Have you ever had a cider made from crab apples? I don’t think I have until today. I have two ciders from Creek & Gully Cider in Penticton. One is Just Crab 2021 and the other is Crabby Pear 2021…
2 Crab Apple Ciders from Creek & Gully in Penticton
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Welcome to Priest Creek Family Estate Winery
Have you heard of Priest Creek Family Estate Winery? It is new to me. I recently received this information about the winery that I thought I would pass along to all my readers. If you are planning a trip to…
The Latest Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris from Blue Grouse Estate Winery
Have you tried the Quill series of wines from Blue Grouse Estate Winery on Vancouver Island. Their Quill series grapes come from vineyards on the Island. The winery can pick and choose and blend the wines from these grapes to…
2 Single Vineyard Pinot Noir Wines from Stag’s Hollow Winery
I have two single-vineyard Pinot Noir wines from Stag’s Hollow Winery in Okanagan Falls. Both are delicious but are quite different in colour, aroma, and flavour. I have wines from their Stag’s Hollow Vineyard and their Shuttleworth Creek Vineyard. Both…
Take Part in Picnic + Bubbles August 21
What a wonderful idea. A Picnic for a Cause presented by Les Dames d’Escoffier BC. A fundraiser to support women in hospitality and Food Banks BC. Purchase a ticket to get a picnic for two at participating restaurants in Vancouver…
Stag’s Hollow Simply Noir 2020 and Steelhead Trout Pairing
This is one of the best food and wine pairings that I will remember for a long time. I opened a bottle of Stag’s Hollow Winery Simply Noir 2020 wine and paired it with a grilled filet of steelhead trout…
A Few Canada Day Wine Suggestions
The Canada Day long weekend celebration is on with picnics and bbqs and generally getting together with friends and family. Enjoying this scene with BC wine would make it even better in my opinion. Below is a list of BC…
The BC Wine Industry Welcomes Six New Sub-GIs
In BC we relatively quickly learned that cooler climate grapes, like Riesling, did better in the north Okanagan, and warmer climate grapes, like Syrah, did better in the south Okanagan. Similarly cooler climate grape varieties in the Fraser Valley and…
Pink Lady and Newtown Granny Apple Ciders from Creek & Gully Cider
As promised, with the start of summer and summer sunshine, I opened up two bottles of apple cider by Creek & Gully Cider from Penticton. I have their Creek & Gully Newtown Granny 2020 and their Pink Lady 2020 made…
Blue Grouse Estate Winery Celebrates 10 Years of Accomplishments
Congratulations to Blue Grouse Estate Winery for making wines and helping out charities for their 10 years of being in business. It takes a lot of work. In case you haven’t tasted Blue Grouse wines or visited them on Vancouver…