Exploring Wine

When many people think about wine trails, the first thing that comes to their mind is Napa Valley and the beautiful state of California. To be certain, there is a lot to see in this particular area of the country. If you are limiting yourself to this area, however, you’re really overlooking some of the [...]

Long considered a producer of inferior wines, British Columbia is now being recognized as a wine making powerhouse. British Columbia wine dates back only 140 years when Father Pandosy set up the first vineyards at the Oblate Mission near Kelowna. Nineteen twenty-six saw the first commercial vineyards and a winery that sold to the general [...]

Most of Canada’s wine making is associated with British Columbia, and justly so. In the last 20 years the wines of British Columbia have become world-class competitors. But wine is almost made in all of Canada’s provinces, often under much more difficult conditions. And many of these small family businesses are beginning to produce award [...]

Wine is produced in almost every state in the USA. According to the American Vintners Association: “There are now more than 2,700 bonded wineries in the United States. Most are farm-based operations, providing significant economic benefits to the rural communities in which they are located. More than 80 percent of these wineries are truly cottage [...]

In the US, California is justly famous for its wines. So famous, in fact, that it comes as a surprise to some to find out that New York has long been a serious competitor in terms of quality. Wine making in the New York region goes back centuries. Ten thousand years ago Ice Age glaciers [...]

North American Wine Regions: Oregon Among the AVA (American Viticultural Areas) in Oregon we count the Willamette Valley, Umpqua, Rogue and Illinois Valleys and parts of Walla Walla and the Columbia Gorge shared with Washington. Making wine in Oregon continues to be a challenge, owing to it’s largely rainy climate, limited hours of sunshine, cooler [...]