The Chef & The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese Every year around this time I have friends come up to me or text me in…
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Truly: Devil Proof
The Chef and the Grape By Kristof Gillese Wine is used for celebration. Wine is used in commiseration. Wine is sometimes even used in dedication… but what…
It’s the Golden Age of wine
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese With the 2015 Vancouver International Wine Festival just around the corner my mind has started leaping ahead to…
Top Wines and Spirits 2014
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese I am celebrating my fourth anniversary in wine journalism. Only four years and yet it seems like…
Naked Wines offers amazing value
The Chef and the Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese When the good people at Naked Wines asked me to endorse their efforts, I responded as honestly as…
Lunar New Year wines blend art and function
The Chef and the Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese The challenge with many people in the wine business is that they start treating wine as…
Miss Worley’s beautiful vision
The Chef and the Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese When I called Nadine Worley, one half of the winemaking powerhouse from Mud House wines of New…
Roast Gold Beet and Turkey-Breast Salad
The Chef and the Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese The sun is shining, the birds are singing, but in Vancouver that could all change in…