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As part of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration held in Niagara-on-the-Lake were lunches. I was lucky to be able to attend the Peller Estates i4C Taste of Terroir. A multi-course lunch with Chardonnay from around the world. This is the first time I visited Peller Estates, and I must say that their tasting room and restaurant is quite spectacular….
In my previous article, I divided BC’s emerging wine regions into a warmer and a cooler side. In this article I would like to concentrate on the cooler side, which for me covers the Salmon Arm and Lake Country areas to the north of the Okanagan Valley. Lake Country is warmer than Salmon Arm, which is to the north of…
BC’s emerging wine regions is rather large and encompasses different climates and terroir. From my tour to the region, the places that I visited I think can be divided into two sub-regions: the hot west, and the cooler northeast. There is still an area to the southeast that I did not visit on this trip, so cannot comment on its…
Everyone knows about the Okanagan Valley as a wine region, and some may also know about the Similkameen which is on the southwestern edge of the Okanagan, but what about BC’s emerging wine regions, covering the Kootenays, Lillooet and Thompson Shuswap? I had a chance to go on a trip hosted by the Wines of BC to visit Lillooet and…
At the i4C+ Celebration on July 21-23, 2017 there will be 59 cool climate chardonnay producers; 25 wineries from Ontario and 34 from around the world. There will be 2 wineries from BC too. And as I mentioned in my previous article on the i4C+ Celebration, while the focus is Chardonnay there will also be Pinot Noir, Gamay, Cab Franc,…
If you have not heard of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration, held in the Niagara region in southern Ontario, it is something not to be missed. The i4C+ Celebration started in the summer of 2009 with some Ontario wine makers celebrating their success at the 2009 Cellier Wine Awards in Montreal. These wine makers believe in the renaissance of…
In my previous article, Lunessence Winery Winemaker’s Cut and More, I introduced you to one of our newer wineries Lunessence Winery & Vineyard. They sent me 9 wines in total to try. I wrote about 5 of their wines in the first article, and now the remaining 4 wines here for you to enjoy. I am amazed that there is…
Finally, the sunny, warm weather is with us here in BC. Winter was dreadful, but now we can get out on the patio and enjoy some freshly vinified BC white wine. The 2016 harvest was very good in BC and produced wines with good flavour character and acidity. Recently I attended the Bloom BC VQA Spring Release Tasting and tasted…
This is my second year attending Top Drop Vancouver, where small-scale producers from around the world show us their hand crafted wines. According to Top Drop, “Our focus is terroir-influenced, handcrafted wines, and the people behind them. W e believe in the importance in farming one’s own fruit and/or being constantly engaged with grape-growers to ensure sustainability and a high…
It’s Spring. We should be putting on our shorts, getting out on the patio and enjoying some wine, cheese, fresh seafood, and some grilled lamb chops. These wines from the latest IVSA should fit the bill. White and Sparkling Wines Beau Joie Champagne Brut NV, France (~$120) – Nice strawberries and lees on the nose; medium intensity. Dry, high acidity…
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