I have two more sparkling wines for you to consider for your holiday purchase. The two sparklers are from BC’s Hester Creek Estate Winery. The Hester Creek Ti Amo 2021 is a Charmat method (think Prosecco) sparkling wine, while the…
I have two aromatic white wines from St. Hubertus Family Estate Winery and their associated Oak Bay Vineyard, which I can see going very well with an assorted cheese plate over the holidays. The first wine is the St. Hubertus…
Just around the corner from Spearhead Winery is The View Winery & Vineyard. I stopped by to try their wines and to find out that they also make apple cider under the name of Wards Cider. I did not have…
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…
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…
My final two wines from Back Door Winery in Summerland are their Nice Rack White Blend, NV, a blend of Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, and Viognier, and their Okanagan Hills Estate Reserve Pinotage 2018. The white wine comes under a Stelvin…
I thought I would offer you more suggestions for wine and food pairings for Valentine’s Day. I picked two wines from the four wines I received from Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery in Creston to cook with salmon with shrimp stuffed pinwheels…
As I mentioned for my five-star wine ratings this year, COVID limited the number of events and thus wines that I could taste that came from around the world to BC. That being said, I am grateful for the BC…
This is likely the most unique wine made in BC; Mayhem Wines Fortified Gewurztraminer 2018. Gewurztraminer is generally a grape that typically offers lychee, citrus, sweet spices and more; overall a very flavourful grape. Mayhem Wines took their grapes and…
Amanda Eastwood and Jamie Smith are not puppets. For them making wine is a lifestyle, a passion and the result of a year-round creative process. Amanda is originally from France and Jamie a native of Salmon Arm. Jamie spent 11…