La Dolce Vita March 26, 2015 A Night At The Winery Honey, I’m home. That was my text message, not to my wife, but to Naramata winery owner Sal D’Angelo recently. For years we have stayed at the bed and breakfast at D’Angelo and I had arrived the evening before, intending to … [Read more...] about La Dolce Vita – A Night At The Winery
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La Dolce Vita – A Burger To Die For
La Dolce Vita November 19 2014 Should food really cause this much angst? The thought weighed on my mind as I scouted out one of the many food vendors at Spokane’s annual Pig Out in the Park event in the summer. I felt like the day a friend gave me a couple of record albums he … [Read more...] about La Dolce Vita – A Burger To Die For
La Dolce Vita – October 31 2013 From wallpaper to winemaker
La Dolce Vita – October 31 2013 From wallpaper to winemaker “How many winemakers do you think have been the very first to make wine in a new region?” I asked Mark Rattray on the day before he headed back to New Zealand, the BC wines … [Read more...] about La Dolce Vita – October 31 2013 From wallpaper to winemaker
La Dolce Vita – Give credit where it’s due
The British Columbia wine industry, at least as we know it today, isn’t so old that we should forget its great builders. Even if we don’t exactly forget them, we certainly tend to take them for granted. I’m talking about some of our long-time winemakers, … [Read more...] about La Dolce Vita – Give credit where it’s due
La Dolce Vita Sept 27, 2013 – A Man, A Case Of Beer And A Truck
La Dolce Vita September 27, 2013 A man, a case of beer and a truck It’s not particularly unusual to find a bottle of wine on my desk. Friends and readers occasionally drop off something they think might be of interest, sometimes a home-made effort and … [Read more...] about La Dolce Vita Sept 27, 2013 – A Man, A Case Of Beer And A Truck