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Two of my favourite things: Peonies and the Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Upper Bench Winery & Creamery. I love that Proprietor and Winemaker, Gavin Miller, refers to Cabernet Sauvignon as the true heartbreak grape of the Okanagan. Cabernet Sauvignon requires a long growing season to fully ripen, something that is difficult to achieve even in…
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What do you do when your friend delivers you a beautiful, freshly-baked loaf of bread, full of olives, sausage and tomatoes? You immortalize it with a photo before you pair it with a terrific Rosé and devour it! As the name of this wine denotes, it was made using the Saignée method. Red wines receive…
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In 2003 Skip and Judy Stothert moved from North Vancouver to Naramata. With 52 acres of land and Skip’s propensity towards Burgundian wines, the couple decided to focus exclusively on Dijon clones of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. At first the Stotherts sold their grapes to neighbouring wineries, like Foxtrot, but in 2012 they decided to…
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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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So, I know that there is no wine bottle in this shot, but I am taking a wee break from wine today and presenting to you instead a wine derivative called Winecrush. Winecrush was founded by a man named Bill Broddy, who retired to the Okanagan after an entrepreneurial career in the tech industry. One…
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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…
Continue reading CheckMate 2014 Fool’s Mate: Food and Wine Pairing
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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…