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Moyes recommends wines from Hester Creek, Penfolds and more this fall. (Courtesy www.facebook.com/HesterCreek)

Best-value wines to sip this November

Columnist Robert Moyes suggests affordable selections highlighting the flavour of dark fruit, oak, figs and more.

 

(Black Press file photo)

Wine notes

Goodness from Argentenia

  • Oct 5, 2023

 

“There’s a snobbery about wine that sometimes intrudes, but we want people to engage with what is beautiful about wine – the story behind wine. People will be able to explore what makes a certain wine unique and why the winery thinks it’s an amazing product,” David Bain, Victoria Wine Festival director said. (Courtesy Victoria Wine Festival)

Victoria Wine Festival celebrates wine but cuts through the snobbery

More than 400 wines from around the world will be featured

  • Aug 30, 2023

 

The Okanagan’s Hester Creek Estate Winery won a handful of prestigious awards for last season’s Old Vine Pinot Blanc, and the new 2022 vintage is similarly impressive. (Image from Hester Creek Estate Winery Instagram)

Wine notes: four fruit-forward wines to enjoy this June

Monday Mag’s wine critic, Robert Moyes, gives us his “perfectly potable” suggestions

The Okanagan’s Hester Creek Estate Winery won a handful of prestigious awards for last season’s Old Vine Pinot Blanc, and the new 2022 vintage is similarly impressive. (Image from Hester Creek Estate Winery Instagram)
Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street. (Don Denton photography)

Wine notes: Fontanafredda’s Arneis light and luscious

A monthly wine column by Robert Moyes

Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street. (Don Denton photography)
Don Denton/MOnday March 16 2016 - Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street.

Perfectly Potable

Wine notes by Robert Moyes

  • Feb 8, 2023
Don Denton/MOnday March 16 2016 - Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street.
Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street. (Black Press Media file photo)

Perfectly Potable: These ‘gulpable’ selections are also easy on the pocketbook

Wine Notes by Robert Moyes

Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street. (Black Press Media file photo)
Don Denton/Tweed February 19 2018 -Wine room in house on Beach Avenue for Tweed.

PERFECTLY POTABLE

Wine notes by Robert Moyes

  • Dec 29, 2022
Don Denton/Tweed February 19 2018 -Wine room in house on Beach Avenue for Tweed.
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Sip and swirl

Popular Victoria International Wine Festival here this weekend

  • Sep 23, 2022
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Don Denton/MOnday March 16 2016 - Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street.

Zinfandels to Pinot Grigios and more

Wine Notes with Robert Moyes

  • Dec 23, 2021
Don Denton/MOnday March 16 2016 - Columnist Robert Moyes photographed at the Artisan Wine Shop on Broughton Street.
Cowichan Wine Festival

Annual Cowichan Wine Festival Features 12 local wineries

Ticket-holders receive at least three tastings at each stop

  • Aug 9, 2021
Cowichan Wine Festival
WINE NOTES: From offshore stars to Okanagan class

WINE NOTES: From offshore stars to Okanagan class

Robert Moyes dishes on reds from Italy, Spain and Argentina, and a solid-value B.C. chardonnay

WINE NOTES: From offshore stars to Okanagan class
Fairview Winery’s Goats Do Roam red blend: a clever play on Cotes du Rhone, the southern France region that inspired this wine’s style, or a shout out to the herd of goats that produce cheese for the winery? Maybe both, writes Robert Moyes. Photo fairview.co.za

WINE NOTES: This blended red won’t get your goat

Robert Moyes takes us from South Africa to Spain, Chile to the Okanagan for his latest wine musings

Fairview Winery’s Goats Do Roam red blend: a clever play on Cotes du Rhone, the southern France region that inspired this wine’s style, or a shout out to the herd of goats that produce cheese for the winery? Maybe both, writes Robert Moyes. Photo fairview.co.za
The classic California cab, Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, features luscious fruit flavours, writes Robert Moyes. joshcellars.com

PERFECTLY POTABLE: Bold reds that make you stand up and take notice

Monday wine columnist Robert Moyes weighs in on a trio of fine reds and a yummy late harvest white

The classic California cab, Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, features luscious fruit flavours, writes Robert Moyes. joshcellars.com
Black Sage offers upscale wine experiences for those with slightly more discriminating tastes. Twitter

WINE NOTES: Sumac Ridge offshoot a favourite discovery for 2019

Black Sage’s 2016 Cabernet Franc offers good value, plenty of flavour for medium bodied red: Moyes

Black Sage offers upscale wine experiences for those with slightly more discriminating tastes. Twitter
WINE NOTES: Discovering valuable Spanish gems

WINE NOTES: Discovering valuable Spanish gems

Check out the Spain section of your local wine store, recommends Monday expert Robert Moyes

  • Oct 15, 2019
WINE NOTES: Discovering valuable Spanish gems
Vino and nibblies make for delicious fundraiser for The Belfry

Vino and nibblies make for delicious fundraiser for The Belfry

Crush – A Night of Fine Wine, will set your taste buds tingling Oct. 20

  • Sep 28, 2019
Vino and nibblies make for delicious fundraiser for The Belfry
Hester Creek’s 2018 Chardonnay is a winner that you can order direct from the Okanagan winery, writes Robert Moyes. hestercreek.com

WINE NOTES: Hester Creek uncorks a delicious surprise

Summer whites may be waning, but this 2018 Chardonnay is worth ordering, writes Robert Moyes

  • Sep 17, 2019
Hester Creek’s 2018 Chardonnay is a winner that you can order direct from the Okanagan winery, writes Robert Moyes. hestercreek.com
Sip, savour and discover some new favourite wines

Sip, savour and discover some new favourite wines

Victoria International Wine Festival returns to the Parkside Hotel and Spa, Sept. 19-21

  • Aug 31, 2019
Sip, savour and discover some new favourite wines
WINE NOTES: Going gaga over B.C. Gewürztraminer

WINE NOTES: Going gaga over B.C. Gewürztraminer

Robert Moyes offers up some interesting late-summer vino choices

  • Aug 16, 2019
WINE NOTES: Going gaga over B.C. Gewürztraminer