Prepare your palate!
The Italians are coming...
Italy is the theme country for the upcoming 30th
Annual Vancouver Playhouse International Wine
Festival February 25-March 2 2008.
Now, I can't guarantee you'll be able to try all of the
following wines during wine fest but it will be an
outstanding opportunity to sample a broad selection
of Italian wines...North to South.
Enticing aromas of warm fruit cherry/currant/raspberry,
tar, vanilla, dark flowers and white pepper. On the
palate--smooth and earthy with juicy red fruit, leather
and spice and nice acidity. Slightly chewy and peppery
mid-palate, followed by a cocoa finish. And with an
appealing 13% alcohol you won't wake up with a wine
hangover. $17.95 +113613
Banfi Col di Sasso Cabernet Sauvignon & Sangiovese,Tuscany Italy, 2005
Cherries, tar, pretty dark floral aromas ,cocoa and
sweet tobacco notes. Juicy but reserved red fruit on
the palate with leather, dusty tannins mid-palate and
nice acidity. A well priced mid-week pasta wine!
$14.99 +344615
I love seeing those pink stars appearing on the wines
I have reviewed. Since you (the readers) are the
ones tasting the wines, you should have your input
too.
The average score will always appear and as soon as
you score the wine the results are tallied!
Effusive aromas of sweet red cherry, blueberries and
dried berries, licorice and sweet spices, dark flowers
and savory herbs. On the palate it is full and fresh with
a dusty texture, grippy tannins and a long tight
finish.
Drinking now? Decant and serve with dense or protein
rich dishes or cellar for several years. $79.99
Private stores +26179
A lovely, simple Italian wine with earthy aromas, sweet
red fruits and black cherry and appealingly rustic
tar/iodine nuances in an attractive ruby-hued liquid.
Juicy red berry and sour cherry in the mouth with warm
spiced tobacco and leathery flavours.
A wonderful weekday dinner wine for under $15!
$14.99 +222729
What's new at Vista d'Oro? Lots!
The farmgate shop has been relocated to field
level...Lee is cooking up some new edibles...Patrick is
stringing bottles from trees, paddling walnuts,
experimenting, plotting and importing?
This handmade cows milk cheese
is for those who like fromage that bites back.
This delicious cheese is made in 1.5kg drums, is
aged from 6-8 weeks and is washed every second
day in a traditional brine solution.
Creamy golden in colour with a darker washed rind...
CityFood's Special Edition-A users manual to all the
new places to dine in Vancouver. If you need to
know what's new-in-the-zoo make sure to pick
up a copy...
This artisan cheese is widely recognized locally
(especially by us wine drinkers) as it shares the name
of the wonderful Poplar Grove wines from Naramata. If
you travel through Naramata and stop at Polar Grove
you can't always get wine (it sells out quickly) but
chances are they'll have cheese...
