I love Pinot Noir and was very excited to try the latest Pinot Noir from Okanagan Crush Pad. The grapes for this Pinot Noir, from Okanagan Crush Pad’s Haywire wine, come from the Secrest Mountain Vineyard in Oliver, BC. The…
I think I found my favourite, or one of my favourite, rose wines for our COVID-19 summer, and it’s from Okanagan Crush Pad. Their Narrative Rosé 2019, made from the Pinot Noir grape. I also tasted their Pinot Blanc and…
Rhone Grapes Do you know which are the main grapes grown in the Rhone Valley? Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Viognier and Roussanne. Syrah is making a mark for itself in BC’s Okanagan Valley. Some say that it could be our signature red…
Probably one of the first iconic wines of BC has to be Black Hills Estate Winery’s Nota Bene. This iconic wine is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary and Black Hills Estate Winery wants to throw a big party on July 17,…
Yesterday I was tasting the Gamay grape two ways from Okanagan Crush Pad‘s Haywire wine label. I tasted the Haywire Gamay Rosé 2019 and Haywire Gamay 2018. The Rosé was fermented dry using native yeasts in a mix of both stainless…
How would you like to do a guided virtual wine tasting from the Champagne region in France or with someone in Napa Valley, California? You can on June 17 through the “Wine on Earth Taste-A-Thon”. Here is the press release…
Okanagan Crush Pad has a few different labels that they produce wine under. I think they like being able to produce different styles of wines through these different labels. Two labels are Narrative and Haywire. They describe Haywire as “Haywire…
Are you seeing the forest or the trees? An airliner or a bird’s eye view? General or more specific? That is what I wondered as I tasted these two bottles of Pinot Gris by Okanagan Crush Pad’s Haywire Wines from…
We all like a good sale. A sale on wine is better. And a sale on Italian wine is excellent! I checked the SALE section on the BC Liquor Stores website and saw 6 pages of Italian wines on sale. …
The last two wines that I’m tasting from Dirty Laundry Vineyard are Big Reds; a Cabernet Sauvignon and a Bordeaux blend. Nothing dirty here. Lots of fresh fruit flavours in these two wines. Great aromas and flavours. Let me tell…