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See Ya Later Ranch: a destination winer
Photo: Detail from label with the flying dog.See Ya Later Winery in Okanagan Falls has a lot going for it: a breath-taking location, a romantic history and well-made wines at popular prices.It also is...
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Osoyoos Larose will move ahead on winery
Photo: Osoyoos Larose manager and winemaker Caroline SchallerThe best-known Okanagan wine in Quebec may well be Le Grand Vin from Osoyoos Larose Winery.Le Grand Vin’s appeal in that market is due to...
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Bench 1775's fruit-packed wines
Photo: Bench 1775 winemaker Val TaitA recent package of wine samples from Bench 1775 Winery on the Naramata Bench display the impressive winemaking of Valeria Tait, the general manager and winemaker...
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Dames Rosé: wine for a good cause
Photo: Mirielle SauvéRecently, a cheque of $17,000 was given to the BC chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an organization dedicated to supporting female professionals getting into the wine industry.The...
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Andrew Peller’s triple play in Okanagan wineries
Photo: John Peller (foreground) and Joseph PellerNational wine producer Andrew Peller Ltd. has stunned the British Columbia wine industry by scooping up three of the Okanagan’s leading wineries for $95...
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Sea Star buys Saturna Vineyards
Photo: Winery entrepreneur David GoudgeDavid Goudge, the owner of Sea Star Vineyard on Pender Island, is going through – in Yogi Berra’s immortal phrase – déjà vu all over again.He has just acquired...
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Sandra Oldfield leaving Tinhorn Creek
Photo: Sandra Oldfield Sandra Oldfield, a leading figure in the British Columbia wine industry, has announced she is stepping down as chief executive of Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in the wake of Andrew...
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Corcelettes: tasting room with a view
Photo: Jesce and Charlie Baessler operate CorcelettesIn a recent people’s choice competition, Corcelettes Estate Winery was named the Similkameen winery with the best view.And that award was made...
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Black Hills wines: if you hesitate, they are sold out
Photo: Winemaker Graham PierceThe most vigorous rumour in the Okanagan in the summer of 2017 was that Black Hills Estate Winery was about to be taken over by Mission Hill Family Estate.Glenn Fawcett,...
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CheckMate releases 2014 Merlots
Photo: CheckMate's pop-up wine shopCheckMate Artisanal Winery is about unveil its second release of Merlots, four red wines from the superb 2014 vintage.The big change from last year, when the winery...
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CedarCreek honours The Senator
Photo: Senator Ross Fitzpatrick (left) and Gordon Fitzpatrick (credit Albert Normandin).The approach by visitors to CedarCreek Estate Winery this summer involved negotiating a lot of construction...
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Howard Soon becomes winemaker at Vanessa Vineyards
Photo: Vanessa master winemaker Howard SoonVanessa Vineyards has recruited the briefly-retired Howard Soon as its master winemaker. It is a coup that did not surprise anyone in the wine industry....
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Culmina releases third vintage of Hypothesis
Photo: Culmina's Donald TriggsThe new 2013 Hypothesis, the flagship red from Culmina Family Estate Winery, is the best of the three vintages released to date from the winery.One almost would doubt...
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Harry McWatters in his 50th vintage
Photo: Harry McWatters toasts yet another vintageOkanagan wine pioneer Harry McWatters this year marks his fiftieth vintage since he started his career with the long-gone Casabello winery in Penticton...
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House of Rose is a good-time winery
Photo: Grape stomping at House of Rose (photo courtesy of winery)The grape stomps on the Saturday afternoons during the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival are becoming something of a tradition at House of...
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Quails' Gate 2015 reds do justice to the vintage
Photo: Quails' Gate winemaker Nikki CallawayEvery glass of wine from Quails’ Gate Estate Winery seems to call for a toast to Richard Stewart, the man who bought this outstanding West Kelowna vineyard...
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50th Parallel will make sparkling wine
Photo: Curtis Krousel and Sheri-Lee Turner-KrouselFans of 50th Parallel Estate Winery will cheer the news recently announced by this Lake Country winery.The winery said: “Winemaker Matthew Fortuna is...
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Black Sage Vineyards and Sumac Ridge wines
Photo: Winemaker Jason JamesHistorically, the Black Sage Vineyard wines were part of the portfolio of Sumac Ridge Estate Winery. In 2012, Constellation Brands– which then owned Sumac Ridge – decided to...
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JoieFarm mastered the 2015 vintagew
Photo: JoieFarm's Heidi NobleSeveral years ago, Naramata’s JoieFarm Winery adopted the term “En Famille” to designate its reserve wines.The phrases recognize that good growers – and JoieFarm has a...
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Bordertown: a winery built on hustle and good wine
Photo: Bordertown's Mohan GillMohan Gill, the owner of Bordertown Vineyards & Estate Winery, seems to have the drive to expand his business in his bones.When I first interviewed him in 2015, the...
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