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From my initial analysis of soil type with the vineyards associated with my BC Pinot Noir tasting notes using a Geographic Information System, I can see some regional clusters in BC. I also see some commonality between the most common Pinot Noir vineyard soil types and the most common Riesling vineyard soil types that I analyzed last year from my BC Riesling Review . Soil…
It’s Fall and the rains will soon be starting according to the weather forecast. How to keep yourself happy and fortified during our rainy season? Big red BC wines. I received 3 bottles recently: TIME Estate Winery Syrah 2013 TIME Estate Winery Meritage 2013 McWatters Collection Meritage 2013 Two Bordeaux blends and one single varietal bottle of big BC red wines….
O Canada! Our 150th birthday is next year, 2017, and we need to celebrate. The Vancouver International Wine Festival felt the spirit and chose Canada as the theme country for the Festival in 2017. It is not just wineries from BC that you will get to see at the Festival. There will also be wineries coming from Ontario and Nova…
The 2015 vintage was the hottest in years in BC, and recorded the earliest grape harvest of all time. The heat helped fully ripen the grapes, and produce full-bodied, ripe red wines in the Okanagan, and also the Kamloops region, where we find Monte Creek Ranch. The winery is still relatively new, with their vineyards planted in 2009. Learning about…
I love to support our BC wineries. I watched over the many years as the number of wineries has grown as well as the quality improved. Wine critics from here as well as around the world, have tasted our wines, celebrated the quality, and told others. Now you can find BC wines around the world, from Hong Kong to London….
Black Hills Estate Winery on the Black Sage Road in the Okanagan is best known for their “Nota Bene” Bordeaux blend red wine. When I was taking my WSET classes downtown many years ago, it was extremely difficult to get a bottle of Nota Bene. It sold out very quickly upon release. One class mate lucky had purchased a bottle a few…
Top Drop Vancouver is a collaboration between Vancouver’s wine industry, that focus on smaller boutique and terroir-focused wineries from BC and around the world, and offers these wines to taste at a public event, this year held at the Roundhouse in Yaletown on September 8. I was fortunate to be able to attend this walk-about event, with a glass in…
The Fraser Valley has a few wineries, but they are not as well-known as our Okanagan wineries. One of the newer Fraser Valley wineries is Singletree Winery from the Abbotsford area. Being a cooler climate area for grape growing, expect aromatic white wines. But as many of the Fraser Valley wineries do, they also bring in grapes from the Okanagan…
SpierHead Winery is one of the most consistent quality wine producers I know in the Okanagan. I am always impressed with their Pinot Noir and white wines. I recently received their 2015 vintage of Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, and Riesling wines. All 3 wines knocked my socks off. Such great quality, and fresh BC fruit flavours. Just open and pour. No…
It’s time to stock up your wine cellar for the upcoming monsoon season here in Vancouver. One winery you may want to consider is Liquidity Wines from Okanagan Falls. They recently released their 2014 vintage. Below is a press release from them. Enjoy! ~~~ Liquidity Wines is pleased to announce the release of its new wines for the summer, including…
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