Sparkling wine is always a pleasure for me to enjoy. I shared this bottle of Narrative Sparkling XC Method wine, from Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland, with a few friends on their garden patio, with the appropriate social distancing. It…
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Quick Review: Haywire Pinot Noir 2018
I love Pinot Noir and was very excited to try the latest Pinot Noir from Okanagan Crush Pad. The grapes for this Pinot Noir, from Okanagan Crush Pad’s Haywire wine, come from the Secrest Mountain Vineyard in Oliver, BC. The…
Exciting Rosé and Pinot Blanc from Okanagan Crush Pad’s Narrative Label
I think I found my favourite, or one of my favourite, rose wines for our COVID-19 summer, and it’s from Okanagan Crush Pad. Their Narrative Rosé 2019, made from the Pinot Noir grape. I also tasted their Pinot Blanc and…
Let’s Have a Narrative About Riesling Before I Go Haywire With Chardonnay!
Okanagan Crush Pad has a few different labels that they produce wine under. I think they like being able to produce different styles of wines through these different labels. Two labels are Narrative and Haywire. They describe Haywire as “Haywire…
New Zealand Chardonnay & Pinot Noir at the Other 45th Parallel Seminar
New Zealand is well-known for Sauvignon Blanc, but are there any other grape varieties we should know about? Yes! I attended a webinar with David Keck MS (USA), John Szabo MS (Canada), Ronan Sayburn MS (UK) and Cameron Douglas MS…
Winemaker’s CUT Estate and Heritage Wines Latest Releases
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…
My Top White and Red French Wines at VanWineFest 2020
With France being the theme country for the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020, there were many more French wineries in attendance than in other years. And with that many more wines to taste. Which made me very happy. France has…
Classic BC Bubble from Cipes Ariel 2000
What were you doing in 2000? If it was just before January 1, you were probably worrying about all our computers and anything running with a computer chip and code stops running when the clocks turned to “00”. Luckily we…
An Interview with Bernard Duseigneur from Domaine Duseigneur and his Chateauneuf-du-Pape Wines
In an earlier article, I wrote about the flight of wines that I sampled with Bernard Duseigneur from his Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyards. Before we started to taste his wines together, I asked Bernard a few questions about how he grew into…
Welcome Domaine Duseigneur Wines at VanWineFest 2020
We have new to our market in BC some exceptional wines from the Lirac and from Châteauneuf-du-Pape made by Domaine Duseigneur. I had a preview of these wines and was able to interview Bernard Duseigneur, tasting through these wines and…