At this point of my trip to Chile I had visited wineries from the Aconcagua and the Casablanca Valleys. Now I visited a few wineries closer to Santiago in the Maipo Valley, then headed south to the Colchagua Valley. A…
With the lockdown on travel due to COVID-19, I thought I’d look back at some of my trips to wine regions around the world. One of my memorable trips was to Chile in October 2009 where I toured around Santiago,…
My last 2 wines from 50th Parallel Estate Winery in Lake Country are from the Pinot Noir grape. The first is their 2017 Pinot Noir and the other is their Blanc de Noir Methode Traditionnelle 2017 sparkling wine. With the…
Do you ever drink white wine with BBQ? If not, try a big, buttery, oaked Chardonnay like this one from 50th Parallel Estate Winery. If you are still enjoying the Rosé revolution I also have a Rosé from 50th Parallel…
McArthur Ridge Southern Tor Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 (NZ $29) Shiny-new and showing a tonne of potential, this Central Otago-grown pinot noir has classic blueberry, rosehip and cherry aromatics and buckets of raspberry on the front palate. It’s refreshing…
I have two very seductive red wines for you from Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery in West Kelowna. The two grape varieties could not be more different; a Pinot Noir and a Syrah. The Pinot Noir grapes comes from the Similkameen…
Sparkling wine is always a pleasure for me to enjoy. I shared this bottle of Narrative Sparkling XC Method wine, from Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland, with a few friends on their garden patio, with the appropriate social distancing. It…
On my recent trip to Kamloops I stopped at Harper’s Trail, Monte Creek Ranch, and Privato Vineyard and Winery. At Privato I was able to spend a few quick minutes to try the latest releases of wines with their host…
I love Pinot Noir and was very excited to try the latest Pinot Noir from Okanagan Crush Pad. The grapes for this Pinot Noir, from Okanagan Crush Pad’s Haywire wine, come from the Secrest Mountain Vineyard in Oliver, BC. The…
New Zealand is well-known for Sauvignon Blanc, but are there any other grape varieties we should know about? Yes! I attended a webinar with David Keck MS (USA), John Szabo MS (Canada), Ronan Sayburn MS (UK) and Cameron Douglas MS…