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At the Vancouver International Wine Festival, I spent time at the International Festival Tasting room on Thursday and Friday to taste as many wines as possible. I published my Old World wine selections a few days ago and now it is time to give you my New World wine selections. New World wines are typically categorized as being from the…
Please welcome and come visit Lake Country’s O’Rourke’s Peak Cellars at VanWineFest 2022. Here is info from the winery for you. ~~~ Peak Cellars Owned by local entrepreneur Dennis O’Rourke. Dennis is long-time resident of the Okanagan Valley, having bought property on Juniper Cove Road in Lake Country in 1979. Before building a home on this land, Dennis spent many…
It’s getting to be time to enjoy aromatic white wines. The cherry blossoms are out and the weather coming up looks to be sunny for several days. I have two white wines from Singletree Winery in the Abbotsford area. Their Singletree Winery Siggy 2020 and Singletree Winery Gruner Veltliner 2020. Let me tell you about them. My Wine Tasting Notes…
If you like chocolate and BC, and need a gift for Valentine’s Day, check out this one from Culmina Family Estate Winery and Karat Chocolates. ~~~ With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Culmina Family Estate Winery would like to help you create the ultimate romantic evening with a delectable wine and chocolate pairing for you to share with your…
This is my first wine to review in 2022, Bordertown Vineyards & Estate Winery Gruner Veltliner 2018. A BC wine coming from Osoyoos in the south Okanagan. Gruner Veltliner is not yet a commonly known white grape here in BC, but it should become more well-known. The grape is widely grown in Austria, as well as in Hungary, Slovakia, and…
Situated on the north end of Osoyoos is Bordertown Vineyards and Estate Winery. Mohan Gill and his family opened Bordertown Winery in May 2015. But before then they were grape growers for over 20 years selling to select wineries. Their wines are produced from 100% estate fruit. They employ consulting winemaker Daniel Bontorin, who is helping them develop the Bordertown…
I have been enjoying tasting and writing about Winemaker’s CUT Estate Winery‘s wines since they first released their wines. Owners Michal and Martina Mosny undertake sustainable farming, hand harvest their grapes, adhere to zero pesticides, low sulphur use, and let the wines develop naturally to express the characteristics indicative of their Deadman Lake Vineyard. Big news is that Winemaker’s CUT Estate Winery…
Have you ever wanted to sit down with a winemaker and have them tell you about the bottle of wine you are enjoying with them? What was the harvest like? Did they use indigenous/wild yeasts to ferment the wine? What oak barrel treatment did they use, if any? Where is their vineyard located and what makes it unique or special?…
We all like to receive rewards. It starts as we are young children with our parents, continues through school, and when we are in the workforce. The 2019 BC Best of Varietal Wine Awards recipients were just announced and I’ve got the list here for you. Pick up these wines if you can quickly because I’m sure they will sell…
Have you tried wines from Singletree Winery? They are a local, Abbotsford, BC winery that produces wines from their own grapes in the Fraser Valley, but they now have another vineyard located on the Naramata Bench. This is also the time of the year that BC wineries release the latest vintages of their white wines. Below is a press release…
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