Volcanic Hills Explodes Mt Boucherie

One thing you almost never see at a wine tasting is a live band, much less a six-piece combo with a horn section. But at the Volcanic Hills tasting at the Beyond Restaurant in the Century Plaza Hotel here in Vancouver, Moja was playing everything from Bob Marley to Talking Heads, and it was an epiphany. [...]

Pentage Icewine and Pinot Gris Scream Sunshine

After nine months of recalling its endless finish of mixed tropical fruit, I finally got my hands on a bottle of the Pentage 2007 Icewine. Ivana and I had tasted it last June when we visited Paul and Julie at their Penticton estate, overlooking Skaha Lake. Paul gave us barrel samples to sip as we [...]