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Nostalgia: a new twist on Oliver Twist
Photo: Gina Fernandes HarfmanIn a long overdue move, Gina Fernandes Harfman has changed the name of Oliver Twist Winery to Nostalgia Winery. Visitors will finally stop asking if the winery has any...
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Burrowing Owl buys Wild Goose Vineyards
Photo: Left to right - Hagen Kruger, Chris Wyse, Alex Kruger, Kerri Wyse-McNolty, Roland Kruger, Jim Wyse and Nikolas KrugerBurrowing Owl Estate Wineryās purchase of Wild Goose Vineyards unites two of...
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Culmina adds an orange wine
Photo: Culmina's winery on The Golden MileIn 2020, Culmina Family Estate Winery made its first orange wine, joining the small but growing number of producers entering this category. There will be...
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Hester Creek refreshes its wine labels
Photograph: Hester Creek general manager Mark Sheridan Hester Creek Estate Winery is rolling out new labels and separating its wines more clearly into tiers of price and quality. āIt has been eight,...
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Foxtrot extends portfolio with foxly
Photo: Foxtrot owners Douglas Barzelay and Nathan Todd Foxtrot Vineyards, the legendary Naramata Bench producer of Pinot Noir, now has a second label: foxly wines. āThere is a little mischievous fox on...
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Peak Cellars Unoaked Chardonnay and friends
+ Winemaker Stephanie StanleyIt is a winemaking tradition to turn Chardonnay into a ānobleā wine by fermenting it in French oak, or at least aging it in French oak. I have no problem with that....
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Bordertown and other Osoyoos wineries still open
Photo: Bordertown's Mohan GillLike every other Osoyoos winery this summer, Mohan Gillās Bordertown Vineyards & Estate Winery, will be enduring a challenging year, thanks to the NkāMip Creek wild...
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Township 7 releasing iconic Infinity Red
Photo: Winemaker Mary McDermott About five years ago, Mary McDermott, the winemaker at Township 7 Vineyards & Winery since 2014, took on the challenge of making āthe best wine possible.ā That wine...
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IMBZZL: new wines from Laughing Stock
Photo: Winemaker Stefanie Dylla (courtesy Arterra Wines CanadaIMBZZL is a new wine brand that Arterra Wines Canada has released through British Columbia Liquor Stores. The vowel-challenged name is...
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AlbariƱo is championed at Stag's Hollow
Winemaker Keira LeFrancKeira LeFranc, the winemaker at Stagās Hollow Winery, clearly is prepared to go to great lengths when she is making a wine. Case in point: her approach to the 2020 AlbariƱo,...
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SpearHead specializes in Pinot Noir
Photo: Winemaker Grant Stanley SpearHead Winery, based in southeast Kelowna, has established itself as one of the best Pinot Noir producers in the Okanagan since Grant Stanley took over as winemaker...
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Blue Mountain champions Pinot Blanc
Photo: Blue Mountain winemaker Matt MavetyPinot Blanc was perhaps the most successful of all the varietals in the Becker project, which ran from 1977 t0 1985 to determine vinifera grapes suitable for...
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Mirabel Vineyards: a Burgundian find in Kelowna
Photo: Mirabel's Dawn and Doug Reimer (courtesy of Mirabel Vineyards)Think of Mirabel Vineyards as a slice of Burgundy, but in Kelowna. The steeply sloping vineyard has six acres of Pinot Noir, planted...
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Phantom Creek recruits Napa's Mark Beringer
Photo: Director of winemaking Mark Beringer (courtesy Phantom Creek)The first vintage at Phantom Creek Estate Winery in 2016 was made under the direction of Anne Vawter, a renowned California...
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Upper Bench wines for summer 2021
Photo: Upper Bench's Gavin and Shana Miller Anyone who believes that wines and cheeses are meant to be consumed together will have discovered Upper Bench Winery & Creamery at the edge of Penticton....
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Moon Curser makes an impact
Photo: Chris and Beata Tolley (credit Richard McQuire) Chris and Beat Tolley launched this winery in 2006 under the name, Twisted Tree Vineyards & Winery. Four years later, they opted for a more...
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Winemaker's CUT joins District Wine Village
Photo: Michal Mosny of Winemakers's CUT In a move that should give Winemakerās CUT Winery the profile it deserves, owners Michal and Martina Mosny are opening a tasting room in District Wine Village...
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Fitzpatrick: sparklers and friends
Photo: Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards winery and tasting roomIt is no surprise to taste an exceptional sparkling wine among the current releases at Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards. This Peachland winery was...
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Covert Farms: Is the quality in the farming?
Photo: Farmer and winegrower Gene Covert The hallmark of these wines is the freshness and intensity of the fruit flavours. Perhaps it reflects the winemaking. No doubt, it also reflects the way in...
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Corcelettes winery is on a roll
Photo: Jesce and Charlie BaesslerIt is first vintage in 2011, Corcelettes Estate Winery made just 200 cases. Charlie and Jesce Baessler, who run the Similkameen-based winery, have come a long way...
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