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It has taken me a while to get out to Penticton and visit TIME Family of Wines at their urban winery downtown, but happy to have visited now.  The winery has combined a tasting room bar and a restaurant so you can enjoy their wines on premise.  I started off my visit with a tour by Peter who told me…

The BC wine harvest was just starting as I was on vacation in the Okanagan the second last week of September.  The winemakers I spoke to noted that they are about a month behind for the start of harvest.  Wines of BC sent me this press release with more information about this year’s grape harvest in BC.  Give it a…

Canadian Thanksgiving is on Oct 10, 2022.  Have you considered what BC wine you will be pouring to go with your turkey or ham dinner?  If not, this Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars Estate Cuvée Chardonnay 2020 is in my opinion, an excellent choice.  The quality is outstanding and tastes delicious!  Buy it before it sells out.   Check out the…

With the Holiday Season coming up soon, you may want to celebrate it with BC wine.  I compiled a list of BC wineries that have special offers for you of their wines for the months of October and November.  Stock up as you can never have enough good wine.  Check in to this article over the next while as more…

2018 was a warm year in BC with a long Fall that caused our grapes to reach full phenolic ripeness.   I have two red wines from Gold Hill Winery‘s 2018 vintage showing black ripe fruit.  Buy them now to enjoy over the next few years.  My Wine Tasting Notes Gold Hill Winery Syrah 2018 (BC $42.99) This wine has 3%…

Have you tried the wines from Robin Ridge Winery in the Similkameen Valley? This small family-run winery only uses their organic estate-grown grapes. Each wine label also is named after a bird I was given a bottle of their Robin Ridge Frigate 2015 to taste. A frigate is a large sea bird that lives in tropical areas, like Florida. The…

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 a chance to try their ciders but purchased a few bottles to try at home. The View Winery is situated…

Do you love Pinot Noir and Chardonnay?  If you have not tried the wines from Spearhead Winery in Kelowna, you should.  Top quality award-winning wines.  I stopped by the winery to have a casual tasting outside.  I went through their four Pinot Noirs, one Pinot Gris, and two Riesling.  No Chardonnay today, but I recently reviewed both wines on mywinepal.com…

If you live in or around Coquitlam and want to buy BC wines, you have a new option with the opening of the Save-On-Foods Sunwood Square store.  Here is the press release by Wine Growers of BC. ~~~ British Columbia – Wine Growers British Columbia (WGBC) is thrilled to celebrate the opening of the new Wines of British Columbia Save-On-Foods…

If you have not heard, Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars did not make any wines in 2021 due to forest fire smoke, so now is the time to buy their 2020 wines.  Their Pinot Noir wines were just released.  Stock up.  Here is their press release. ~~~ Please raise a glass with us to celebrate the 2022 harvest!   Today we…