Final Event in the Sipping Around BC Series – South Okanagan and Similkameen Winemakers Dinner
Tickets for Sipping Around BC: South Okanagan and Similkameen dinner are now available on L’Abattoir’s website.
Orofino Vineyards
L’Abattoir Partners with Wines of British Columbia to Present a Series of Regional Wine Dinners
The series will focus on some of the province’s best and brightest producers.
Is It or Isn’t It? Read on to find out…
Our job was to determine whether the wine was indeed what the label said or if it was something else.
Tasting Ten Group – Petit Verdot with @Sam_WineTeacher
With its roots in France, most people in the group knew that Petit Verdot is primarily thought of as one of the minor grapes in Bordeaux blends from the left bank and were surprised that there were so many made as stand-alone wines.
SMALL BUT MIGHTY: B.C.’S 2020 VINTAGE
Wine Growers British Columbia has released its annual Vintage Report which reveals slightly lower yields and exceptional fruit quality for an exciting 2020 vintage.
Local Flights BC Wine Tasting Event – a review 10-18
Second in a series of five reviews of Local Flights BC Wine Tasting Event.
#FavouriteThings – Autumn Wine Touring and Tasting in BC Wine Country
Don’t let September slip by without making a trek to the Similkameen my #FavouriteThings list of wineries you should be visiting in Keremeos and Cawston.
British Columbia New GIs and Sub-GIs
Wines of British Columbia hosted a Fall Release Tasting – COLOUR for trade, hospitality and media giving us an opportunity to taste BCVQA (Vintner’s Quality Alliance) wines. This designation tells the consumer/wine drinker they are enjoying a wine made solely from BC grapes. A seminar on the Geographical Indications (GI) of British Columbia was presented … Read more
Icons of Wine & Food Dinner at Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek – Chef Meets BC Grape Okanagan – a review
The evening started with an excited buzz as guests arrived for the Icons of Wine & Food dinner at Miradoro Restaurant at Tinhorn Creek on Friday, June 22, 2018. Hosted this year by Chef Mark McEwan with emcee Rhys Pender, Master of Wine. Sipping on BC bubbles, two in fact, Stellar’s Jay Brut 2015 and … Read more
2011 BC Wine: Cool Reds from a Cool Growing Season
2011 was not a warm year in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys. In fact, it may have been the coolest vintage in recent memory. We had a cold, wet spring which delayed bud break and flowering on the vines, forcing grape growers to significantly thin their crops. Fortunately for us local wine lovers, Mother Nature … Read more