Phil Lo

December is a busy month for dinner party planning for a lot of us.  This is the time of the year a lot of us are starting to think about our Christmas dinner and the wine to pair with what we are going to celebrate the season.  This piece is by no means exhaustive, but I am hoping to help you start thinking about the wine and food pairing, whether it will be a traditional pairing or are you going to venture a bit outside the ordinary. Turkey Turkey is probably the most common and traditional...

Tasting Chablis at the top of a vineyard overlooking Chablis Grand Crus. My wife, Goretti, and I spent a three-week vacation in France in October 2025.  Two of those weeks were with the Vinfluence Group for a wine tour of Burgundy and Rhone.  Then we spent an extra four days in Provence on our own in a small historical town named Arles.  We finished off in Paris for another two days before returning home to Calgary. My regular readers would have noticed that this is my fourth tour with the...

My tasting notes on the wines which impressed me the most during this trip. Read about my trip here! In Champagne At Tattinger 2014 Comtes de Champagne Grands Crus – Blanc de Blancs Golden colour.   Very fine fizz.  Nice complex and attractive nose of honey, toast, yeast, citrus and stewed fruit.  Surprisingly youthful for its age.  Still opening up.  Nice long finish. However, this is a quite expensive wine at 250 Euro. At Tienot 2015 Cuvee Origine Pale straw colour.   Nice fine fizz....