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James Cameron buys Beaufort Winery
Photo: James Cameron (courtesy Wikipedia)Filmmaker James Cameron’s purchase of Beaufort Vineyard & Estate Winery near Courtenay, which was confirmed this week, should prove a big boost for all...
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Three vintages of The Referènce from Blackwood Lane
Tiny Blackwood Lane Winery, with an almost secluded location on 8th Avenue in Langley, is one of those rare VQA wineries able to offer verticals of its icon wine.That wine is a Bordeauxblend with a...
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Foxtrot tweaks some of its labels
Two of the three new wines from Foxtrot Vineyard have slight but important changes to the labels. There are a couple of stories here.First, there are no label changes to the centerpiece of the Foxtrot...
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Tinhorn Creek wins Cabernet Franc blind tasting
Cabernet Franc is a variety of rising importance in the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys. That prompted the British Columbia Wine Appreciation Society to put together a comparative blind tasting this...
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Winemaker Ann Sperling: Miss Versatility
Photo: Ann SperlingThe new releases from Sperling Vineyards and from Clos du Soleil were both made by Ann Sperling. They are a demonstration of her versatility as a winemaker.It is in her blood, of...
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Meyer champions Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Photo: JAK Meyer with 2012 Micro Cuvée Pinot NoirFrom time to time, a debate emerges about whether the Okanagan needs a signature grape variety.If you ask Chris Carson, the winemaker for Meyer Family...
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Tinhorn Creek, JoieFarm and 8th Generation begin releasing 2013 wines
Here is a sign of spring: wineries are releasing some 2013 wines.I have been able to taste two examples, Tinhorn Creek’s 2013 Pinot Gris and 8th Generation’s 2013 Pinot Meunier Rosé. As well, JoieFarm...
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Wines from Okanagan Falls neighbours
Photo: Noble Ridge's winery seen from a next door vineyardThe picturesque BlueMountain vineyards are perhaps just two miles east of the equally picturesque vines at Noble Ridge Vineyard &...
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Champagne Blin's 80 million bubbles
Photo: Champagne Blin's François GigandetDecanting Champagneseems like an absurd idea because, surely, you would squander bubbles.Yet François Gigandet, the export manager of Champagne H. Blin,...
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Serendipity by chance and with hard work
Photo: Serendipity's Judy Kingston and Katie O'KellJudy Kingston, the owner of Serendipity Winery in Naramata, is someone to whom, at various times in her life, fate has been unkind and then...
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Ten years of Rollingdale wines
Photo: Rollingdale's Steve Dale shows off back vintages Last September, realtors from RE/MAX Kelowna teamed up with Rollingdale Winery proprietors Steve and Kirsty Dale to host a reception at the...
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Buzet’s winery is a progressive co-operative
Photo: Buzet's Delphine LeuilletAmong the many French wineries at this year’s Vancouver International Wine Festival, chances are that the least known was Les Vignerons de Buzet.Some of its wines are...
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A vertical of Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin
Photo: Mathieu Mercier of Osoyoos LaroseOne of the most significant ownership changes in the Okanagan wine industry occurred quietly last November when Constellation Brands sold its 50% interest in...
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Rustico boxes in Calamity Jane
Photo: Rustico's Bruce FullerCan you imagine a three litre box of wine sporting the VQA symbol?Well, you have to imagine it because the rules of the Vintner’s Quality Alliance forbid the use of the...
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Kootenays wines worth discovering
Baillie-Grohman winemaker Dan BarkerThere are now three wineries in or near Creston, the Kootenay city previously known just for the Columbia brewery and general agriculture.With a population of 5,300...
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Tinhorn Creek names new winemaker
Photo: Andrew WindsorTinhorn Creek Vineyards president Sandra Oldfield is transferring the role of head winemaker to Andrew Windsor, 35, an Ontario-born vintner with a master’s degree in enology from...
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Okanagan Falls Wineries Association spring tasting 2014
Photo: the new Skaha Vineyard labelThe booklet provided at the Okanagan Falls Winery Association recent spring tasting disclosed that the 12 member wineries produce only 110,000 cases of wine a...
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World’s largest wine glass in a Similkameen vineyard
Photo: Roger Hol and Jyl Chegwin and the world's largest wine glassThe Guiness Book of Records has been asked to verify the claim – but there can hardly be much doubt that the outline of a wine glass...
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Pinot Noir from Quails' Gate and friends
Photo: winemaker Grant StanleyRecent releases that have crossed my desk make it obvious that Pinot Noir is succeeding very well in British Columbia. That is hardly a new insight, either for me or for...
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Black Hills changes the Nota Bene recipe
Photo: Black Hills winemaker Graham PierceIn blending the 2012 Nota Bene, Black Hills winemaker Graham Pierce decided to break with the tradition of anchoring that wine around Cabernet Sauvignon.For...
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