This special bundle for Winethusiast Club includes Spotlight Winery Castoro de Oro’s wines in Cans!
This month, Winethusiasts are brought something new—wine-in-can! Drinking wine from a can is a new trend in the BC wine industry, and we expect to see much more of it in the coming years. Castoro de Oro are pioneers in this, being one of the first to produce wine-in-can in BC. And they are the first to be awarded for doing so: their Heart of Gold made history as it was the first 100% BC still wine-in-can to win an award!
Read about their 4 wines that you can purchase in can and buy the wine bundle by clicking here.
Don’t ever miss out on the Winethusiast Club‘s Spotlight Winery bundles. Each bundle is available for a limited two week period. Every two weeks an OWFS member winery will be featured. Something for everyone!
You don’t need to be a Winethusiast member to buy the wine bundle, but you should join for all the other great perks!
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Note that all these – wines-in-can – may also be purchased by the bottle from the winery.
Wine bundle includes 8 wines-in-can, 2 of each of the following:
Unoaked Chardonnay
Heart of Gold
Pinot Duetto Rosé
Merlot
Price is $70.26 (taxes in) plus shipping
Buy the wine bundle by clicking here
Chardonnay Unoaked
The Unoaked Chardonnay is loved by Chardonnay fans and those in the ABC (anything but Chardonnay) club alike. It has delicate aromas of pear, green and yellow apples, and a drizzle of honey. It’s described as well-balanced, clean, and elegant, and is the newest addition to the wine-in-can line-up from Castoro de Oro.
Same terrific wine available in bottles or cans!
Tasting Note:
Picked at optimum ripeness, this unoaked Chardonnay has delicate aromas of pear, green and yellow apples, white peach, clover blossoms and a drizzle of honey. Well balanced, clean and rather elegant. Flavours of fresh apples and pears, kiwifruit, sweet oranges, mango and hints of apple-spice herbal tea and lime rind, finished with a crisp citrus. It’s a bit lower in acidity than most unoaked chardonnay, because it is fully ripened, so it’s smoother but it’s not buttery like oaked chards. Loved by chardonnay fans but it’s also converted a huge number of people who belong to the “ABC Club – anything but chardonnay” so many have added the disclaimer except we love Castoro de Oro’s chardonnay! This Chardonnay is an easy to pair with food or highly smashable from a can at the beach or when golfing. This is the newest release in can format and so far it’s been kept it only in BC.
Can 250 ml BC 495146 $ 7.73 626990278931
Bottle 750 ml AB/BC 796375 SK 26606 $19.04 626990173441
Shipping costs are available by contacting the winery using this form.
Heart of Gold ® (white blend)
The Heart of Gold was awarded a Double Gold medal in the 2021 All Canadian Wine Championship, which is not an easy feat! It was also the Judge’s Selection Top Six at the 2021 Alberta Beverage Awards! This white is a blend of Pinot Blanc, Vidal, Siegfried, and Viognier. Siegfried, an uncommon grape in the Okanagan, has characteristics of warmed sugar and cotton candy, which you get on the nose even though this wine is very dry. Other descriptors include peach, grapefruit, and apricot.
Same terrific wine available in bottles or cans!
RECENT Awards:
- DOUBLE GOLD Best of Category 2021 ALL CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Blind judged, poured from cans competed against wine from bottles, because it’s the same wine the All Canadian Wine Championships awarded both formats! It made wine history as the first wine in can to win an award! - JUDGES SELECTION Top Six 2021 Alberta Beverage Awards
Blind judged, poured from bottles competed against wine from all over the world, international and domestic!
Blend:
Pinot Blanc, Vidal, Siegfried, Viognier. We never disclose our blend percentages it’s our secret recipe!
