Local. Proper. Canadian. Wine.

Some random discoveries and bits:

Local:

Heard a new band today...East Vancouver boys, the Boom Booms:

Proper:

A friend (who is also a known oenophile) came over for dinner not too long ago and brought a nice bottle of Cline wine from a recent trip to the States.  We served the Cline with dinner that very night.  This q & a from Martha Stewart (November 2011) made me glad we did!

(From an article entitled See, Sort, Savour: Here's how to get organized and start pouring when guests bring a jumble of bottles to Thanksgiving dinner.)

" Truly Special Reds

These typically arrive with a story attached and should be accorded an extra measure of reverence.  As a courtesy, open them (and taste them in the kitchen to make sure they fit in and to find out what the fuss is about), and then place them on a silver wine coaster within arm's length of the donor."

Canadian:

Leah McLaren made me laugh when she wrote about Kate Middleton in a recent Chatelaine:

" Like Kate herself, Canada is young, clean-cut, uncontroversial, solvent and staunchly middle-class.  A bit of a goody two-shoes, perhaps, but we make up for it with upbeat small talk and unfailing good manners"

Ha!

Wine:

Then to celebrate the same oenophile friend who brought the Cline, we went to Chambar in downtown Vancouver on her 40th birthday.  There, we discovered a new wine.  It's my new favorite...