Top Drop Vancouver 2022 was on May 10 and 11. Part of the event was a large tasting room, with 40 wineries presenting a selection of their wines. There was also to my great happiness, cider as well, which I…
Top Drop Vancouver 2022: My Top Drops!
Tag: semillon
Two Blends from Frind Estate Winery You Can Try at VanWineFest 2022
Have you heard of Frind Estate Winery before? They are one of the newer wineries, located in West Kelowna. Eric Von Krosigk, their winemaker, comes with lots of great knowledge. He is originally from Vernon. In 1983, Eric moved to…
2 Blasted Church Vineyards Renaissance Wines to Enjoy
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…
TIME Family of Wines Chronos Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon 2020 with Scallops Pairing
Two new wine releases from TIME Family of Wines to try. Their Chronos Sauvignon Blanc 2020 and Chronos Semillon 2020. Both grapes are found in Bordeaux and in fact are blended together to make a white Bordeaux wine! Today’s wines…
You Should Try Winemaker’s CUT Bohemian Rouge and Blanc Wines!
Here are two delicious vegan wines. I recently tasted the Winemaker’s CUT latest Bohemian Blanc 2019 and Bohemian Rouge 2019 wines. I’ve tasted many Winemaker’s CUT wines and always have to compliment them on their winemaking skills. These two wines…
3 TIME Family of Wines Paired with Cheese and Prosciutto
I received three wines from TIME Family of Wines over the summer, but holiday travel and other busyness kept me away from tasting these wines until now. Two are white and one is a rosé wine. I tasted the: Evolve…
A Quality Wine Tasting at Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
It has been many years since I visited Burrowing Owl Estate Winery in person. I’ve been tasting their wines from home and from Trade Tastings in Vancouver (pre-COVID), and always appreciate the quality of their wines. When I decided to…
Taste the Sun with Provence Marinaside’s August Winery Menu
If you have not yet enjoyed lunch or dinner at Provence Marinaside in Yaletown, maybe this wine and food pairing menu will entice you. Tomatoes are now ripening on the coast, and are already ripe in the interior. Provence Marinaside…
TIME Family of Wines Reveals New Look with Release of 2020 Vintage
We heard about the purchase of TIME Family of Wines last year, but did not know where things would go for the wines. We now have some answer, with a label refresh plus some new wines to the portfolio. Here…
Sileni Circle Grand Reserve Hawke’s Bay Semillon 2019
Sileni Circle Grand Reserve Hawke’s Bay Semillon 2019 (NZ $25) Sileni were one of the very first Hawke’s Bay producers to leap into making classlc dry Semillon back in the early 2000’s. Before that, most wineries were using the variety…