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Don’t forget the pink (and orange) wines this winter. Rosés and orange wines are not just for summer, they are perfect all year round. If you are looking for some new wines to try, Culmina Family Estate Winery has some excellent wines to choose from. Culmina Family Estate Winery is located in Oliver, British Columbia.…
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Hillside was the very first winery on the Naramata Bench. In 1989 they banded together with Lang Vineyards and Wild Goose Vineyards to lobby the Provincial Government for the Farmgate Winery Policy, which helped to transform the BC wine industry. Stay tuned for more on the history of Hillside Winery as well as reviews on…
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Spring is in the air here on the West Coast, and I am looking forward to spring wine releases! On Tuesday I had the opportunity to attend a virtual tasting at Poplar Grove. This spring tasting was led by Chris Holler and Winemaker, Stefan Arnason; more on these new releases coming soon! Tantalus is also…
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Today is National Orange Wine Day. Orange wine can be traced back 5000 years, to what is now modern-day Georgia, where wines were fermented in large clay vessels that were buried in the earth, sometimes for years. Orange wine is made using white grape varietals. After the grapes are crushed the juice is allowed to…
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This past weekend we picked the apples from our apple tree and I was quick to turn some of them into an apple pie. I have heard that Gewürztraminer is a great pairing for apple pie, and I was anxious to try it out with the 2019 Mystic River Gewürztraminer from Wild Goose. 2019 Wild…
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Yesterday was Canada Day, and it was rainy in Vancouver, so we celebrated with some liquid sunshine – a bottle of Winemaker’s Cut Boho Beat. 2019 WINEMAKER’S CUT Boho Beat $17.49 Boho Beat is a blend of Riesling, Kerner, Gewürztraminer and Viognier from the Chahal Vineyard, just north of Oliver, BC. The grapes were hand…
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Adolf Kruger was born in Germany in 1931. He immigrated to Canada at the age of 20 and became an engineer. In the early 1980’s Adolf spent some time with family friends who had just planted a vineyard in the Okanagan and, as an amateur winemaker, Adolf admired the life that they had. When an industry…