Tag: Blasted Church Vineyards

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…

The Canada Day long weekend celebration is on with picnics and bbqs and generally getting together with friends and family.  Enjoying this scene with BC wine would make it even better in my opinion.  Below is a list of BC wines I tasted recently that I think would be nice to have this long weekend.  Enjoy. A Few Suggested BC…

OMFG, Blasted Church Vineyards has made an excellent sparkling wine. It really is called OMFG and it is vintage MMXV (which is 2015) from a mix of 59% Pinot Noir and 41% Chardonnay grapes from the Skaha Bench made in the Traditional Method. The wine was disgorged on January 26, 2022.   According to the winery, to make this sparkling wine,…

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend.  Here is a list of the wineries in the Okanagan Falls and Skaha Lake areas that are offering moms something extra.  Enjoy the weekend with your mom! ~~~ Join the wineries of the Heart of Wine Country™ as they usher in a new wine tasting season. On the weekend of May 7 and 8 our…

It is Spring and I was fortunate to attend the Heart of Wine Country Spring Release Tasting covering wines from Okanagan Falls and Skaha Lake.  This is the first stand-up and walk-around trade tasting that I had since the COVID shutdown 2 years ago.  It was quite an experience to see people to talk about their wines, meet friends I…

With all the seriousness in the world happening, it is nice to be able to step away for a few minutes to enjoy life.  I have two bottles of wine from Blasted Church Vineyards in the Okanagan from their Renaissance series, their best sellers, that are easy to sip and help you relax a bit.  One is a white blend…

Do you gift BC wine to others, or for yourself, during the upcoming holidays?  I reached out to our BC wineries asking what deals they are offering people for the holidays.  Here is my list. If there are any other BC wineries that would like their holiday offerings added to my list, please comment below or email contact@mywinepal.com. ~~~ Hillside…

If you were wondering about getting a selection of wines for the holidays, here is an option for you from Martin Street Liquor Merchants who will ship the box of wines to you. ~~~ Martin Street Liquor Merchants is delighted to be partnering with the Heart of Wine Country Wine Club Association to offer a carefully curated selection of Okanagan Falls & Skaha…

It was about 18 months ago since I, and other wine trade people, were able to get together and taste BC wines.  We all arrived wearing masks. Some of us with different haircuts, glasses, etc., so you may have to guess who some of the people are.  Luckily we were able to connect and share a few stories before we…

Okanagan Falls, located between Penticton and Oliver, holds, I think, a sweet spot for growing grapes and making wine.  It has long warm days and cool nights, which allow the grapes to reach full ripeness as well as keep their acidity.  The Okanagan Falls Skaha Winery Association, consisting of 14 wineries, with 32 vineyards, held a tasting recently, which I attended.  In…