Australian Wine Meets Contemporary Art

Heavy Dog Kiss by Dennis Oppenheim dominates the Barossa Valley table at Australia Unveiled. By Mari Kane, www.tastingroomconfidential.com

Art, wine. Wine, art. Where does one end and the other start? [...]

Top 5 Champagnes at Marquis Sparkling Tasting

For the past four years, the Marquis Wine Cellars has popped champagne corks to support Big Sisters of BC to the total delight of Vancouver wine sluts like me. No less than 20 bottles of sparkling and Champagnes were on offer last Saturday, most of which I will never be able to buy without winning a lottery first. [...]

J Winery Comes to Canada

Just in time for the holidays, J Wines are coming to Canada. Back in my Sonoma County days, J Brut was my favorite California sparkling and the J tasting room was just 10 minutes away. I spent a lot of time there. [...]