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Viognier is not a grape that you typically think of when you consider white wines in BC, but you should. Although the grape originates from the northern Rhone Valley, which can get quite hot in the summer, the grape does well in our Okanagan Valley, which can have cooler and hotter vintages. I have two Viognier wines from two separate…
Are you a saint? Maybe in January, starting off the New Year. But whether you are or not, and want to enjoy some fun rose wines, then Saintly Wines may be on your radar. I received these two rose wines which are made by Okanagan’s Saintly Wines to review. I have the Saintly, the good rosé 2021 and the Saintly,…
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…
I think I found my favourite, or one of my favourite, rose wines for our COVID-19 summer, and it’s from Okanagan Crush Pad. Their Narrative Rosé 2019, made from the Pinot Noir grape. I also tasted their Pinot Blanc and it is quite exciting. Both recommended wines. Thank you OCP for sending me these wines to review. The Narrative Rosé…
More new wines coming out for you to enjoy this summer! The latest is the 2018 Many Hands Rosé by Okanagan Crush Pad and sold through Everything Wine stores. And the bonus is that when you buy a bottle, $1 is donated to the BC Hospitality Foundation, which assists hospitality workers facing financial crisis due to a health condition. Each…
Bartier Scholefield‘s slogan is “Wine is Narrative“, which I agree it is, at least maybe for boutique wineries, sourcing grapes from a small region. In my previous article, BC Has a Wine Story, I talked about the story that wine tells through the terroir that the vines were planted and the grapes ripened. Bartier Scholefield’s story comes from the Summerland…
