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videoGismondi on...Green Growing
Gismondi on Wine publisher Anthony Gismondi comments on green winegrowing. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ FOLLOW GISMONDI ON WINE: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter LinkedIn: @Gismondionwine Website: https://gismondionwine.com/
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videoGismondi on...Bathwater
Gismondi on Wine Publisher Anthony Gismondi comments on benchmarking wines. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Threads: @Gismondionwine Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter LinkedIn: Anthony Gismondi
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videoGismondi on...British Columbian Wines
Wine writer Anthony Gismondi comments on where British Columbian and all Canadian wines are in relation to the global fine wine arena. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoGismondi on...Green winegrowing
Wine writer Anthony Gismondi comments on green winegrowing. For our tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoGismondi on...Buying better wine
Wine writer Anthony Gismondi comments on why you should become a better wine buyer. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoGismondi on...Learning about wine
Anthony Gismondi offers advice on learning about wine. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoGismondi on...Bathwater
Anthony Gismondi comments on wineries who don't taste their wines against benchmarks. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoGismondi on...Recommending Wine
Wine expert Anthony Gismondi on how he recommends wine. #wine #winetasting #learnaboutwine https://gismondionwine.com/
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videoBlind Tasting of Quails' Gate & Top Global Chardonnays
In June, Quails' Gate Estate Winery in West Kelowna, British Columbia, hosted a blind tasting of three of its top chardonnay labels amongst well-known international chardonnays and to be assessed and benchmarked by a wide-ranging panel of Canadian wine experts. We divided the blind tasting into three sessions and offer you the chance to sit at the table as the wines are tasted and, at the end of each round, when the wines are revealed, you have a front-row seat to the panel discussion. The results may surprise you. Along the way, you experience what it is like to taste blind and how talented the panel is as it works its way through the wines. What may seem like vast differences of opinion are more like taking a different path to get to mostly the same conclusions. Chardonnay is the favourite whipping boy of industry analysts, but in the end, it is one of the most widely drunk wines in the business. We take our hats off to the Stewart family and the team at Quails’ Gate for having t
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videoQueen takes King? An Insider Report on Barbaresco
Barolo has long held the title of the "King" of Piedmont wines while the softer Barbaresco is crowned the "Queen,” but with several stellar vintages of late, there could soon be another coronation, of a sort, in the wine region. Winemaker Matteo Pola visited Vancouver for the first time recently, and we took the opportunity to sit down to talk about the family winery, Fontanabianca, and the rise of Barbaresco. We'll release the full interview in September. Still, in this short clip, you will be interested to hear what Matteo says about recent and upcoming Barbaresco vintages, including his birth year wine. Don't miss the interview, join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoAurelio Montes on Carménère
Aurelio Montes's business card reads Chief Winemaker Montes Wines but also includes the title "Guardian of the Spirit." It's a tribute to Douglas Murray, a co-founder of Montes Wines in 1987. He came up with the title after emerging unscathed from a severe automobile accident in the 1990s. From that point on, the winery changed its labels to include the angel motif, the good luck charm that Murrary carried in his pocket and attributed to his ability to walk away from the accident. We asked Aurelio to take us back to carménère beginnings in Colchagua and his winery's approach to making wine from this old Bordeaux grape variety. Interestingly, the decision not to rush to market led to the creation of Purple Angel almost a decade later, a wine that became an instant gold standard for Chilean carménèreupon its release. Montes Wing's latest release is the next iteration of carménère. It is the result of planting higher up on the vineyard slope, and in Aurelio's opinion, creates another v
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videoFrom Krug and Seña to Phantom Creek Estates
One of the things we love about the Okanagan wine industry is the diversity of people coming from around the world with a large amount of work experience. The latest is Francois Mateo, whose background includes working with the famed Champagne House Krug and with Eduardo Chadwick at Seña in Chile's Aconcongua Valley. After less than a month on the job at Phantom Creek Estate Winery, we spoke with Francois to get his first impressions of the region, the wines, and his new home on the Black Sage Bench. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoRobert Mondavi's Legacy
Robert Mondavi was responsible for the visitor experience at wineries around the world today. Anthony Gismondi and Mark de Vere MW, Robert Mondavi resident expert, talk about just how revolutionary this idea was back in the 1960s. Visit us: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter #robertmondavi #winemaking #finewine #winetalk
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videoMalbec with Altitude featuring Dr. Laura Catena
We caught up with Laura Catena, fourth generation and Managing Director of Bodega Catena Zapata, at the recent Vancouver International Wine Festival, where she was inundated by malbec and Catena Zapata fans as she stood by her booth. It's no wonder they were all clamouring for her time. Laura shares her genuine charm and intense intelligence with anyone who wants to talk about wine. In our latest video, you get the chance to hear and see Laura in action as she share's the ancient journey of malbec from Europe to Argentina and then tracks its modern transformation in the hands of the Catena family, which has led to its worldwide recognition and countless accolades for the family. As the founder of the Catena Institute of Wine, a research facility created to fully understand everything about their vines, soil and climate, Laura explains why she imagines malbec has succeeded over the centuries, specifically in Argentina. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our
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videoVan Wine Fest 2023 Preview
