Category Archives: Quebec

Regional Wine Week: Quebec wine, now ready to drink

By winecase | Published: October 7, 2008
In the same that California is no longer exclusively synonymous with wine in the United States, Niagara is no longer the only game in town for Canadian wine. Not that either place is losing its importance. Rather, it’s the growth of viticulture all over North America that is truly remarkable. After all, if Poland can [...]
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The great closure debate: Corked wines? What corked wines?

By winecase | Published: August 4, 2008
A little while a go, I worte about how Decanter had moved into the debate about corks and screwcaps by siding with the screwy side of the argument. If corked wines are a huge problem – up to 12% of wines are corked, according to some wildly flung statements -, then it is time to [...]
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Canadian wines for all occasions

By winecase | Published: July 5, 2008
I was invited for a second time by CJAD host Sharman Yarnell to do a wine-related bit on her Saturday-morging show called Showtime. And since our little chat was to air soon after Canada Day (and Quebec City’s 400th anniversary, by the way), she thought it would be a good idea to take a look [...]
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Canadians Love Wine More

By winecase | Published: June 10, 2008
While beer remains the alcoholic drink of choice of Canadians, wine has been gaining consistently over the last ten years, according to the latest figures from Statistic Canada. Between 1997 and 2007, the market share for beer has gone down from 52% to 47%, while wine increased its share from 21% to 28% (spirits went [...]
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Another Kind of French Paradox

By winecase | Published: June 8, 2008
I’ve been pondering on two separate, yet related bits of news about the world of French wine. 1. The French Government wants to make French wine simpler. Trying to compete on international markets with New World chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons, France is creating a simpler category of plonk made without any geographical obligation. Called “Vignobles de France”, [...]
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