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1 Mill Road Vineyard is set to release their inaugural vintage on Tuesday, June 9th at 1 pm PST. If you have not yet heard of 1 Mill Road, they are located on the Naramata Bench, overlooking beautiful Lake Okanagan. This winery is a project from the couple who brought us the outstanding wines that…
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I have been drinking a lot more Rosé lately, including the 2019 CedarCreek Estate Pinot Noir Rosé with its notes of cranberry and rhubarb. All this Rosé has me craving rhubarb, so I made Melissa Clark’s Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake, which was featured in the New York Times. I followed the recipe exactly, except that I…
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This year Winemaker’s Cut released their fifth vintage. The proprietor and winemaker, Michal Mosny, was born in Slovakia where he and his wife, Martina, operated a 500-case-per-year, boutique winery. Their first glimpse of the Okanagan was through a television documentary on Nk’Mip Cellars in Osoyoos. In 2011 Michal and Martina immigrated to the Okanagan where…
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I am loving the fact that wineries are collaborating with restaurants to offer recipes that we can make at home to pair with their wines. This is the second recipe that I’ve tried from a winery and both pairings have been spot-on. The first recipe from CheckMate Artisanal Winery pairs Fool’s Mate Chardonnay with Flaky…
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Have you ever tried a wine that you were not exactly sure about in the beginning but it won you over in the end? The 2018 Trimbach “Classic” Riesling did that for me. I had this wine stored in the refrigerator and it was far too cold when I first approached it, with little-to-no nose…
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When was the last time you had a culinary disaster? I had some bad luck in the kitchen this past weekend, which culminated in me burning my hand while making gnocchi; unfortunately the gnocchi also burned while I tended to my injury. Luckily we were cooking the gnocchi in batches and were able to salvage…
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The grapes for the 2019 Tumble Wines Riesling were sourced from the Sandbar Vineyard in southeast Kelowna. Grapes were whole cluster pressed before the clean juice was transferred to stainless steel tanks for fermentation. Fermentation was halted early resulting in 11.8% alcohol and residual sugar. With 23 g/L residual sugar, this off-dry Riesling is perfect…
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In Vancouver we have been blessed with sunny weather over the past several weeks. This sunshine is definitely making physical distancing a lot more palatable and also causing me to reach for fresh, white wines. Vinos Santa Ema was founded in 1956 by Félix Pavone Arbea and the winery is now in the hands of…
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It’s hard to believe that not even two months ago wine lovers packed themselves into the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre to learn about and try new wines from around the globe. On the last day of the Vancouver International Wine Festival, I was fortunate to find myself at an intimate dinner with Laura Catena…
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How do you feel about oak influence in your wine? I’ve had several wines recently that I feel were overly oaked, which made this Cabernet Franc from the Okanagan Crush Pad a welcomed pour. The 2016 Narrative Cabernet Franc ($29.90) is a blend of Cab Franc grapes sourced from the Black Sage and Golden Mile…