North America's largest consumer and trade wine show, the Vancouver International Wine Festival, returns this year, running April 22 to 30, later than its usual end-of-February position on the calendar, a date it will return to next year. Another temporary adjustment for them this year is the location of the central festival event, the three-day International Tasting Room, which will be under the sails at Canada Place instead of the Vancouver Convention Centre West, though some seminars and smaller tasting events will take place there. In this video, Anthony chats with Harry Hertscheg, the Executive Director for the Vancouver International Wine Festival and Master Sommelier (MS) Evan Goldstein, this year's festival keynote speaker, and a specialist in South America, the 2023 festival theme region. Harry offers an overview of the entire festival, from how many wineries will attend, to how to buy tickets, including an offer for a free tasting room ticket with a hotel stay. At the same
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videoSella e Mosca - Sardegna
Sardinia is different. That's a line in the D.H. Lawrence travelogue, Sea and Sardinia, describing his trip to the Mediterranean island in 1921. A century later, we look at the Island's largest producer, Sella & Mosca, owners of 560 contiguous hectares or the largest single vineyard in Europe. We spoke with chief winemaker and Sardegnian native Giovanni Pinna, who shared some thoughts about three indigenous grape varieties that shout Sardegna: vermentino, torbato and cannonau. Today, we think of Sardegna/Sardinia as an Italian island. Still, the influences of its Bronze Age inhabitants, followed by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans and Spaniards, particularly a 300-year stay by the Catalans, have blended and shaped its particular expression of food, wine and culture. Join us on a trip to the crystal waters, craggy-rocked coast and wild mountainous hinterlands of Sardegna and see for yourself what D.H. Lawrence observed so long ago. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionw
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videoMarc André Hugel - Famille Hugel
Marc André Hugel is a member of the 13th generation of the famed Alsace wine producer Famille Hugel. At the tender age of 29 he is about to become the technical director responsible for all production duties at the winery. We caught up with him late last month for a quick chat about the challenges ahead and for some brief insights into some classic Hugel labels sold in Canada: Gentil, Riesling Classic and coming on fast, the Pinot Noir. This interview was recorded for the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, hosted by Anthony Gismondi. A new show plays weekly on 20 radio stations across British Columbia. It's also available on your favourite podcast platform as "BC Food and Wine Radio". For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoAll the Tea in the Cowichan: A decade of growing tea in Canada
At first, Westholme Tea Company may seem like an unusual subject for an online wine magazine, but serious wine drinkers will understand the lexicon of the serious tea purveyor, namely place, soil, aspect, elevation, fermentation and harvest times. Westholme, named for the community in which it sits, is a manifestation of owners Victor Vesely and Margit Nelleman's desire to improve their quality of life over twenty years ago. Margit, a trained chef, talented ceramicist and tea enthusiast steered them in the direction to eventually grow tea; Victor undertook the challenge to grow the tea and make it and 10 years on, they are about to double their tea bushes planted. Westholme Tea is an example of the Cowichan Valley's diverse growing capabilities and how it has attracted many people of the same mind who are looking for locally-sourced foods and slower lifestyles. For wine drinkers visiting wineries in the newly-designated Cowichan Valley sub-region, Westholme can be a place to include
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videoQUAILS' GATE - Stewarts of the Land
When we last visited Quails' Gate in the summer of 2021, one of B.C's original modern-day pioneers, the Stewart family management team was planning an orderly hand off to the third generation. The team identified innovation as essential to its survival in today's fast moving wine world. This is particularly challenging for a winery that has built its reputation on consistency and exudes a sense of establishment. The changes included a new line of wines that would be vehicles for experimentation, igniting a sense of discovery and creativity for the winemaking team [Watch: Quails' Gate: Journey of Distinction]. It was also a hedge against climate change and its effect on the vines, which were addressed by undertaking B.C.'s sustainable winegrowing certification. This summer, we continued the conversation on sustainable certification. Quails' Gate certified its vineyards in early 2022, and we set out to investigate what that means for the people, the place, and its wines. It turns out a
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videoBC Food & Wine Radio - Corcelettes Estate Winery Interview
This interview was taken from an hour-long BC Food & Wine Radio show hosted by Anthony Gismondi and recorded while on location at Corcelettes Estate Winery in the Similkameen Valley. It features Charlie Baessler, Corcelettes' General Manager, winemaker and viticulurist and Jesce Baessler, its Sales & Marketing and Hospitality Manager. Usually during our interviews with winegrowers, we have just enough time to focus on a few of the wines they make and what consumers can expect were they to visit. In this spotlight we get the opportunity to learn about the Charlie and Jesce, how they came to start the winery and how they balance an all-encompassing worklife while raising a young family in the valley. We've included recent tasting notes of their wines below. #similkameen #bcfoodandwine For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismo
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videoUnsworth Vineyards - Episode THREE
When we first spoke to Chris Turyk, Unsworth Vineyards' Director of Marketing, about telling the winery's story, he was adamant the video should also be about the people and culture of the Cowichan Valley. We noted a unique rhythm and set of values throughout the time spent before, during and after the shoot. The Cowichan has drawn people from far and wide interested in living more sustainably. When you add all that to the region's propensity for mixed agriculture, mixed farms, artisanal foods and warmish winters, some would suggest it is more like Italy's coastal Mediterranean lands than anything in the rest of Canada. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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videoUnsworth Vineyards - EPISODE TWO
Unsworth Vineyards sits inside the Cowichan Valley a coastal enclave in the south east corner of Vancouver Island. The heart-shaped region was designated a sub geographical-indication for wine in 2020. Winemaker Dan Wright and Marketing Director Chris Turyk, whose parents founded the winery a decade earlier, get into the nitty-gritty of what makes them different from the better-known Okanagan Valley region in the interior of British Columbia. We begin this video with a visit to the source of their single vineyard pinot noir on a decidedly cool climate day. For the tasting notes visit: https://gismondionwine.com/ Join our free, monthly newsletter: https://gismondionwine.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media: Instagram: @Gismondionwine and @anthony.gismondi Facebook: /Gismondionwine and /AnthonyGismondi Twitter: @Gismondionwine and @TheSpitter
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