These two big red wines from Oliver, BC’s Winemaker’s CUT are wonderful examples of wines that can be made in BC to drink now, has softer tannins, but can still age a few years in your cellar for your enjoyment. …
It’s been a hot minute since I posted about an Ontario wine – so here I am, posting a very unique one for my comeback! This wine was a collaboration between Traynor Vineyard and @grapecrush.wine (Instagram) and it’s name is…
Wines evolve with time in the bottle. People talk about how they drink their aged Bordeaux and Burgundy wines. Never drinking them young. In BC many people think that our wines are best enjoyed young. Not thinking about ageing them…
Do you prefer a softer, less tannic, red wine? I usually think of Pinot Noir and Gamay Noir, but the two wines I recently tasted fit into that category from Stag’s Hollow Winery, a Dolcetto and a Merlot. Dolcetto is…
Bordeaux blends are popular around the world. Many wineries make Bordeaux blends in BC, but few have a winemaker from Bordeaux! One such winery is French Door Estate Winery, a family-run winery founded in 2019 just south of Oliver, BC,…
2018 was a warm year in BC with a long Fall that caused our grapes to reach full phenolic ripeness. I have two red wines from Gold Hill Winery‘s 2018 vintage showing black ripe fruit. Buy them now to enjoy…
I have been a fan of Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery‘s wines for many years. I still have a bottle of their 2003 Summit Reserve Semillon I purchased at the winery that I hope to open this year with friends. On…
Have you tried the wines from Robin Ridge Winery in the Similkameen Valley? This small family-run winery only uses their organic estate-grown grapes. Each wine label also is named after a bird I was given a bottle of their Robin…
Here are two more Charisma wines from Gold Hill Winery. The Charisma line of wines are meant to be charming approachable everyday drinking wines. So something on the patio or at a casual lunch or dinner. I tasted their Charisma…
Chaberton Estate Winery, one of our long-time established wineries, is located in the Fraser Valley. That does limit the grape varieties they can grow there, but they also have access to grapes in the Okanagan so that they can produce…