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Bordertown adds value wines to portfolio
Photo: Bordertown's Mohan GillMohan Gill summarizes his biography concisely. Born in India in 1976, he came to the Okanagan in 1993 with his immigrant parents. “I went to Oliver Secondary School,” he...
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Kettle Valley's new releases
Photo: Kettle Valley's Tim Watts and Bob FergusonBob Ferguson and Tim Watts, the partners at Kettle Valley Winery in Naramata, are about to begin their 28th vintage.It is a remarkable run, considering...
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River Stone's Corner Stone and friends
Photo: River Stone's Ted KaneJudging from this winery’s website, River Stone owners Ted and Lorraine Kane’s children have grown up to the point where one son is old enough to work in the tasting...
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Blue Mountain launches three Grand Cru Pinot Noirs
Photo: Blue Mountain winemaker Matt MavetyIn a significant evolution of its portfolio, Blue Mountain this month is releasing its first three single vineyard block Pinot Noirs.If this were Burgundy,...
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Clos du Soleil releases new flagship vintages
Photo: Clos du Soleil winemaker Michael ClarkThis excellent winery in the Similkameen Valley has been inspired from the start by the wines of Bordeaux. The styles of the two current releases continue...
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Township 7 adds bench strength
Photo: Winemaker and vineyard manager Ryan McKillop (courtesy Township 7)Now celebrating its 19th anniversary, Township 7 Vineyards & Winery time in the industry has spanned the (so far) golden age...
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Noble Ridge lauds noble patrons
Photo: Leslie and Jim D'AndreaJim and Leslie D’Andrea, the owners of Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery, have launched two wines under what is called the “Be Noble” program.It flatters some of their...
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TIME and Evolve wineries change guard
Photo: Christa-Lee McWatters (credit Chris Stenberg)Wine industry giant Harry McWatters, who died suddenly in July, left a seamless succession plan for Encore Vineyards, the holding company for TIME...
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Hester Creek's The Judge and friends
Photo: Hester Creek's Curt GarlandHester Creek’s Bordeaux blend, a wine called The Judge, was the wine I included in my 2017 book, Icon.The purpose of that book was to highlight wines suitable for a...
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Fitzpatrick winery champions bubble
Photo: Gordon FitzpatrickThose who attended the Pinot Noir festival at UBC Okanagan this summer were greeted at the entrance by Gordon Fitzpatrick and glasses of sparkling wine from Fitzpatrick Family...
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One Faith Vineyards raises its profile
Photo: One Faith proprietor Bill LuiWhen Bill Lui started One Faith Vineyards in the 2012 vintage, he set a very high bar. “First-growth wines are what all my friends are used to,” he said. “I hope I...
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Mt. Boucherie opens wine experience centre soon
Photo: Mt. Boucherie winemaker Jeff HundertmarkBetter late than never: perhaps that is what they are saying at Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery as they prepare to open their wine experience centre just as...
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Tasting wines with Severine Pinte
Photo: Severine Pinte, winemaker at Le Vieux Pin and LaStellaAs a winemaker, Severine Pinte is like a jockey who rides several horses on the same day and delivers wins with all of them.She makes the...
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Amulet Wines: great package, great wines
Photo: Winemaker Dwight SickIf the British Columbia wine industry handed out packaging awards, a sure winner would be Amulet Wines, a new label just released by winemaker Dwight Sick through Roche...
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Meyer Gewürztraminer and friends
Photo: Meyer Family Vineyards owner JAK MeyerGewürztraminer is a wine that seems to be slowly falling out of favour, perhaps because too many in previous years were boring and sweet. Consumer palates...
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BC wines: Nothing left to prove?
Photo: Wine celebrity Steven SpurrierIt is time to drop the inferiority complex about British Columbia wines.The British Columbia Wine Institute (BCWI) recognized that when it announced that the fifth...
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Tinhorn Creek at 25
Photo: Tinhorn Creek's Andrew WindsorAt a 25th anniversary dinner this summer, Tinhorn Creek Vineyards served its flagship red, The Creek, with one of the courses – and some guests complained that the...
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CheckMate's five latest releases
Photo: Winemaker Phil McGahanVisitors to CheckMate Artisanal Winery this summer found the winery in the midst of reconstruction. The rebuild should be complete by next summer.However, CheckMate did not...
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Iconic Reds 2019: BC's leading Meritage wines
Launched in 2008, the BC Iconic Reds tasting has now established itself as the premier annual tasting of the best red Meritage wines from British Columbia.The recent 12th annual tasting featured 20...
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Moon Curser mixes novelty with quality
Photo: Moon Curser's Chris Tolley This year, Moon Curser Vineyards had on a remarkable roll at wine compositions. At the National Wine Awards, it was judged the best performing small Canadian winery...
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