2022 Pinot Blanc Gray Monk Okanagan Centre, BC $19.99 Lemon yellow with medium-light intensity. Pear, orange zest, green apple, cloves, and lime on the nose. Good balance and good body with just a slightly sweet entry. Pleasing flavours on the palate with stone fruit dominating. A medium-plus finish. Serve this delicate wine with herb-roasted chicken, … Read more
2024 Unoaked Chardonnay River Stone Oliver, BC $24.90 From their Good Neighbours series. Made with grapes that came from the Columbia River area of Washington State. Lemon yellow with a hint of green and medium-minus intensity. The nose opens with lemon, apple, mandarins, nectarines, almonds, melon, and wet stones. Good balance with medium-plus body. … Read more
As a well-known slogan once proclaimed, “Membership has its privileges.” Nowhere is this truer than at Fort Berens Estate Winery. With two membership tiers—Discovery Club and VIP Gold Club—wine enthusiasts receive much more than just a curated selection of fine wines. The Discovery Club includes six bottles delivered three times a year, while the VIP … Read more
Fort Berens Estate Winery, located on a stunning site overlooking the Fraser River in Lillooet, has just released three Cabernet Franc wines, and I had the opportunity to sample two of them. While the winery offers almost two dozen different wines, it is fair to say that Cabernet Franc is their flagship red wine. … Read more
Riesling is our signature white wine at Fort Berens.
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 similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature aged … Read more
Every vintage tells a story shaped by the land, the people, and the weather.
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 similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature aged … Read more
This is a limited-time offer, on now through February 12th.
We will be launching our Winter Sale next week from November 21-30.