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The 2019 Unoaked Pinot Gris from Hillside Winery has pretty much everything I want in a Pinot Gris. It is a lovely wine to sip on the patio, or pair it with charcuterie, summer salads, or even grilled vegetables and white meat. 2019 Hillside Winery Unoaked Pinot Gris $23.00 The grapes for this wine were…
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One of the things that I love about Whispering Horse Winery is that they are not trying to be the Okanagan or the Napa Valley. Whispering Horse is located in Yarrow, BC and they are focussed on showcasing the uniqueness of Fraser Valley terroir using 100% estate grown grapes. The proprietors of Whispering Horse Winery…
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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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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…