Spring Sipping with Blasted Church Wines
Presenting two favourites from Blasted Church. These new releases are bound to become your favourites too, just don’t wait to long to indulge your senses, Spring Releases are very popular.
Presenting two favourites from Blasted Church. These new releases are bound to become your favourites too, just don’t wait to long to indulge your senses, Spring Releases are very popular.
Back Door wines were new to me and so I am embarking on a journey of discovery. So we will start together and as I taste the wines and I will update this feature as we go along.
Overall, the 2019 vintage was a moderately cool vintage with wines showing juicy and vibrant fruit, crisp acidity, moderate alcohol levels and ripe tannins in the red wines.
2019 Chardonnay Monte Creek Monte Creek, BC $21.99 Golden straw in colour with medium-minus intensity. The nose opens with aromas of pineapple, fruit salad, banana, mango, honey, lemon, apricot, peach, and floral notes. Good balance with a creamy texture. The flavours follow the nose with fruit salad flavours with a medium-plus finish. 2020 Pinot … Read more
This was the ‘ringer’ that was added to the flight as Culmina is the winery Pascal Madevon went to after leaving Osoyoos Larose and it is nearby on the Golden Mile Bench. Pretty consistent scores across the group. Ranked in the lower half of the flight.
It’s spring so that definitely influenced my decision on which Dirty Laundry wine to choose. How could I resist? Look at the lovely colour. Flowers are blooming, the sun is shining.
Spring is a thrilling time in wine country, signifying warm temperatures, awakening of the vineyards and the release of new wines from the 2021 harvest.
Spring wine releases speak to our sun-loving souls, offering Similkameen sunshine in a bottle, just made for sipping on sunny decks with smiling friends.
Malbec World Day is Sunday, April 17th. Three retailers in BC are celebrating Argentine wines all month long. These local shops will feature a range of Malbecs and blends from the many different regions within Argentina.
For the third year in a row, $1 from every bottle of Blue Grouse or Quill wine sold anywhere in BC goes to Nourish Cowichan to feed hungry children.