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April is BC Wine Month, and it’s a great time to celebrate as wineries are announcing their spring releases. I recently had the pleasure of tasting through the spring wine club shipment from JoieFarm, which has recently come under new ownership. JoieFarm Winery is located along the Naramata Bench in the Okanagan Valley. It was…
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Over the weekend I had the opportunity to taste two wines from one of the oldest wineries in British Columbia, Gray Monk Estate Winery. Gray Monk was founded by George and Trudy Heiss. George was born in Austria, while Trudy was born in Germany. Both hairdressers by trade, the two met at a hairdressing competition…
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I am back after a one month hiatus. Despite the break I have been enjoying some great summer wines, including the 2019 Haywire Gamay from the Okanagan Crush Pad, located in Summerland, BC. Gamay Noir is the perfect summer red. It is most notably grown in France where it is called Beaujolais. Gamay is low…
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SPUD.CA now delivers wine, beer and spirits with your groceries. Established in 1997, SPUD offers local, organic and sustainable groceries that you can order online and have delivered right to your door. Voted ‘Best Grocery Delivery’ by Georgia Straight readers, five years in a row – SPUD is GMO-free, supports farmers with sustainable growing practices…
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Lone Tree Cellars, founded in 2005, is an importer and distributor, sourcing wine and spirits from around the world and bringing the best ones to Western Canada. In 2019 they moved their offices to North Vancouver where they acquired a brewery. They named the brewery La Cerveceria Astilleros and when it opens it will offer…