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Class of 2015: Quidni Estate Winery
Photo: Quidni Estate Winery (all photos courtesy of the winery)This fall, Quidni Estate Winery, which also has three bed-and-breakfast rooms, was voted number one on Trip Adviser for specialty lodging...
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Kamloops Wine Trail stars
Photo: Privato owners Debbie and John WoodwardLast June, the four wineries near Kamloops established the Kamloops Wine Trail. It is an initiative to attract wine tourists to an emerging wine...
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Class of 2015: The Hatch Winery
Winemaker Jason Parkes of The Hatch WineryThe Hatch Winery3225 Boucherie RoadWest KelownaV1Z 4E4T 778.755.6013It was not long after The Hatch wine shop opened on June 1 that a buzz developed about...
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Clos du Soleil and the taste of regret
Photo: A vertical of Clos Du Soleil SignatureDuring a vertical tasting last fall at Clos Du Soleil Estate Winery in the SimilkameenValley, one guest sighed: “I taste regret!”By that, he meant he...
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Sperling Vineyards extends its line
Winemaker Ann SperlingKelowna’s family-owned Sperling Vineyards has at least two things going for it.One: the vineyard in East Kelownaincludes some of the most mature vines in the Okanagan, including a...
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Kettle Valley’s Old Main Red 2012
Photo: Kettle Valley's Old Main VineyardThe flagship red wine from Kettle Valley Winery is the Bordeaux blend, Old Main Red, named for the vineyard where most of the grapes are grown. The wine is...
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Joiefarm’s teambuilding vintage in 2015
Photo: JoieFarm's owner and winemaker Heidi Noble At the start of 2015 vintage in mid-August, I dropped in at JoieFarm Winery to see how owner Heidi Noble was doing.She was a little stressed. Robert...
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Ruffino brings its Prosecco to the wine festival
Since Italyis the theme region at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, it is hardly surprising that numerous Prosecco wines which will on the tasting room floor.The surprise is that one of them...
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Class of 2015: Chateau Wolff Estate Winery
Photo: Chateau Wolff owners Matt and Natalie Riga with daughter SienaNanaimo’s Chateau Wolff Estate Winery, which has been dormant since founder Harry von Wolff died in 2005, has been revived...
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SpierHead trio of 2014 Pinot Noirs
Photo: SpierHead proprietor Bill KnutsonSpierHead Winery president Bill Knutson accompanied the winery’s latest release of three Pinot Noirs with his usual informative note on what is happening in the...
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Quails' Gate increases exposure to U.S. wine market
Photo: Tony Stewart of Quails' Gate and Bacas Family Estates (photo courtesy of Quails' Gate) The strong U.S. dollar and wine marketing trends in the United Stateshave triggered several strategic moves...
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Lake Breeze scoops peers with 2015 wines
Photo: Lake Breeze winemaker Garron Elmes (courtesy of Lake Breeze)Garron Elmes, the president and winemaker at Lake Breeze Vineyards on the Naramata Bench, has scooped his peers by releasing the...
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SIP VQA wines store closes in March
Photo: The wines for SIP's 2015 Iconic Reds tastingThe attrition of VQA wine stores continues with the surprising announcement from Simon Wosk that he is closing his SIP Wines stores on March 5, 2016,...
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Adega on 45th raises profile
Photo: Adega on 45th Estate WineryAdega on 45th Estate Winery in Osoyoos has had too low a profile since opening in 2011. Perhaps that reflects the most personalities of the owners who are farmers...
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Bordeaux brigade in Vancouver
Photo: Bordeaux vintner Lillian Barton-SartoriousA recent Vancouver visit of 40 producers from the Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux was likely the single largest contingent of Bordeauxproducers here...
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Chaberton: The Fraser Valley's anchor winery
Photo: Winemaker Andrea Lee In July 2015, Andrea Lee returned as chief winemaker at Langley’s Chaberton Estate Winery where she once had been a cellar hand.It was a bit of a rush for the petite...
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Haynes Barn and its friends from Mission Hill
Photo: Haynes Barn in 2015Over the many years in which I have travelled the South Okanagan, I have stopped numerous times to photograph the Haynes Barn at the south end of Black Sage Road.Every year,...
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Martins Lane releases Pinot Noir 2013
Photo: Martin's Lane Pinot NoirMission Hill’s Anthony von Mandl launched the Martin’s Lane label with a 2009 Riesling. The intention of the label was to honour his father, Martin, who died in...
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Culmina releases its first Merlot
Photo: Elaine and Donald Triggs of CulminaOn March 1, Culmina Family Estate Winery will release its first single varietal red – a $31 Merlot from the fine 2013. For those attending the Vancouver...
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Township 7's Seven Stars is back
Photo: Township 7 winemaker Mary McDermottThe most recent trio of releases from Township 7 Vineyards & Winery included a surprise: Seven Stars 2012.This is the winery’s first traditional method...
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