Tag: Pinot Noir

Posted on December 28, 2017

Fort Berens Estate Winery: From Gold to Wine

Categories Wine TastingTags BC Wine, BC Wines, Cabernet Franc, Fort Berens Estate Winery, Heleen Pannekoek, Lillooet, Meritage, Pinot Noir, Rolf de Bruin

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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Posted on June 6, 2017

Venturi Schulze Vineyards

Categories Wine Tasting, Winery TourTags BC Wine, BC Wines, Brut Rosé, Chasselas, Cowichan Valley, Madeleine Sylvaner, Ortega, Pinot Noir, Schönburger, Siegerrebe, Venturi Schulze Vineyards2 Comments on Venturi Schulze Vineyards

I rolled into Venturi Schulze Vineyards just after 10:00 on a Friday morning – what a wonderful way to start the day! Venturi Schulze is located in Cobble Hill, about a fifty-minute drive outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island. If you miss the turn off from the highway at Vineyard Road, as I did, just…

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