2019 #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions – Time Winery
What friend or family member won’t be excited to receive a bottle of Time wine? Good wines at affordable prices, a win, win for the holiday shopper.
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The Season of Giving at Hester Creek
Just in time for the holidays, we are delighted to release a variety of new wines with something for every palate from great value table wines to cellar worthy reds and a delightful dessert wine.
Last call for Limited Edition Holiday Vertical & Winemakers Sets from CheckMate
With December right around the corner and holiday shipping cut off dates soon to follow we wanted to offer a last call for our limited sets below. Perfectly packaged in collector gift boxes, these sets are sure to please anyone on your holiday gift list.
2019 #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions – CheckMate Artisanal Winery
These are very special wines and we personally recommend them for your holiday gift giving. It is rare to be able to give a gift of this caliber and this East West Bench set is a joy to receive. Wines for drinking now or wines that may be stored for future enjoyment, special occasions or with best friends.
Winemaker’s Thoughts on BC Harvest 2019 – Guest Post from Julian Park
Yields were down but the quality of the fruit was excellent. The winemakers expect 2019 to produce delicious lower alcohol, bright acidity wines. This first article highlights the harvest for the Okanagan Valley and Shuswap Regions of British Columbia.
2019 #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions – McWatters Collection
Day Three and it falls on a #WineWednesday. That seems apropos for the legend that was Harry McWatters. Dubbed the “godfather” of BC Wine meant with great respect for this pioneer of the British Columbia wine industry.
Exceptional Wines, Extraordinary Evening with CheckMate Artisanal Winery
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.
#WineWednesday Wine Reviews by @Sam_WineTeacher
2016 Chardonnay CedarCreek Kelowna, BC $18.99 Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity. Apple, pear, citrus and butter on the nose. Very good balance with good mouthfeel. The flavours reflect the nose followed by a medium-plus finish. This is the perfect everyday chardonnay to keep handy in your fridge. 2015 Cabernet Franc Pacific Breeze New Westminster, … Read more
You’re Invited to an Exclusive Wine Pairing Dinner with The Prisoner Wine Co. and Wildebeest – Wednesday, October 2
Enjoy Chef Ian McHale’s deliciously decadent yet simple country cooking at its finest, brilliantly paired with the rich, mouth-filling wines of The Prisoner Wine Co, a pioneer of California’s most luxurious red blends, at this multi-course feast designed to celebrate the peak of autumn goodness.
Wednesday Wine Reviews by Sam Hauck aka @Sam_WineTeacher
Estate fruit grown in the Similkameen Valley and co-fermented on Viognier skins as is done in the Rhine Valley of France. The wine was aged for 20 months in new and second use French and American oak barrels, each of which imparts different nuances to the wine.