On my recent trip to Kamloops I stopped at Harper’s Trail, Monte Creek Ranch, and Privato Vineyard and Winery. At Privato I was able to spend a few quick minutes to try the latest releases of wines with their host…
I can’t keep hushed for long. It is beautiful summer weather and it is time for us to get out onto our patio and enjoy ourselves and air our Dirty Laundry wines. I received several bottles of Dirty Laundry’s latest…
I have 3 “Bohemian” wines for you from Winemaker’s CUT in the south Okanagan to tell you about. Have you ever tried Lambrusco wine? One of the BOHO wines by Winemaker’s CUT reminds me of it. BOHO wines are a…
I attended online Part II of the BC Virtual 2019 Vintage Preview which welcomed winemakers from the Similkameen Valley, South Okanagan Valley (Golden Mile Bench) and BC’s new Sub-GI, Naramata Bench. It was interesting to hear the differences and similarities…
Crowsnest Vineyards is located near Cawston in the Similkameen Valley in south-central BC. This valley is cooler-climate with the valley running east-west and a breeze that passes through it to help give the valley it’s character. I was surprised that…
Terry Meyer Stone along with her brother JAK Meyer and their spouses, Andrew Stone and Janice Stevens have launched their new custom crush wine project called Mayhem Wines. I received a sample of their VQA wines to taste and talk to…
This is my second year interviewing winemakers in Ontario about their latest grape harvest and wine production. To get a more complete picture of the harvest I asked the following questions to three winemakers in three different grape growing regions…
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…
Privato Vineyard & Winery is about as far north as you can get in BC for growing vitis vinifera. In an earlier visit to Kamloops, I was told by owners John and Debbie Woodward that the hills to the north…
Harper’s Trail Estate Winery was the first to produce wine in the Kamloops area using grapes from their Thadd Springs estate vineyard. A vineyard that has a vein of limestone running through it. Limestone which offers calcium to the vines…