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Upper Bench Winery & Creamery recently released the second vintage of Altitude, which is a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyards were cropped low for this vintage, at just over three tons per acre. The wine spent 20 months in French oak barrels (30% new) and only 320 cases of this…
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Have you been cooking or baking more while in social isolation? If so, what have you been making? This weekend we made our own pasta, meatballs and marinara sauce and paired it with the 2016 Upper Bench Estate Grown Pinot Noir ($41.40). Upper Bench Winery & Creamery in Naramata is offering free shipping on all…
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Are you a Merlot fan, or do you find Merlot to be mundane? If you fall into the latter category, I think this Merlot might just change your perception. After two hours in the decanter, the 2016 Upper Bench Estate Merlot offers aromas of ripe blackberries, cassis, cherries, black liquorice and clove. The body is…
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Shana Miller, who was born and raised in Nova Scotia, is one of the founders of Upper Bench Winery and Creamery. At the age of 25 she found herself working in a stressful accounting job in Quebec. Motivated to make a change, Shana moved to the Okanagan in 1995. At the time, Shanna also had…
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