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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…
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Named after 500-year-old pictographs discovered on the property, Painted Rock is a beautiful estate winery located along the Skaha Bench in Penticton, British Columbia. I was fortunate to have visited this winery in 2016, but I really fell hard for their wines when I tried the 2015 vintage at the Okanagan Falls Winery Association tasting…
Continue reading Painted Rock: Rendering a new Landscape for the Skaha Bench
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Adrian Cassini was born in Romania in 1960. His family owned a vineyard and sold their grapes to a government winemaking facility; thus Adrian’s relationship with wine began at an early age, working in his family’s vineyard. His appreciation for wine was later furthered through his work in the restaurant industry. In 1990, following the…
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In 1858, during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, the Hudson’s Bay Company made plans to build a post across the Fraser River from the town of Lillooet, British Columbia. This post would act as a supply outlet for the influx of people who were flocking to the area, and the post was to be called…
Continue reading Fort Berens Estate Winery: From Gold to Wine
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A few years ago I had the pleasure of listening to a charismatic and engaging speaker named Tony Holler, owner and president of Poplar Grove Winery. As I myself work in healthcare, I found Tony Holler particularly interesting as he left a career in the medical world to pursue his passion in the wine industry.…
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In June I attended the BC Wine Appreciation Society’s (BCWAS) celebration of Harry McWatters’ 50th vintage in the BC wine industry. We enjoyed a relaxed, seated tasting of ten wines from TIME Estate Winery led by Harry McWatters himself. He opened the evening making a joke about how we would be stuck listening to him…