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My last stop on my two-day tour of the Fraser Valley was at Taves Estate Cidery and their associated family farm. You can easily spend a whole day here if you have children as they will be fascinated by all the farm animals. They can pet and feed rabbits, goats, and more. I enjoyed petting the animals, and taking a…
Day Two of my visit to the Fraser Valley had me at the Mt. Lehman Winery. I met with co-owner and winemaker, Vern Siemens, who tasted his wines together with me, discussed his winemaking methods, his favourite varietals, and much more. The grapes are I believe all from the estate; the white grapes for sure, but do not remember exactly…
After visiting Cannon Estate Winery, my next Fraser Valley winery stop was at Singletree Winery, which is only a few minutes away. Thank you to Tourism Abbotsford for setting this meeting up for me. I met with Debbie Etsell from Singletree who poured me a selection of their wines, while I sat in one of their cabanas overlooking the vineyard….
When we talk about BC wine, many people think about the Okanagan, which does have a majority of our vineyards and wineries. But, there are other regions across BC with wineries. The Fraser Valley around Abbotsford is one of those areas. Tourism Abbotsford helped organize a trip for me to visit a few wineries and a cidery so that I…
If you look up the definition of “delicious” in the dictionary, you may see “Seaside Pearl Lover’s Lane Merlot 2020“. Seaside Pearl Farmgate Winery, located in the Fraser Valley has been producing top-quality wines and more people should know about them and enjoy their wines. The grapes for this particular wine come from Okanagan Valley. This winery makes small-production, top-quality…
In the late Fall, I interviewed a few BC winemakers about their 2022 harvest, but the wines were still fermenting in tanks, barrels or other vessels. The winemakers sounded optimistic, thanks to the warm Fall weather. But how would the wines taste? This we explored with the following winemakers at the BC Vintage 2022 media preview: Laurent Fadanni, Whispering Horse…
The British Columbia Governor General Wine Awards results came out this week and I am pleased to see that four wines from Seaside Pearl Farmgate Winery picked up Gold and Silver medals. I am tasting their Silver award-winning Interurban Cabernet Foch 2020. I am also tasting their Royal Engineers Petit Verdot 2020 (Their 2019 Petit Verdot was in the competition…
Spring is officially here so time to celebrate the sun and get out to the patio, beach, or park. With many locations in Vancouver allowing wine to be enjoyed you may want to consider bringing along a few cans of Seaside Pearl Farmgate Winery, “Daffodils to go” sparkling wine. It is 250ml so not a problem to finish by yourself….
Seaside Pearl Farmgate Winery is a family-owned boutique winery in the Fraser Valley. If you have not heard of this winery, you should make yourself familiar as they produce top quality wines; both red and white wines. Plus wine production is small volume so you need to buy quickly when you find a wine you like. I have two white…
A whole year has passed since my 2021 Wine Quiz, which was related to wines, wineries, and winemakers I was able to interact with and write about on mywinepal.com. Here is my 3rd Annual 2022 Wine Quiz. There are 10 questions gleaned from my articles this year. I hope you enjoy it!
