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Roger Wong's "Intriguing" success
Photo: Winemaker Roger Wong in the new Intrigue cellarPrior to opening Intrigue Wines in 2009, Roger Wong made 400 cases from the 2008 vintage.In this fall’s vintage, he plans to make about 15,500...
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Bordertown's aggressive growth new includes cider
Photo: Bordertown's Mohan GillMohan Gill, the proprietor of Bordertown Vineyards at Osoyoos, was ecstatic at how Bordertown’s wine fared at the recent Canadian Wine Align Awards.“You could have...
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Howling Bluff pursuit of excellence
Photo: Howling Bluff proprietor Luke Smith At Howling Bluff Estate Wines, proprietor Luke Smith’s pursuit of excellence never ends.Although he is the winner of several Lieutenant Governor’s Awards of...
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Blue Mountain: wines you can count on
Photo: Blue Mountain winemaker Matt MavetyFew wineries in the Okanagan have been as consistent as Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars. The quality begins with the meticulous viticulture in this Okanagan...
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Corcelettes Winery: Swiss flavour in the Similkameen
Photo: Jesce and Charlie Baessler of CorcelettesFrom its start in 2013 on a postage-stamp vineyard new Cawston, Corcelettes Estate Winery now is solidly established on 21 acres north of Keremeos in...
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Summerhill releases first biodynamic wines
Photo: Summerhill's Ezra CipesIn a landmark release, Summerhill Pyramid Winery has sent its first two Demeter certified biodynamic wines to market.The history and explanation was penned by winery...
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Lariana Cellars - hidden gem in Osoyoos
Photo: Lariana proprietors Dan and Carol ScottWhenever I recommend Lariana Cellars to someone (which is often), I cannot help but worry these wine lovers will get tangled up with U.S. border agents...
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Forest fire survivor Fitzpatrick winery releases its table wines
Photo: Winery president Gordon FitzpatrickFitzpatrick Family Vineyards specializes in very fine sparkling wines but Gordon Fitzpatrick, the president, has been in the wine business long enough to know...
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The View champions Pinotage
Photo: The View proprietor Jennifer MolgatJennifer Molgat feared that municipal inspectors would block her application for a tasting room license in 2008 for her View Winery & Vineyard in Kelowna....
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Great Estates opens Penticton tasting room
Photo: Great Estates's Josie TyabjiThe Arterra Canada wineries styled as Great Estates of the Okanagan have just opened a wine experience centre in Penticton that appears to break new ground for the...
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Lieutenant Governor 2018 wine awards winners
The 2018 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Wine followed a new format this year.After being managed for 15 years by Government House Trust in Victoria, the competition this year was turned...
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Thornhaven Estate: a tasting
Photo: Thornhaven proprietors Jack and Jan FraserLate this summer, Danny Evanishen, the veteran tasting room manager at Thornhaven Estates Winery in Summerland, offered to send a sample a sample of the...
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Coolshanagh releases its fifth Chardonnay
Photo: Coolshanagh proprietors Skip and Judy StothertWith its fifth vintage of Chardonnay, tiny Coolshanagh Vineyard confirms it is one of the premier Chardonnay producers in the Okanagan.The release...
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Township 7 nails down premium vineyard
Photo: Township 7 winemaker Mary McDermottThis summer, Township 7 Vineyards made one of the most significant announcements in its history: it bought the 12-acre Blue Terrace Vineyard near Oliver.The...
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Black Market finds a home of its own
Photo: Black Market's Rob Hammersley Within weeks of buying a Kaleden vineyard for his Black Market Wine Co., Rob Hammersley had a sign at the gate, 198 Spruce Avenue, announcing a planned 2019...
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JoieFarm's wines get a lift from the kitchen
Photo: JoieFarm's Heidi NobleHeidi Noble, the proprietor at JoieFarm Winery, says her winemaking was re-invigorated this fall by here experience this summer, working with the winery’s two in-house...
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Culmina by the numbers
Photo: Culmina winerySeveral years ago, Culmina Family Estate Winery began releasing small lot wines in what it calls a number series.These are the special wines that keep both winemakers and wine club...
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Blasted Church updates its labels – again
Photo: Blasted Church winemaker Evan SaundersFor the third time since Chris and Evelyn Campbell bought the winery in 2002, Blasted Church Vineyards has revised its labels.The winery, which is near...
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Laughing Stock Portfolio and friends
Photo: Laughing Stock's David EnnsThis fall, Laughing Stock Vineyards three wines. Two are superb and one left me confounded.First, the two I found superb. Portfolio is the winery’s iconic red. I am...
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Gray Monk: steady as she goes
Photo: Gray Monk Winery Gray Monk Estate Winery was acquired in 2017 by Andrew Peller Ltd.Most of the current portfolio was still made under the original owners and by winemakers Roger Wong (below...
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