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Phil Lo
Aug 293 min read
The wines of Tuscany
For many of us who were around in the seventies and early eighties, you would likely remember the Italian restaurants back then and the...
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Phil Lo
Jun 232 min read
Bordeaux en Primeur - what it is and how to buy these wines
Bordeaux, being the benchmark the world uses to measure all things related to wines, has been doing “En Primeur” every year since the...
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Phil Lo
May 122 min read
To age wine or not to age wine... that is the question
A few nights ago, I was sitting at a dinner with a couple of FOV directors. Someone asked me how to tell what wines would age and which...
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Phil Lo
Jan 283 min read
How to enhance your wine enjoyment
THE IDEAL WINE GLASS FOR TASTING To me the ideal wine glass for tasting has to have a bowl at least 6 to 8 oz in volume with a stem and...
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Phil Lo
Dec 6, 20235 min read
What Is In a Wine Label
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but we will try to cover some of the more commonn labels you may come across.
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Phil Lo
Dec 6, 20235 min read
What is in a wine label
This is the time of the year when a lot of wines are bought as gifts or for consumption for the seasons’ festivities. This piece will...
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Phil Lo
Nov 6, 20234 min read
All about sparkling wines
There are two common ways to make sparkling wines. Almost all better quality sparkling wines are made with the so-call Traditional...
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Phil Lo
Nov 3, 20234 min read
Spanish wine tour of Rioja with Vinfluence
In October, Goretti and I went on a tour in Spain. We first spent three days in San Sebastian in the Basque country of Spain by...
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Phil Lo
Sep 10, 20232 min read
Wine and food pairing basics
There are two basic approaches for pairing wine with food. One is to pair them such that the wine and food complement each other in a...
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Phil Lo
Aug 16, 20234 min read
Things to do and not do at a wine tasting
I am sure most of the members of FOV know or think they know how to taste wine. Here, I am to summarize and remind people of some obvious...
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Phil Lo
Jul 10, 20235 min read
How to build your wine cellar and maintain it
In this piece I am going to talk about issues of why, where, what, how, and budget of building your wine cellar. I hope I can give...
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Phil Lo
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Wine ratings – History and what they mean to you
I am sure you have come across 90-points, 94-, 96-point wines advertised in wine stores, in wine magazines and newspapers. You may even...
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Phil Lo
Apr 30, 20232 min read
Phil's perception of wines
Let me introduce myself. I am Phil Lo. I have been a member of the FOV uninterrupted since 1993, when my family moved to Calgary from...
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Phil Lo
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Pairing wine with Chinese food
There are Chinese food and there are Chinese food. When most people in Canada think of Chinese food, the most common type is chop suey,...
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