Tasting Note:
It’s seriously complex, and how could it not be with these four diverse grapes combined perfectly to be much more than the sum of the parts! So go ahead… grab a cooler of cold cans or a bottle and crack open this lovely unoaked white blend. It has a clean nose of peach, grapefruit and apricots. It’s round and fruity on the palate with peach, honey, apricot, ripe apple and just enough citrus on the finish to keep it fresh, followed by an after note of warm sugar. Siegfried is an uncommon grape and is not the same as, nor is it related to, siegerrebe. Siegfried has a varietal characteristic of warmed sugar / cotton candy, aroma and finish, even when the wine is not actually sweet this note comes through after you swallow, these notes are some of what makes Heart of Gold so special. It is super easy to pair with food and the cotton candy note either complements a meal or disappears with others and is extremely quaffable without food – you should try to remember you’re drinking real wine if you’re sipping it from a can at a music festival, hiking or on an airplane!
Bottle 750 ml AB 285320 BC 886945 $19.04 626990188162
Can 250 ml AB 952900 BC 95290 $ 7.73 626990278900
Shipping costs are available by contacting the winery using this form.
Pinot Duetto Rosé
The Pinot Duetto Rosé is a beautiful blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc. This rosé is dry and has delicious characteristics of black cherries, fresh raspberries, and wild herbs. While it’s designed to be served chilled it is just as delicious a little warmer, as more of the red wine characteristics come through.
Same terrific wine available in bottles or cans!
Blend:
Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir. We never disclose our blend percentages it’s our secret recipe!
Tasting Note:
This delightful rosé is darker and less sweet than many rosés showcasing an enticing nose of black cherries, fresh raspberries and wild Okanagan herbs. It’s smooth on the palate and has big on flavours of red berries with savoury herb accents and plenty of juicy acidity on the finish. This is the winery owner’s choice for dog walking, in the vineyard, every hot day and some not so hot days too! Meant to be served chilled but if it warms up in your glass, or can, it still tastes wonderful it just tastes more like a red wine as it warms.
Bottle 750 ml AB/BC 194225 SK 22038 $19.91 626990105497
Can 250 ml AB 952870 BC 95287 LTO $7.73 626990278917
Shipping costs available from the winery using this form.
Merlot
The Merlot was named one of the Judge’s Selection Top Seven Merlot at the 2021 Alberta Beverage Awards! A well-made Merlot, it is earth and balanced. It has a bold nose of savoury red berries, plums, cocoa, and oak. It is well-structured and tannic, making it an excellent food wine, and has delicious flavours of plums, cassis, and dark chocolate. A must-try!
Same terrific wine available in bottles or cans!
RECENT Awards:
JUDGES SELECTION Top Seven Merlot 2021 Alberta Beverage Awards
Blind judged, poured from bottles competed against wine from all over the world, international and domestic!
Tasting Note:
A serious, well-made, earthy and well balanced, Merlot that one would never know came from a can if you served it to them blind. A bold nose of savoury red berries, plums, cocoa and elegant oak spices. It has wonderful mouth-feel and is dense and dark in the glass and loaded with plums, kirsch, cassis, anise, dark chocolate, dried clove spice, nutmeg, tannic structure and depth all leading to a long finish.
Bottle 750 ml AB 778355 BC 604439 SK 27909 $24.69 626990105466
Can 250 ml AB 952930 BC 95293 SK 3858 $ 8.60 626990278924
Shipping costs available from the winery using this form.
Wine bundle includes 8 wines-in-can, 2 of each of the following:
Unoaked Chardonnay
Heart of Gold
Pinot Duetto Rosé
Merlot
Price is $70.26 (taxes in) plus shipping
Buy the wine bundle by clicking here
Please note: The winery has set up a Google form specifically for these wine bundles. Guests can fill this form out and the winery will contact them directly with a shipping quote. Filling in the Google form is not a commitment to purchase.
Want more perks? Join the Winethusiast Club! Winethusiasts get special access to more perks like discounted tickets to Winethusiast Series pop-up tastings, discounted tickets to OWFS Signature Events, VIP pre-event tastings, monthly Featured Giveaways, and more!
In collaboration with the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society. Wine notes and images courtesy of the winery and the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society. I received complimentary wine to facilitate this feature.
