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I get asked this all the time, "are BC wines as good as those from other parts of the world?"We never know how good we really are until we compare ourselves to others or retell stories around the dinner table or soccer field.Today, many of the people who shape the wine world were born well after this decidedly Canadian story.In the fall of 1972, there was an eight game hockey series called The Summit Series; Canada's best versus the best of the Soviets. The Cold War was in full swing, communicat …

I don’t want what everybody has, I love things that are hand build, have a story a real human behind them. Google Magnus Walker, watch this Youtube video. Or a Singer Porsche. Owning a wine shop is the perfect venue for me, I get to showcase people and families who have great story to tell, one bottle at a time. I am also a realist and we need to also have wine in the shop that people recognize - I get it. Maybe, just maybe I recommend a wine that is so cool that this …

Is it a great song, is a great piece of art, is it a breathtaking Mountain View, is it a great bottle of wine that speaks of place and tells a story?Inspiration comes, or for me hits you in many forms. I had just finished eating breakfast at The Dutch Pancake House and I was paying my bill.Mellencamp song came on the radio, I was tapping my foot lip syncing the words a gentleman sitting at the table in front of the cash out desk asked me if I play a musical instrument? I said so long ago it d …