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Week in Review
Thursday, June 25 2026
06 · 25We Are Better Together
B.C. wine is no longer just a regional niche—it's a premium-driven, home-grown market where consumers are buying fewer bottles, but better ones, and increasingly choosing local. It remains to be seen what lobbying against and heavily taxing the import wine business, while protecting local producers, will do for the future of B.C. wine. At some point, if we continue to diminish the value of the import sector, we could end up with a market built on protection rather than competition, which is always bad for wine. We look forward to highlighting the best wines in the market, no matter their source. After that, it’s up to you to decide what to drink. Enjoy the summer.
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Contributors
by: Geoffrey Moss MW
Summerland Strong
Like all British Columbians, we're devastated by the news out of Summerland. The entire Gismondi on Wine team sends its thoughts to the community and to everyone across the Okanagan affected by the Bald Range wildfire. It's far too early to speculate about any long-term impact, and we shouldn't. The focus now is on immediate help, with wineries and an entire community evacuated. Charitable donations matter, but so does something simpler: supporting affected businesses...Read More ...
Cheese Pleaseby: Allison Spurrell
2026 Best Canadian Cheesemonger
At the end of April, Joe and I went to Montréal to attend SIAL. SIAL is a large food show that occurs every two years in Canada, and alternates between Toronto and Montréal. This year, they hosted the second edition of a Cheesemonger Competition. Well, you might ask, what is a Cheesemonger Competition? You need to cut some cheese if you work in a cheese boutique, right? Well, there is quite a bit more to it...Read More ...
From the TreveHouseby: Treve Ring
Indigenous Italian Grapes
It is estimated that Italy has around 590 native wine grapes identified so far, with a few hundred distinct varieties still waiting analysis and classification. Ampelographers (experts who study and classify grapevine varieties) anticipate there will be about 1000 native - or autochthonous, or indigenous - grapevines when all the work is complete. Of course these aren’t all just popping up out of the ground, though the area is known to have wild vines for millennia...Read More ...
