A Summer Duo from Little Engine Wines

This is the first review of the season featuring two Little Engine Wines that match so well with summer. What goes best with sunshine, mountain views and long, slow days? Light, refreshing, delicious wines. You are going to love these wines as much as I do. Just ideal for enjoying on the beach, by the … Read more

Noble Ridge’s 2019 The One Named Best Sparkling Wine at the All Canadian Wine Championships

Noble Ridge’s 2019 The One Named Best Sparkling Wine at the All Canadian Wine Championships The winery earns Canada’s top sparkling wine honour for a second time, highlighting the exceptional quality of Okanagan Falls as a premier sparkling wine region. Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery is proud to announce that its flagship traditional-method sparkling wine, … Read more

LEARNING ABOUT WINE Crémant de Bourgogne

Crémant de Bourgogne Crémant de Bourgogne is easier to understand when it is treated as one of Burgundy’s wine categories rather than as a secondary alternative to more famous sparkling regions. It is made by the traditional method, and it shares Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with Champagne, but those facts do not tell the reader … Read more

Private Wine Tasting with Blue Grouse Estate Winery

Earlier this week I conducted a wine tasting of four lovely wines from Blue Grouse. This was a private wine tasting with friends. All totalled there were about twenty wine loving friends gathered in our condo building’s lounge. It was the ideal spot to sit, enjoy the wines and socialize. Our lounge was just big … Read more

Apprentice Dinner Vol. 5 at Chambar – a review

Everything well prepared, beautifully presented, and best of all, truly delicious well crafted dishes.

Crafted in BC Wines from Township 7

Whether you’re an indoor person or an outdoor person, or maybe you’re both, one thing for sure you are going to love these new releases from Township 7. The perfect summer sippers to be enjoyed outside on the patio or deck; or inside with your feet up just relaxing the day away. When I said … Read more

Roots & Resilience Wines Crafted in B.C. | Tinhorn Creek

An exclusive celebratory reception with the winemakers from BC’s  Gray Monk Estate, Tinhorn Creek, Sandhill, Black Hills, and Red Rooster  This is the second in a series of exclusive features, one for each of the presenting wineries that were in attendance. It was an incredible night of wine tasting, nibbles and conversations about the wines presented. The evening featured … Read more