This month, Winethusiasts brings you Church and State Wines. Don’t ever miss out on the Winethusiast Club‘s Spotlight Winery wine bundles. Each wine bundle is available for a limited two week period.
In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My VanCity, I am including 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 that have been … Read more
A perennial favourite Four Shadows releases three wines for your sipping pleasure. Spring releases are your nudge to order these delectable wines before they sell out!
“In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Alfred Tennyson, Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson For those of us with our feet planted more firmly on the ground our thoughts just may be turning to wine, specifically the wines of the latest Spring Releases. In this series of features, I will … Read more
We’re open for sales and tastings of our natural wines and ciders on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays in April from 1pm – 5pm and we look forward to sharing our passion with you!
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.