Why 2 Reviews of 4 Wines? I received a shipment of wines from Gold Hill Winery in Oliver, BC, over the summer and I’ve been tasting them two wines at a time and writing my tasting notes for you. Twice…
2 Reviews of 4 Wines from Gold Hill Winery
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Church & State Wines Big Rhone White Wines
Here are two more white Rhone Valley grape varieties that are made by Church & State Wines. The Viognier and Roussanne grapes come from their Coyote Bowl and Bella vineyards in the south Okanagan. The soils in these vineyards consist…
Alsace and the Rhone Valley Represented by Church & State Wines
Today I’m tasting two white grape varieties from Alsace and from the Rhone Valley, but grown in BC! Church & State Wines grows both Pinot Gris (Alsace) and Marsanne (Rhone) grapes. And have done them very well. Church & State…
A Quick Sip of the Latest Releases at Privato Winery in Kamloops
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…
Seeing the Forest or the Trees with Two Haywire Pinot Gris Wines
Are you seeing the forest or the trees? An airliner or a bird’s eye view? General or more specific? That is what I wondered as I tasted these two bottles of Pinot Gris by Okanagan Crush Pad’s Haywire Wines from…
Classic BC Bubble from Cipes Ariel 2000
What were you doing in 2000? If it was just before January 1, you were probably worrying about all our computers and anything running with a computer chip and code stops running when the clocks turned to “00”. Luckily we…
Take the BC Icewine Quiz
Icewine from Canada is famous around the world. While we did not invent Icewine, we are recognized as a world leader in Icewine production. It is amazing that you are able to get juice out of frozen grapes and the…
Top Drops from BC VQA Fall COLOUR Tasting
Every Fall we have the Colours Fall Release of BC VQA wines. Over the last year, what changes has there been to our vineyards, grape varieties, and the number of wineries? Comparing the tasting booklet from both years by the…