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Arrowleaf has planted Arvine
Photo: Arrowleaf winemaker Manuel ZuppigerHere is a new varietal label to look for in the Okanagan in about three years: Arvine, a Swiss white grape that was planted last year by Arrowleaf Cellars.The...
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Bartier Brothers terroir-driven wines
Photo: Winemaker Michael BartierA little back of the envelop math about Michael Bartier’s career surprised me: he is going into his 23rd year as an Okanagan winemaker.As the cliché goes, how time...
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BC wine country blindsided again
Photo: Views like this at Forgotten Hill B&B bring visitors to wine countryOnce again, action proposed by the British Columbia government threatens to damage the BC wine industry.BC wines are...
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Privato 2014 Grande Reserve Pinot Noir
Photo: Debbie and John WoodwardAt the recent winter wine festival at Sunpeaks, I led a tasting of iconic wines from British Columbia.I was fortunate to include a Pinot Noir from Privato Vineyard &...
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Blue Mountain and Stag's Hollow wines
Photo: Barrels at Stag's Hollow vineyardIn the spirit of Noah’s Ark, I am presenting two pairs of wines from the Okanagan Falls appellation.The varietal pairings, if we were in Europe, would not be...
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Quails' Gate Riesling pays tribute to history
A special Riesling table wine has just been released by Quails’ Gate Estate Winery to pay tribute to the “Okanagan’s first age-worthy Riesling, produced in the 1980s by Jordan & Ste. Michelle...
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Poplar Grove releases: Current and future
Photo: Poplar Grove's Natasha PonichMy last visit to taste in the Okanagan was during a surprisingly cold and snowy week early in November.However, I managed to keep my rental car on the road and I got...
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Liquidity's new "taste before buying" premium wine club
Liquidity winemaker Alison MoyesLiquidity Wines, a wine producer at Okanagan Falls, has come up with a clever vehicle for marketing its emerging range of reserve wine: a taste-before-you-buy club....
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Rioja's modern winemaking
Photo: Rioja winemaker Chema RyanSpanish winemaker Chema Ryan, the technical director for Muriel Wines in Rioja, will make his 21st vintage this fall.Despite his surname, he is thoroughly Spanish. His...
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CedarCreek releases ultra-premium wines
Photo: CedarCreek estate vineyard in November, 2018The excellent notes that CedarCreek prepares on its wine indicate that nearly all of these six wines were released last year.However, the covering...
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Lang Vineyards offers early look at 2017 wines
Photo: Lang Vineyards general manager Mike LangWines from the 2017 vintage are beginning to be released by Okanagan wineries and the news is good: another excellent vintage.Lang Vineyards, one of the...
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Grant Stanley takes over at SpearHead
Photo: SpearHead general manager and winemaker Grant StanleyEast Kelowna’s SpearHead Winery is now firmly committed to Pinot Noir with its announcement that Grant Stanley has been named its general...
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Chaberton Winery and its many friends
Photo: Chaberton winemaker Andrea LeeWhen it opened in 1991 in Langley Township, Chaberton Estate Winery pioneered wine growing in the Fraser Valley.It is still the largest winery in the valley, making...
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Vancouver Island wineries show their wines
Photo: New island vintner Mike RathjenSeveral years ago, a wine agent named Richard Massey began organizing Vancouver Island winemakers, cider makers and distillers to host a taste every spring in...
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Hester Creek celebrates 50th year of grape growing
Photo: Joe Busnardo who started the Hester Creek vineyard in 1968Hester Creek Estate Winery this year marks a rare anniversary for an Okanagan winery: 50 years of growing vinifera grapes from its...
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50th Parallel releases Matt Fortuna's wines
Photo: 50th Parallel winemaker Matt FortunaThe new releases from 50th Parallel Estate are interesting for two reasons: they offer a glimpse of the 2017 vintage and also of the work of Matthew Fortuna,...
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Giant Head releases its first Canyonview Chardonnay
Photo: John Glavina of Giant HeadOne of the most storied vineyards in Summerland is Krimo Souilah’s Canyonview Vineyard, which is planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.Over the last decade or so, the...
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Singletree opening second winery on Naramata Road
Photo: Singletree's Andrew EtsellFour years after opening its tasting room on Abbotsford’s Mt. Lehman Road, Singletree Winery plans to open a winery and a second tasting room on Naramata Road by...
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Quails' Gate releases top-flight 2016s
Photo: Quails' Gate winemaker Nikki CallawayThe most recent six-wine release by Quails’ Gate Estate Winery are all from the superb 2016 vintage.The British Columbia Wine Institute summed up the vintage...
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Sea Star processes its first Saturna Island grapes
Photo: Sea Star's David GoudgeThe 2017 releases from Sea Star Vineyards and Winery show a significant increase in the volume of rosé, some 337 cases more than in 2016.That is the first tangible benefit...
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