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Okanagan Crush Pad seems to be coming up with lots of small production wines, trying different things with different grapes, people, and inspiration. This article is about two of their latest wines; Haywire Free Form and Samantha Syrah. About Haywire Free Form I was immediately intrigued when I read about this wine as the wine maker’s rolled the dice and…
A Brief History of Hollick Wines Hollick Wines is a small winery in Coonawarra, South Australia. Ian and Wendy Hollick purchased a piece of grazing land on the southern end of the Coonawarra district in 1974. This small block of land was one of the original allocations in the Coonawarra Fruit Colony which John Riddoch founded in 1890. Although predominantly…
SpierHead Wines in Kelowna has been producing some quality wines since the first vintage I tasted a few years ago. At the 2014 National Wine Awards of Canada their 2012 Riesling, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir Gentleman Farmer all won Silver Medals. Their 2013 vintage wines have come out now, and I was lucky to receive a bottle of their Chardonnay,…
Okanagan Crush Pad keeps telling us that “Wine is Narrative“. Every wine tells a story. Some stories though are more interesting than others. I think the more specific a place, the more the terroir can speak through the wine. While there is nothing wrong with wines where the grapes are sourced from widely separated areas, maybe the story is harder…
Fowles WIne is a new winery for me from Australia, but I am curious to try their wines. They make a wine that is blended to match wild game meat. That is quite interesting. They also have 2 Sauvignon Blancs to try, which you normally don’t think of that much from Australia. Curious to try. Read about the winery, from…
Sitting down in a private room at Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop Shop, myself and a few other wine media had a chance to try some fantastic Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from Hahn Family Wines, a California-based winery, with vineyards in the Santa Lucia Highlands in Monterey County. I pulled wine maker Paul Clifton aside for a few minutes to…
February 19, 2015 will be the Chinese New Year; the Year of the Sheep. Haywire Wines from Summerland in the Okanagan have released their second vintage of the Lunar New Year wine. I was privileged to try their first release for this current year, the Year of the Wooden Horse. The wine was crafted to complement Asian dishes. With the…
The Christmas holidays and New Years Eve are fast approaching, and with that, you will probably be invited to parties, or invite people over to your party. But what wines to serve? I always like to have at least one sparkling wine at my parties, usually served at the start of the evening. There are a ton of choices of…
Thistledown Wines draws on its Celtic links for their logo. Established in 2010 by Giles Cooke MW, “The Pom”, Fergal Tynan MW “The Irishman” and Peter Leske “The Australian of German Descent”. Giles Cooke passed his MW first time around and has since had wine making experience in Spain, Australia and California. Fergal Tynan has extensively travelled the world and…
“The Hart House Restaurant really cares about their food and user experience”, I thought as I sat there on a Saturday night with my dining companion. The white cotton patterned table-cloth, the beautifully decorated rooms, the knowledgeable servers, the beautifully plated food, all caught my attention. I came as a guest to try their Seafood Celebration Prix Fixe menu, which…
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