It’s Fall now. We can’t hide from it, so time to embrace it with red wines. I’m tasting Church & State Wines, Cabernet Franc and Merlot 2017, with the grapes coming from the Okanagan Valley. 2017 had a hot summer…
Today I have 3 seemingly unrelated wines, and they are. Sometimes when you are tasting wines for review, you have single bottles and no pairing with other related wines. So today is a bit of a mix of wines. One…
Here are two big red wines from Gold Hill Winery from Oliver in the South Okanagan. Both are Merlot based. Their Gold Hill Merlot 2014 coming in at 16.1% alc, and their Gold Hill Cabernet Merlot 2017. It is interesting that…
It’s definitely summer time with all the sun and heat! I’m not complaining, but thinking about which wines would be nice to drink on these hot days. I have 2 BC wines for you; a white from Harper’s Trail Estate…
I have been telling all my readers about the quality of wines coming from Kamloops. The 2020 All Canadian Wine Championships just announced their winners, and Kamloops wineries have brought in more medals. Here is the press release from the…
I have been fortunate to receive the latest Rosé and Pinot Gris wines from Harper’s Trail Estate Winery in Kamloops. Tasting them, I can say that they are made for summer drinking. If you need some place to visit in…
I’ve really enjoyed tasting through Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery‘s flight of newly released wines, and now I’ve reached the summit. One of their top tier wines is known as the SUMMIT. This fantastic red wine is a blend from their top…
With these challenging times, it is good to be able to take some time to be grateful for those people around us and the country we live in. I am grateful that all my family and friends are symptom-free and…
I had not heard of Chateau Argadens before but I see from their fact sheet they are part of the Sichel Family, which is of course very well-known in Bordeaux. From their fact sheet, “The original name of this property,…
Osoyoos Larose is the first BC winery that was formed in 1998 by a French company, Groupe Taillan of Bordeaux and Constellation Brands Canada together to create a world-class Canadian wine from classic red Bordeaux varietals. The Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin…