’t believe that anybody can dispute the fact that France is the King of wines – actually Queen is a better descriptor as it captures the beauty of French wines. Probably the Italians will argue the point, because they like to,…

Graffigna Malbec, Hartley Pinot Noir, Seghesio Zinfandel: Best LCBO Wines Vintages Release May 12

Here are my top picks from the May 12 Vintages Release. You can also get all 69 of my Best Value Wines and Top Rated Wines for red, white, rose, sparkling and dessert wines that encompass many price points, styles and regions….

Best Wine Apps in Food & Drink and iPhone Life Magazines

The elegant essayist James Chatto names three of his favourite wine sites in the latest issue of Food & Drink Magazine. We’re thrilled to be one of them and he also mentions our mobile wine app with the bar…

Whole Chicken in a Crock Pot Recipe Paired with Chateau des Charmes Aligote

The “I’ve got too much to do and not enough time to do it” Blues

We’ve all had days like that! On a day when you can’t spend a lot of time in the kitchen, can’t be checking on things, can’t be doing multiple steps,…