Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

NV Charme De L’Ile (Sparkling White) Blue Grouse Duncan, BC $29.99 Light straw with medium-minus intensity.  Pleasing fruit on the nose, fresh fruit salad, lemon and grapefruit, bramble, earth, and minerality.  Good balance and a nice lively mousse.  Juicy and fruit forward on the palate followed by a medium finish.  Lovely to serve when guests … Read more

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Hester Creek Wines

Exploring your love of wine together adds that little bit of extra romance.

From the Cellar with @Sam_WineTeacher

In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time.  I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’. It will be much like the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines … Read more

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

2023 Pinot Gris (Anarchy) Mayhem Okanagan Falls $25.32 Golden yellow with medium intensity.  Honeysuckle, apple, pear, floral, butterscotch and butterscotch on the nose.  Very good balance with a creamy texture.  Well-integrated flavours on the palate including honey, lemon, lime, pineapple, apple, and a light hint of ginger.  A medium-long finish.  This is an impressive Pinot … Read more