“wines that are made for commercial purposes and exist merely as
products have their place alongside all such commodities: soda,
breakfast cereal, vacuum-cleaner bags. they can be enjoyable and
useful, but they don’t matter”
Tall Tale Wines is a small winery that does not have a fixed location but sources premium quality grapes from the South Okanagan. Tall Tale, which makes fine wine in small batches using a completely natural approach, released its first wines in 2017.
Innovative and new ‘Vines & Spines’ monthly wine and book club has now been launched by local BC
Winery. The subscription membership includes a new release book (in paper or audible form) and a bottle of Waterside wine delivered monthly.
From Monday, October 28 to Sunday, November 3, AnnaLena will be presenting a thoughtful Fall Harvest menu focusing on favourites of the season. The latest dinner series from AnnaLena is just the thing for this time of year – a prix-fixe menu featuring five courses from the award-winning culinary team.
About 200 CheckMate wine club members and their guests strolled about the spacious areas in the room that was set with wine and food pairing stations. In the library you could pair your choice of Chardonnay with a delectable crab cake or discover another corner of the room and enjoy a different selection of Chardonnay with the never ending array of bite size sushi.
Harvest 2019 is in full swing and we are happy to announce that our 2017 Meritage is officially released, available only online and at our wine shop. This special blend is hand crafted by Charlie- he began making this wine while pruning in the early spring of 2017.
Winemakers remain optimistic as they head into the last few weeks of harvest with many looking forward to lower alcohol levels and vibrant natural acidity for a fresh and elegant 2019 vintage.
Following an introduction while attending the Garagiste North – small guys wine festival we made a point of getting out to Lariana for a tasting of their wines.
Some stand-out wines of the evening included the 2018 Wild Goose Winery Gewurztraminer – drier this year than last – and the 2017 Moon Curser Touriga Nacional. DaSilva’s 2015 Syrah Malbec was one of the most interesting wines of the evening; it was coming from a super BC vintage and exuded a beautiful balance of fruit and spice.
Vertical tastings are one of my favourite things to do. They are always very eye opening and educational. I have long been an advocate for cellaring and aging wines whenever and however you can.