Category: Pinot Gris

Have you tried the wines from BC’s Red Rooster Winery lately?  This winery has been around for over 25 years, located on the Naramata Bench.  Check out the new wine labels for the winery.  I quite like the watercolour-like texture of the rooster.  I received three bottles of “Pinots” from the winery: a Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and a blend…

BC wineries are quite accomplished at producing quality, aromatic white wines.  I have two aromatic white wines from the Okanagan coming from the Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris grapes.  They are the Hester Creek Estate Winery Old Vine Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris wines from the 2025 vintage.  2025 was a fantastic vintage for BC Okanagan wines.  The white wines…

With our brilliant blue sky, green leaves on our trees opening, and robins singing, it is time to enjoy BC white wines.  Here are two that I received from Township 7 Vineyards & Winery;  their Provenance Series, Blue Terrace Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2025 and their Provenance Series Pinot Gris 2025.  2025 was a fantastic year for BC grapes and winemaking…

I’ve been tasting and writing about Chardonnay recently, so I thought I would change things up and write about some other wines.  I received several wines from Vancouver Island’s Blue Grouse Estate Winery and decided to start with their Rosé 2024 and their Pinot Gris 2024.  These are from estate grown grapes and select partner vineyards.  Vancouver Island is really…

We are back to estate grown BC grapes for the 2025 vintage.  It was a great year for our wine grapes, producing a bumper crop for all vineyards.  I have two white wines from Okanagan’s Hester Creek Estate Winery; their Hester Creek Estate Winery Character White 2025, a white blend containing Gewürztraminer, Viognier, and Pinot Gris, and Hester Creek Estate…

Easter is this weekend and you are wondering what wines to pair with your holiday meal.  I would like to suggest that a rosé wine pairs well with everything.  Rosé wines typically have high acidity and nice red fruit flavours that are very complimentary for many dishes.  I also recommend an aromatic white wine.  These wines usually have higher acidity…

Have you heard about the Fraser Valley‘s latest winery opening?  I attended the soft opening of Chapter Estates Winery, located in the Langley area.  They have a vineyard at the winery, plus a restaurant so you can enjoy wine and food.  A great way to have a weekday or weekend escape.  Here is some background information about the winery, my…

Alsatian wines are a vibrant expression of terroir, tradition, and typicity, where the label is a map to aromatic precision and regional pride.  Nestled between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine River in northeastern France, Alsace is a region where geology and climate intersect to produce some of the world’s most expressive, aromatic white wines. The area is protected by…

2023 was a little challenging for BC wineries with reduced yields (~34 to 56 percent loss) coming from a winter cold snap.  Harvest was a little later as the growing season was a bit cooler, with a dry Fall.  How did that affect the wines in the Okanagan?  I have a small sample size of two wines to review for…

In case you haven’t heard, Okanagan’s Blasted Church Vineyards is having a case sale on their Renaissance wines from now till Dec 14.  I’m tasting two of their Renaissance series wines I received.  Hatfield’s Fuse 2024 and Pinot Gris 2024.  Both wines are made in BC, but use grapes that come from Washington state, to cover our cold winter snap in…