Just around the corner from Spearhead Winery is The View Winery & Vineyard. I stopped by to try their wines and to find out that they also make apple cider under the name of Wards Cider. I did not have…
My final two wines from Back Door Winery in Summerland are their Nice Rack White Blend, NV, a blend of Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, and Viognier, and their Okanagan Hills Estate Reserve Pinotage 2018. The white wine comes under a Stelvin…
Today I have wines from the two signature grapes of South Africa; Chenin Blanc and Pinotage. Chenin Blanc hailing from France but has flourished in South Africa. Pinotage, a red grape, was created in South Africa in the early 1920s,…
Can BC wines age well? That is a question that has been asked for a while. A few years ago at a VQA Trade Seminar, I was able to taste a sample of aged, 10 years +, wines. The wines…
You may say that 1990 was when South African wine came on the international scene. That is the year that Nelson Mandela was released and sanctions against South Africa were subsequently lifted. Before that time South African wines were made…
Ken Forrester and his wife started their winery together with their young family; Buying a large 38 ha plot of land in the Stellenbosch region of South Africa, and working with farmers over 90 ha of scattered parcels. Ken wanted…
Two years ago I was fortunate to meet wine maker Izele van Blerk from KWV, the largest winery in South Africa, at a Trade tasting in Vancouver 2 years ago. I talked about my experience with South African wine through…
South African wines are well-known for going great with food. The wines are a mix of the Old World and the New World styles. Fruit forward, yet still restrained, plus enough structure and acidity to give you wines elegance. If…
Cornucopia weekends are chock full of activities; tasting room events, like Cellar Door Grand Tasting, and seminars like “Stars of South Africa“. I was able to attend these two events, and would like to share my experience with you, and…
I have always had a fondness for South African wines. They may not come across as fruit forward as other New World wines, but they are also not as austere as some Old World wine. They sit right in the…