Wine Wednesday Reviews by Sam_Wine Teacher

2020 Gewürztraminer Rust Oliver, BC $18.70 Golden yellow/apricot in colour with medium-plus intensity.  The aromatic nose shows aromas of peach, apricot, limeade, mango, floral, and hints of spice.  Good balance and good body.  Dry on the palate with flavours of honey, melon, passion fruit, and mango followed by a medium-plus finish with just a touch … Read more

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

NV Vinho Verde Casal Garcia Penafiel, Portugal $13.99 Pale straw in colour with medium-light intensity.  Lemon, beeswax, lime zest, melon, and a delicate hint of pineapple.  Good balance and good body.  Citrus, apricot, tangerine, and yellow plum on the palate followed by light medium-plus finish.  Serve lightly chilled.  This is a lovely good value luncheon … Read more

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

2022 Chardonnay (Okanagan Valley) Meyer Family Vineyards Okanagan Falls, BC $20.96 Pale straw with medium-light intensity.  Just a deft touch of oak on the nose enhances the fruit, primarily apple, lemon, mandarin peel, peach, and tropical fruit.  Good balance.  Crisp on the palate followed by a medium-plus finish.  What’s not to like about a wine … Read more

Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

2021 Chardonnay (Micro Cuvée) Meyer Family Vineyards Okanagan Falls, BC $60.97 This is a wine made from select barrels and is always a small-lot wine.  Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity.  The nose is a cacophony of toast, butter, honey, vanilla, lemon, apple, melon, spice, fig, caramel, lanolin, and pencil shavings.  Well balanced with a full, … Read more

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

2020 Gewürztraminer Rust Oliver, BC $18.70 Golden yellow/apricot in colour with medium-plus intensity.  The aromatic nose shows aromas of peach, apricot, limeade, mango, floral, and hints of spice.  Good balance and good body.  Dry on the palate with flavours of honey, melon, passion fruit, and mango followed by a medium-plus finish with just a touch … Read more

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

    2016 Chardonnay Le Renard Bourgogne (Burgundy), France $28.99 Golden yellow with medium-minus intensity.  Aromas of flowers, stone fruit, lime, hints of butterscotch and honeydew on the nose.  Good balance with a delicate creamy texture.  Bright on the palate with flavours reflecting the nose followed by a medium-plus finish.  Good value Burgundy.   2021 … Read more

Everything Starts with Bubbles – Virtual Tasting with Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country

Join Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country and Moss Scheurkogel of Vinstitute on Tuesday,March 30th at 7pm PT .

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