Author: Dirk Chan
Our first ever sale will be a three day Red Dot Sale to be held from Friday, December 12th till Sunday, December 14th
All in-store tags of wine and sundry items marked with a red dot will be discounted 10%.
SAVE EVEN MORE – buy twelve bottles and get our regular case lot discount on top of the sale price!!
Author: Dirk Chan
The Wine Spectator Top 100 wines of 2008 was revealed on Monday and the searching and buying has begun in earnest. deVine has secured many wines from this much anticipated list: See the available Top 100 Wines here..
Some of the wines on this list are extremely limited and will be gone within days, so please visit the store or order online asap to avoid disappointment. We are holding back eight wines in anticipation to the two Wine Spectator Top 100 tastings we have scheduled for Jan 15 and Jan 17/2009.
Author: Dirk Chan
104th Street continues to grow and strengthen its hold as the driving force that is attracting more and more people to the downtown core. From the City Market to the arrival of tenants into Icon 1, and the City and mayor of Edmonton striking up a ‘104 Street Vision Steering Committee’ to look into further improving 104th Street, the excitement is catching on. As community members, we were thrilled to read in the Travel Section of the national edition of the Globe and Mail on November 1, a writeup featuring several businesses on 104th Street by Katherine O’Neill: Read the Globe & Mail Article here..
Author: Dirk Chan
Every year at this time, the buzz begins as we speculate what wine will top the list of the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2008. The influential American wine publication has long cast a spell over the wine collector or enthusiast, each of us wanting a piece of the action. We secretly hope some of our wine purchases made throughout 2008 will be reinforced by the inclusion in this prestigious list. A pat on the back for having made good choices. So do you want to know what wine is #1?
Author: Ed Fong
According to the Chinese zodiac calendar, and some of my friends and colleagues, I am a Rat. I share this distinction with people like Idi Amin, Heinrich Himmler and Alexander the Great. However, I’m from the 1960 edition, which I take great comfort in as it helps to separate myself from this villainous bunch. 2008 also happens to be the Year of the Rat, and the year I chose to find the perfect pig. I consulted a Chinese calendar and found that I was not compatible with Horses, but should seek out Monkeys, Dragons and Oxen. My journey was therefore safe, though unendorsed. And so my search begins.
Author: Dirk Chan
As Thanksgiving approaches, we get numerous request for suggested wine pairings for the traditional turkey dinner. We worked with Nick Lees of the Edmonton Journal and came up with a Baker’s Dozen wines that would be appropriate. Our choices are actually not for the roasted turkey but rather the focus is on the fixings (candied yams, sweet potato, cranberries, honeyed ham etc), all of which have some degree of sweetness. A dry white is not the best since the sweet fixings will strip the fruit and make the wine taste more dry. Thus, an off-dry white wine with some sweetness is best.
Author: Ed Fong
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Author: Dirk Chan
It is not every day that one of the world’s great winemakers visit your store, but that happened this past Saturday as we were thrilled to have David Powell of Torbreck Vintners based out of Barossa here to do a sit-down tasting with us. For a winery that was established in the mid 1990’s, Torbreck (named after a forest in Scotland where David worked as a lumberjack) has had a fast track to super stardom in the Australian wine scene. A favourite of the influential American wine critic Robert Parker, the flagship wines are highly collectible cult wines that are sought the world over.
What a stellar lineup it was! Fascinating stories about how the names of the wines were derived: Woodcutter’s from David’s days as a lumberjack, Juveniles and Les Amis from famous restaurants, The Steading based on barns, stables and outbuildings, The Struie from a hill that rises from the Glenmorangie Distillery, The Pict from a tribe of Scottish warriors, Descendant build from rooting planted from the RunRig plots, and finally RunRig from the famous and legendary Scottish Gaelic Rock Band by the same name.
Author: Dirk Chan
Hard to believe it has only been since 1986 that Portugal broke the monopoly of the British shippers to start their own export of estate-bottled ports and the Quinta do Infantado (the Portuguese word for ‘prince’) was the first grower to take advantage of the new laws and start shipping to North America. The high altitude (150km) winery is located in Pinhão, on the north bank of the Duro River in the subdistrict of Gontelho with its ‘Class A’ vineyards, where the best port houses are found. Ran by the dynamic João Roseira, vineyard manager and winemaker, along with his sister Catherine Roseira, Chief Executive Officer.
Author: Dirk Chan
I find as I’m getting older that time moves relentlessly onward faster and faster. The times spent with family, friends and loved ones have to be scheduled well in advance for it to come off at all. However, once in awhile, spontaneity works as last Saturday, my friend Richard Beeken hosted an event at his place in celebration of the return of our friends Macmoud and Jody, who had been travelling the world for more than 3 years. Friends Dean, Wayne, Paulette and myself joined. This came off in short notice, and without much fanfare but what a treat to spend one of the last warm days of summer outdoors.
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