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This past year I tasted a tremendous number of wines from around the world, but some wines really resonated with me. It may have been the great balance of fruit, sugar, acidity for a white wine, or the fruit, tannins and minerality in a red wine, or something else. Something that made the wine stand above the other wines. Could…
Life is a journey, and for Sandra Oldfield, CEO and owner of Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in Oliver, BC that applies perfectly for her new flagship wine, “The Creek”, as well as the process to reach this point. Sandra’s journey has been an evolution. They didn’t know everything when they started. Their flagship wine, The Creek, is named for Tinhorn Creek next…
In my previous article, I divided BC’s emerging wine regions into a warmer and a cooler side. In this article I would like to concentrate on the cooler side, which for me covers the Salmon Arm and Lake Country areas to the north of the Okanagan Valley. Lake Country is warmer than Salmon Arm, which is to the north of…
Everyone knows about the Okanagan Valley as a wine region, and some may also know about the Similkameen which is on the southwestern edge of the Okanagan, but what about BC’s emerging wine regions, covering the Kootenays, Lillooet and Thompson Shuswap? I had a chance to go on a trip hosted by the Wines of BC to visit Lillooet and…
The latest releases from BC’s VQA wineries is out, and I’m sure you are wondering which wines would be great on the patio this summer. Here are 10, mostly white, wines for you to enjoy: Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery Recolte Blanche 2015 – A blend of Pinot Pris, Schoenburger, Kerner and Gewürztraminer. Very aromatic with sweet spices, lychee and stone fruit aromas. Off-dry,…
Where is Tappen, BC? I have not heard of Tappen either until I visited Recline Ridge Vineyards and Winery. Tappen is a small town a few minutes drive west of Salmon Arm, BC. It is not in the hotter, drier climate of the Okanagan. The area is lush with forest, rolling hills, farmland, and the large water body, Shuswap Lake….
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