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Spierhead commits to Pinot Noir
Photo: SpierHead WineryWhen East Kelowna’s SpierHead Winery released its first Pinot Noir from the 2010, proprietor Bill Knutson priced the wine only $18 a bottle because it was a “juvenile wine.” In...
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Meadow Vista Honey Wines raises its profile
Photo: Meadow Vista's Judie BartaUntil last summer, Meadow Vista Honey Wines, which opened in 2009, was tucked away in a nondescript industrial building in West Kelowna beside Highway 97.It was hard to...
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Township 7's Reserve 7 Meritage
During the past decade or so, a growing number of British Columbiawineries have added premium-priced flagship wines to their portfolios.It is all part of the maturing of the industry. Mature vines are...
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Class of 2014: Roche Wines
Photo: Winemaker Dylan RocheNew in the market, Roche Winery is a tiny artisanal producer that happens to make very good wines.Roche did its first public tastings last summer, along with other...
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Okanagan winemaking star Stephanie Stanley heads to New Zealand
Photo: Winemaker Stephanie StanleyOne of Andrew Peller Ltd.’s top winemakers, Stephanie Stanley, is leaving the Kelowna winery to begin work in March, 2015, at Wither Hills in New Zealand.“It is...
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Clos du Soleil served at Canada House
Photo: Canada House in LondonBritish Columbia’s Clos du Soleil Winery is one of four Canadian wineries serving their wines at this week’s re-opening of Canada House in London.The other wineries are...
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A Summerhill Pyramid Winery wine ramble
Photo: Summerhill's Eric von Krosigk and Ezra CipesSummerhill Pyramid Winery may have an identity crisis.“We have so many vineyards and so many wines that it is hard for us to just drive one message on...
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Fifteen Canadian wineries are going to ProWein this year
Photo: German-bound Okanagan vintner JAK MeyerMeyer Family Vineyards and Burrowing Owl Estate Winery are the two British Columbia wineries that will join a 13-winery Ontario contingent this year at the...
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Fiano and friends
Photo: Serafino's Maria MaglieriAn Australian wine tasting is the last place where one would expect to taste white wines made with Fiano and Vermentino, two Italian varietals.Yet there were examples of...
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Hardy's Wines at Vancouver International Wine Festival
Photo: Bill Hardy, brand ambassador for Thomas Hardy & SonsOn its website, the Australian wine producer Thomas Hardy & Sons says that it is rated as “Most Powerful Australian Wine Brand”...
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Baillie-Grohman Winery makes fast start
Photo: Baillie-Grohman's Bob JohnsonBaillie-Grohman Estate Winery in Creston has made a fast start since opening in 2010.“In 2013 we produced 4,200 cases and in 2014 6,200 cases,” says Bob Johnson, who...
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Inniskillin Dark Horse Meritage has a history
Photo: Winemaker Sandor MayerOne of the oldest and most consistent Meritage blends is the one that Inniskillin Okanagan has been producing since 1995 from its Dark Horse Vineyard.It would be...
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Kettle Valley releases a Pinot trio
Photo: Kettle Valley's Tim Watts (r) and Bob FergusonThe house style at Kettle Valley Winery has always been distinctive. Bob Ferguson and Tim Watts, the winemaker owners, make wines that are full of...
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Upper Bench impresses BC Wine Appreciation Society
Photo: Upper Bench's Gavin and Shana MillerUpper Bench Winery & Creamery has become a must-visit Penticton area winery since Shana and Gavin Miller took it over late in 2011.Initially, the prime...
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Eau Vivre Winery highlights Similkameen fruit
Photo: Eau Vivre WineryEau Vivre Winery has put the spotlight on SimilkameenValleygrapes with its current releases. Of course, Eau Vivre, which opened in 2009, is based on a vineyard near Cawston. The...
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Steller's Jay Brut: a wine for all seasons
A few years ago, Constellation Brands decided to elevate Steller’s Jay Brut, the former Sumac Ridge flagship, into a standalone brand.The rationale is that top sparkling wines come from sparkling wine...
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Averill Creek hosts Pinot Noir vertical
Photo: Averill Creek proprietor Andy JohnstonRecently, Averill Creek Vineyards proprietor Andy Johnston hosted a rare vertical tasting of every Pinot Noir made at his CowichanValley winery between...
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Vancouver Island vintners come to Vancouver
Photo: Roger Dosman of Alderlea VineyardsAt a recent Vancouver tasting of Vancouver Island wines, I observed the “two ships passing in the night” problem that holds back sales of island wines.At one...
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BC Tree Fruits hits a home run with a new cider
BC Tree Fruits, which represents 80% of the Okanagan’s apple growers, is launching its Broken Ladder brand apple cider in April.How good is this cider? Broken Ladder hits it out of the park. This...
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Siren’s Call sounds at the farmers market
Photo: BC Wine Studio's Mark SimpsonAccess to farmers’ markets for British Columbia wineries was one of the better changes in the recent overhaul of the province’s liquor regulations.Wineries began...
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