I tasted through many years this year through Trade tastings with agents and BC VQA wineries, the Vancouver International Wine Festival, visits to wineries, and personal purchases. I rate all the wines I taste from 1 to 5 stars. Fortunately,…
TIME Winery has had some changes over the past year. The biggest is their new winery located in downtown Penticton, where you can taste and buy their wines, but as well enjoy some food at their restaurant. Congratulations to…
I have tried and written about the wines of Evolve Cellars, located in Summerland, BC, for a few years now. But it was this latest shipment of wine I received from them that made me think that there has been…
If you have ever attended the Top Drop tastings in Vancouver, you will have experienced many 4.5 to 5 star wines according to my rating scale. I recently attended a portfolio tasting by Vintage Corks, and this tasting was in…
BC VQA wines are released twice a year; once in the Fall and then in the Spring. The Fall wines tend to show more white wines, as well as Pinot Noir, while the Spring event has more red wines. This…
We all love drinking our BC wines. Although we do have a hotter climate in the South Okanagan, we still are overall a fairly cool climate region, doing well with aromatic white varieties, along with Pinot Noir and Gamay, as you…
When you think of Australian wine and regions, you probably think of a hot climate, Barossa Valley, and maybe the Coonawarra. But what about cool climate regions of Australia? Yes, there are cooler regions in Australia where aromatic varieties like…
Kamloops is a hot place in the summer, where grapes can grow and excellent wine can be made. But it also can have very cold winters which can harm the grape vines. It is a gamble to have a winery…
The Monte Creek Ranch Winery is located just east of Kamloops in the new GI of the Thompson Valley. A region with cold winters, requires hardy grapes. Monte Creek Ranch has a variety of red and white hybrid grapes that…
My final winery visit was with Culmina Family Estate Winery located in Oliver, just around the corner from Road 13 Vineyards. I had been planning on visiting this winery since it opened but have not yet had a chance. I…