Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of Vitis, the magazine of British Columbia’s wine culture. It’s no secret that wine country is in a bit of a crisis right now. For the second year in a row, a brutal winter freeze has devastated vineyards and, as Vitis was going to press, everyone was anxiously awaiting […] The post Hopeful signs in a season of crisis appeared first on VITIS .
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Fifty years ago this spring, on May 24, 1976, the wine world was stunned when two California wines beat their top French counterparts in a blind tasting that famously became known as the Judgment of Paris*. Several events are being held in commemoration, including a US$3,500-a-head dinner at The French Laundry in Napa. If you […] The post The future of wine is clairet appeared first on VITIS .
It’s no secret that, here at Vitis, we love wine. We love its aromas and flavours, we love supporting the people who grow it, make it and serve it, and we really, really love nerding out about obscure wine-soaked factoids. Most of all, though, we love the way wine brings people together. For millennia, wine […] The post Come on over and raise a glass appeared first on VITIS .
Last year, due to circumstances beyond my control, I barely made it to wine country and I have to tell you, this is not a situation that makes me very happy. So this year, I plan to go as often as I can, to reconnect with all the people I love and to savour all […] The post On the road again appeared first on VITIS .
