Get Organized With the Social Sips 2021 Drinks Calendar
There’s a day for everything. Have you heard of Talk Like Yoda Day (May 21) or Chicken Wing Day (July 29)? Of the 365 days in a year, it’s tough to find a day that doesn’t celebrate something. That includes wine, beer and spirits! It’s why I’ve put together the 2021 Drinks Calendar. Bookmark this link because it’s going to come in handy on several occasions. This calendar is your fail-safe guide to knowing what bottles to have on hand for which holiday. To cover all our basis, I’ve included national holidays which are American holidays (of course Canada can…
Holiday Wine Guide 2020: Pop These Sparkling Wines For New Year’s Eve
Opening a bottle of sparkling wine can seem like quite a commitment, especially in 2020. This year, most celebrations are relegated to less than a handful of people. If you pop a cork, you’ve pretty much pledged to finish that…
Holiday Wine Guide 2020: Tempting Wines For Your Holiday Meal
For reasons beyond our control, Canadians are being forced to throw their holiday entertaining schedule out the window. An evening with girlfriends, a neighbourhood open house, an office Christmas party – it’s all cancelled! Some may sigh in relief while…
Holiday Wine Guide 2020: The Best Wines to Gift
Wine is paradoxically one of the easiest and most difficult things to give as a gift. It can be a thoughtless, grab-and-go, hand-it-over absentmindedly in a wine bag kind of present. Or it can be an impactful buying decision, with…
How To Become a Champagne Expert
If you went into a wine shop today, could you confidently pick out a bottle of Champagne to buy? I ask whether it’s with confidence because for the amount of money a single bottle costs, shouldn’t you know what grapes…
Holiday Wine Guide 2020: 4 Special Wines Under $25
It’s hard to buy anything of a certain quality these days for less than $25, let alone a wine that makes its way from another part of the world. Depending on where you live, a bottle travels through several hands…
Holiday Wine Guide 2020: How To Set Yourself Up For Success
Are you someone that preps for the holiday season weeks in advance? Or do you a fly by the seat of your pants and hope to have an ounce of sanity left by December 24th? I’m somewhere in between the…
Best BC Wines Of 2020: 10 Outstanding Bottles That Stand Out From The Crowd
Despite all the bad things that came at the world this year, some of us have been lucky enough to experience silver linings. Never in our lives will we get to spend this much quality time with our children. We’ve…
How Love Led Us To Road 13 Chenin Blanc
Road 13 Chenin Blanc is one in a million. Scratch that, it’s actually three in a million. Road 13 Chenin Blanc, made from grapes grown on vines that are more than half a century old, is vinified three different ways.…
10 Of The Most Confusing Wine Terms Explained
Reading about wine or attending a wine tasting can sometimes feel like visiting a foreign country, grappling to understand a different language. I try to avoid too much ostentatious wine speak on my blog. My goal isn’t to show off…
It’s Quesava Time! Wines To Pair With Naturally Gluten-Free Poppers
I’m no stranger to food restrictions. I’ve been gluten-free for a decade and mostly planted-based for nearly two years. Those food paths have inadvertently made me a more curious and adventurous foodie. While I love a good session in the…
