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| by: Anya Levykh | March 26, 2009 7:39 AM | comments: (0) |
The 31st annual Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival launched a few days ago with a grand ol' party at Earls on Hornby, and featuring the latest Discovery Series VQA releases from Inniskillin Wines.
Out of the five wines we tasted, I fell in love with one - the Tempranillo Icewine. No, you didn't hear wrong, I said Tempranillo icewine. Forget your Pinot Noirs, Muscats, Sauternes, etc. Yes, it's a Spanish grape that is best know for making full-bodied, ruby-red wines that smack of berries, plum, tobacco, blah, blah. But the plain fact is, this is a grape that makes an absolutely delectable icewine and Inniskillin winemaker Sandor Mayor is a genius for thinking of it.
Anya Levykh is the weekly food and wine columnist for Metro Vancouver. When not sourcing out new restaurants and bottles, she likes to test-drive new cookbooks, experiment with her own recipes (occasionally with passable results) and talk about food and drink with anyone in hearing range. Anya can also be heard Mondays on CBC Radio One’s On the Coast, discussing everything from local restaurant trends to ethical food choices and other flavourful issues.
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