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There is no doubt that the winters of 2023 and 2024 were particularly challenging for wineries in British Columbia, with the winter of 2024 being the most devastating. Fort Berens, located in Lillooet, BC, unfortunately did not escape these winters unscathed. In January 2024, following what began as a relatively warm winter, a cold snap…
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Did you know that there are three Rosé Day celebrations during the year? The first Rosé Day seems to have been established in 2005 by the good folks behind the blog Winegeek. They picked August 14th as the day to celebrate, as it is halfway to Valentine’s Day. Next, National Rosé Day was officially registered in 2014…
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Summer is less than a month away and if you are looking for some summer wines to have on repeat these two will fit the bill nicely. Fort Berens Estate Winery recently released their Alluvium Series wines. Fort Berens is located in Lillooet, BC and their vineyards are positioned on unique benches formed by alluvial…
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Is there a place that you would love to live, far away from your current life as you know it? For me, that place is the countryside in the United Kingdom. The logistics of it though – leaving family and friends, finding a new job, getting a visa, the selling and buying of property, heck,…
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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…
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