Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

  2020 Sauvignon Blanc (Reserva Especial) Santa Rita 120 Valle Central, Chile $11.99 This value-priced wine over-delivers.  Great for an everyday wine to keep in the fridge.  Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity.  Aromas of lemon, honey, melon, fresh-cut grass, and hints of green apple and green beans on the nose.  Good body with medium-plus body.  … Read more

Spotlight Winery | Castoro de Oro | Heart of Gold

The winery was asked to pick just one wine that could be featured. The wine had to be just that little extra bit special and viola the wine was chosen.

TIME Family of Wines welcomes new changes…

It’s September and a time of new beginnings. Recently TIME Family of Wines announced some changes to their look and sense of place. With this growth and change comes some new branding, a new look and a reimagined experience.

New releases, with an updated look from Church and State Wines

Church & State Wines features two distinctly different vineyard properties located in the Okanagan and on Vancouver Island. Our meticulous wine-making process is driven by a passion to make wines that capture a sense of place, drawing from the terroir to showcase a sense of character, depth and the elegance of our land.

Stoneboat Vineyards announces new owners

The Verhoeff Group of Companies announces the purchase of Stoneboat Vineyards located on the Black Sage Bench in Oliver, BC. The business continues to be family-owned, changing hands from Julie and Lanny Martiniuk to the Verhoeff family.

#ThisWineThatDish with Roche Wines | Mushroom Soup

Château 2017 is the second vintage of a new trandition of Grand Vin. Aged 18 months in 50% new French oak. Unfined and unfiltered. 

Half Corked in Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country: Ticket Lottery Open Until May 22, 2021

With a new fall date and an updated format, the popular Half Corked outdoor wine tasting experience returns to Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country on September 11, 2021.

#ShiptoSip 2021 with Frind Estate Winery

A wine that comes with a special offer, very limited quantities left though, so act soon. As well as a new spring release. Here then are two excellent offerings for your sipping pleasure to #wineonline…

From the Cellar featuring wines that have been aged

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’.

#ShiptoSip 2021 Okanagan Crush Pad

This selection of wines definitely makes us think about Spring! All so inviting and reminding us there is sunshine on the horizon.