Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

2024 Splash (white blend) River Stone Oliver, BC $22.90 The 2024 wines are part of the Good Neighbours Series, made from Washington State grapes.  This vintage is a blend of Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc.  Pale lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity.  The nose shows aromas of lemon, grapefruit, tropical fruit, apricot, grass, white flowers, … Read more

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

2022 Chardonnay (McLean Creek) Meyer Family Vineyards Okanagan Falls, BC $32.26 Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity.  A pronounced chardonnay nose.  There is no mistaking what this wine is.  Intertwined aromas of citrus, toasty oak, honey, melon, spice, and a touch of almond.  Well balanced.  Big on the palate with aromas carrying over seamlessly on to … Read more

From the Cellar with @Sam_WineTeacher

In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for MyVanCity, I am including a new one that will appear from time to time. I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’.

Wednesday Wine Reviews by @Sam_WineTeacher

I may get some comments on this feature as these wines might be better included in ‘From the Cellar’ and fair enough, but I have been digging a bit these days. 

Collaborative International Women’s Day Dinner Raises $10.9k For Canadian Mental Health

The Paisley Notebook and Aman Dosanj is proud to announce that her recent International Women’s Day dinner on March 8 has generated a donation of $10,953.89 for Foundry Kelowna, Karis Support Society and Slow Food Canada.