Questions to ask winemakers ~ Wine Wednesday

Each Wine Wednesday we share words of advice from your favourite winos, oenophiles and beyond . . .

Questions to ask winemakers

Vancouver Sun wine writer Anthony Gismondi and Signorello Estate Wines owner Ray Signorello outline the best questions to ask winemakers at the tasting booths.

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Question of the week

The question: Want to buy wine from another province? Why the rules are (still) confusing …

The answer: It has been eight months since Ottawa decriminalized direct-to-consumer wine sales across provincial lines. That enlightened amendment to an outdated law, unanimously approved in the House of Commons, was designed to free up access to small-lot Canadian wines, many of which are not carried in liquor stores across the country. But this is Canada, where it takes more than an act of Parliament or the will of the people to break the shackles of almighty liquor boards.

Read the rest at the: Globe and Mail.

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Happy Wine Wednesday everyone!

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