Sam The Wine Teacher 
2021 Riesling Monte Creek Monte Creek, BC $29.99 Terroir is what gives this wine its character. Grown on their Lion’s Head vineyard which, “contains highly calcareous soils that help to generate the tension and acidity that all great Rieslings have.” Fermented cold and slow which helps to preserve aromatics. Lemon yellow with medium-light … Read more
2019 Sparkling Rosé Monte Creek Monte Creek, BC $23.99 Cherry red with medium intensity. Strawberries, cream, cherries, cranberries, and delicate dusty wild herbs on the nose. Very good balance with good mousse. Refreshing on the palate with bright fruit shining through. Cherries linger on the medium-plus finish. A versatile sparkler well suited as a … Read more
Two vintage Piper Heidsieck vintage Champagnes, a California Chardonnay, a rather unique Italian white and an intriguing Riesling Auslese.
Therefore, after much deliberation, I have decided to include points, at least in some of my articles.
Lillooet’s original pioneering winery, Fort Berens, continues to impress wine lovers year after year.
My suggestion, to fully appreciate the nuances between these wines, is to invite some Chardonnay-loving friends over and taste them side-by-side.
We were presented with eight wines to see if the recommended wine was indeed the best.
Wine grape growing and wine making are not for the faint of heart.
We tasted an extensive flight of sparkling, white, rosé, and red wines and to a T, they were all very impressive.
