In my almost 5 decade of wine exploration journey, I have come across a few confusions. But none took more time than the three below to...

Last weekend was Mother’s Day.  Since both daughters-in-law are now mothers and their husbands want to celebrate with them on the actual...

I just realized that I have not written any Wine Ramblings since November of last year.  I have been busy with the renovation of our...

I recently returned from a wine tour in Argentina. I am very excited to report a new age of wines is dawning in Argentina. But let me...

For many of us who were around in the seventies and early eighties, you would likely remember the Italian restaurants back then and the...

Bordeaux, being the benchmark the world uses to measure all things related to wines, has been doing “En Primeur” every year since the...

A few nights ago, I was sitting at a dinner with a couple of FOV directors. Someone asked me how to tell what wines would age and which...

THE IDEAL WINE GLASS FOR TASTING To me the ideal wine glass for tasting has to have a bowl at least 6 to 8 oz in volume with a stem and...

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but we will try to cover some of the more commonn labels you may come across.

This is the time of the year when a lot of wines are bought as gifts or for consumption for the seasons’ festivities. This piece will...

There are two common ways to make sparkling wines. Almost all better quality sparkling wines are made with the so-call Traditional...

In October, Goretti and I went on a tour in Spain. We first spent three days in San Sebastian in the Basque country of Spain by...

There are two basic approaches for pairing wine with food. One is to pair them such that the wine and food complement each other in a...

I am sure most of the members of FOV know or think they know how to taste wine. Here, I am to summarize and remind people of some obvious...

In this piece I am going to talk about issues of why, where, what, how, and budget of building your wine cellar. I hope I can give...

I am sure you have come across 90-points, 94-, 96-point wines advertised in wine stores, in wine magazines and newspapers. You may even...

Let me introduce myself. I am Phil Lo. I have been a member of the FOV uninterrupted since 1993, when my family moved to Calgary from...

There are Chinese food and there are Chinese food. When most people in Canada think of Chinese food, the most common type is chop suey,...