Across the spectrum of wine tasting, it is always challenging to find an experience that will appeal to both the novice wine drinker and the oenophile. Corner 103 has managed to do just that providing a tasting journey of Sonoma AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) that is equally educational and enjoyable.
The story of Schramsberg Vineyards in the Napa Valley is a long and intriguing one—so much so, it celebrates two ‘histories’, and with it a fantastic blend of both old and new.
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The term “dining experience” is bandied about quite a bit, especially in foodie circles. But what is the difference between a dining experience and just dinner? AdVINEtures found out when we recently were treated to the fun and delicious dining experience that is EVOO Cannon Beach Cooking School.
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Dominus, the Greek word for master, is also the name of one of the greatest red wines produced in California and fits right in with top class wines from across the world. It gets highest respect and some very high scores from numerous wine writers, from Britain’s Jancis Robinson to America’s Robert Parker, including some 100 point scores.
AdVINEtures writing about a craft brewery? What?? The craft brewery movement across North America is too big and culturally too important to ignore. The current estimates point to craft beer accounting for 10% of production by volume in the United States. On the West Coast, where the movement finds its stronghold, big craft brew cities like Portland, San Francisco and Seattle are estimated to have 20% market share going to the craft breweries. Elsewhere in the States, Boston and Denver are also seeing big support for the movement. The Brewer’s Association in the US has a goal of 20% market share by 2020 and is trumpeting the mantra “20 by 20”. Stats for Canada are a little harder to come by but by appearances we should be close. Certainly Vancouver has become another stronghold for craft brewing with, at last count, over 60 craft breweries in the metropolitan area.
If you follow the financial markets (my own personal guilty pleasure) you cannot escape having noticed the brutal decline of the Canadian dollar. In less than a year the Loonie has gone from nearly par to its present value of around $0.75 to the US dollar. That means our purchasing power of American goods has eroded substantially in just one year. If a year ago you somehow knew that events in the currency market would unfold as they did, would you have bought a ton of American wines with your highly valued Loonie before it crashed 25%? At Advinetures, we sure would have!
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