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Decanter

  • Timorasso: Piedmont’s rediscovered white
  • Chianti Classico alternatives
  • Vietti: producer profile
  • Amarone della Valpolicella 2016
  • 1996 Piedmont: A retrospective
  • See all articles on Decanter

Meininger’s WBI

  • How to succeed in British Columbia
  • The taste of climate change
  • Sangiovese throws a strange quercetin deposit
  • Meet Ontario’s wine buyers
  • Australian wine takes a step towards Italy

Quench

  • Barolo DOCG’s Bright Young Things
  • Barolo 2016 Top Picks at Nebbiolo Prima
  • You can’t have Brunello without Biondi-Santi
  • What are the Douro Boys up to?
  • Is ethical wine even possible?
  • See all articles on Quench

Taste

  • Italian Classics
  • Uco Rising
  • Inimitable Bordeaux: The 2016 Vintage Release
  • 2015 Vintage Bordeaux Release

Vintec Club

  • Breaking Down Chianti Classico
  • Nebbiolo Beyond Barolo
  • Should One Age Amarone

Westender

  • Chain restaurants upping their wine game
  • Vancouver’s sensational sommeliers and more
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  • Nitrogen fixing my vegetable garden with crimson clover! Question for all of my expert gardening friends: I sowed these seeds last fall and was expecting them to flower in April. No sign of flowers yet though. I am anxious to start planting. Will I still get the benefits if I dig the clover into the soil now without the flowers? @lincoln.clarkes . . . @westcoastseeds #westcoastseeds #crimsonclover #nitrogen #nitrogenfixer #garden #gardening #vegetablegarden #vegetables
  • They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. My affection for Montalcino is at an all-time high, particularly after tasting almost 100 2016 Brunello. Some of my top picks are pictured here. For my @decanter report, see link in my bio. A huge shout out to Western Canada’s agent community for rounding up these samples for me. And to @deargirlslovemom for organizing, cataloguing and pouring all the wines. . . . @brunellodimontalcino #brunello #brunellodimontalcino #montalcino #sangiovese #wine #italianwine #tasting #winetasting
  • Caught hustling by my husband @lincoln.clarkes All in the name of our hospitality industry. Keep moving until May 30th and beyond. My legs look a bit wonky - but it’s not how you look, it’s how you feel. . . . @bchospitality #hospitalityhustle #running #exercise #health #bchf #bchospitality
  • My brothers and I with our dear Dad (RIP) in Ontario. They know me better than almost anyone else does and I still feel 100% myself around them. Happy siblings day! . . . #brothers #siblings #happysiblingsday #siblingsday #whenwewereyoung
  • Want to visit Sicily with me? On Sat May 15th, I
  • A 360 degree deep dive into the fascinatingly complicated hills of Chianti Classico with mapping master Alessandro Masnaghetti, Giovanni Manetti - President of the consorzio and wines of course. Masnaghetti demonstrates the variations in expression of fruit and acidity through the lens of 6 Chianti Classico annata (mostly 2018) from different latitudes in the territory. Available for view on the Chianti Classico website, the interactive maps are almost as good as setting foot in the vineyards. Almost. Until I can do that again, I’ll be roaming these maps. . . . @map_man_masna @chianticlassico @predhommestrategy #alessandromasnaghetti #map #chianticlassico #sangiovese #wine #italianwine
  • Ten hours later. Moroccan lamb stew with couscous. This one will definitely go into my repertoire. Happy Easter! . . . #cooking #easter #lamb #lambstew #dinner #couscous #food
  • Last night- doubling down on local. A toast to #bcwine month with an easygoing BC Chenin Blanc from @road13vineyards and takeout from my trusty neighbourhood dining spot. Like so many restaurants over the last year, @dachivancouver has rolled with punches and found creative ways to keep feeding Vancouver’s Hastings Sunshine community. They’ve remained cheerful, optimistic and uber-hospitable throughout. That brown bag contained a delectable, perfectly proportioned, easy to assemble 5-course meal for two. Sorry, we were too busy enjoying our pastrami cured Albacore tuna etc to take pictures of the spread. . . . #eatlocal #drinklocal #bcwinelife #cheninblanc #bcwinemonth #takeout
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