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It’s Fall and the rains will soon be starting according to the weather forecast. How to keep yourself happy and fortified during our rainy season? Big red BC wines. I received 3 bottles recently: TIME Estate Winery Syrah 2013 TIME Estate Winery Meritage 2013 McWatters Collection Meritage 2013 Two Bordeaux blends and one single varietal bottle of big BC red wines….
Harry McWatters is a leader in the British Columbia wine industry for the past 40+ years. In 1980, he founded BC’s first estate winery, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery, and later started See Ya Later Ranch Estate Winery in 1995. He purchased and planted vines on his Sundial Vineyard on Black Sage Road in 1993. With Sumac Ridge Harry was able to…
Harry McWatters is a leader in the British Columbia wine industry for the past 40+ years. In 1980, he founded BC’s first estate winery, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery, and later started See Ya Later Ranch Estate Winery in 1995. He purchased and planted vines on his Sundial Vineyard on Black Sage Road in 1993. Harry is the owner of TIME Estate…
Which side of the Dordogne River do you sit? Left Bank or Right Bank? I ask this as I was presented with two bottles of Meritage; one from Time Estate and the other from McWatters Collection. Both BC wines from the Okanagan Valley, and both Bordeaux blends, (but blends represented by styles from different sides of the Dordogne River). What is…
A daunting task, picking my favourite wines from a total of 1750 wines being poured at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Thankfully I was able to visit the Acura International Festival Tasting Room 4 times as Media, splitting time between France and the rest of the world. I have already covered my favourite French wines in a separate article. In…
Last year, 2011, was a banner year for newly licensed wineries in BC. 21 wineries were licensed. Who are they and where are they? Most of the ones listed below I have not heard of, except for Okanagan Crush Pad Winery, Serendipity Estate Winery and 40 Knots Estate Winery. Here is a review I did of Okanagan Crush Pad in…
