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Tickets to the Vancouver International Wine Festival events sell very quickly and you can miss out on some great events. All Festival events are very good but depend on what you are interested in doing, like attending a dinner, a seminar, or a mingler. I thought I’d give you my suggestions, based on my interests in seminars and dinners primarily,…
Here are some BC Liquor Store suggestions for sparkling wines. I particularly like the Taittinger Champagne, Bottega prosecco, and Fitzpatrick Family sparkling from BC. Check out these brilliant options to celebrate the end of the year!
In October the Wines of British Columbia sent out a brief media release about the current state of the 2019 Harvest, stating “…Despite a wetter than average September, winemakers are overcoming the challenges they are faced with right now crediting skilled vineyard management and embracing the lower sugars and alcohol levels they are seeing in the wines so far…” It…
Copper Chimney Indian Grill & Bar has been serving up tasty Indian food in downtown Vancouver for several years. I have had the pleasure of eating at Copper Chimney before and was recently invited to a food and wine pairing event. This event though was extra special as the dishes being served are dishes that Chef has created for their…
The Osoyoos Larose Petales d’Osoyoos 2016 is a Right-Bank Bordeaux blend, primarily Merlot with lesser amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec produced by the Osoyoos LaRose winery in the south Okanagan. I do not have the percentages for the 2016 vintage, but for the previous vintage 2015, 76% of the blend was Merlot. The wine is…
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 BC Wine Institute we know: there are 10 more wineries, and 299 more acres of vineyards. that Merlot, Pinot Noir,…
Road 13 Vineyards has been producing award-winning wines for quite a while. They were awarded the Winery of the Year 2018 by WineAlign. In November 2018 Road 13 Vineyards were purchased by Mission Hill Family Estate from Kelowna. So these wines will be one of the last vintages produced by the original Road 13 Vineyards family for you to try….
This is the third release from Winemaker’s CUT from Oliver, BC by Michal and Martina Mosny. I congratulate them on their dedication to these small production wines and the quality that they deliver in the bottle. They undertake sustainable farming, hand harvest their grapes, adhere to zero pesticides, low sulphur use, and let the wines develop naturally to express the characteristics of…
The Canada Day long weekend celebration is this weekend. Picnics and bbq and generally getting together with friends and family will happen. Enjoying this scene with Canadian wine would make it even better in my opinion. Below is a list of Canadian wines I tasted over the past year that I think would be fun to have this long weekend. …
The CheckMate Artisanal Winery is a project by the von Mandl family, who established the Mission Hill Family Estate Winery. Mission Hill won the Top Chardonnay in the World in 1994 at the International Wine & Spirit Competition in London. Their Chardonnay and Merlot vines, some which are now over 40 years old, are being used by CheckMate. As in…
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