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Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

April 16, 2025 by Sam The Wine Teacher

Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher 2022 Viognier (The Y Series) Yalumba South Australia, Australia $17.99 Yalumba is a family run winery that has been in operation since 1849. This vegan wine was made with minimal intervention and wild yeast fermentation. Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity. The nose is fresh and fruity with aromas of lime, … Read more

2023 BC Best Sommelier of the Year Competition

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by Valerie van der Gracht

The excitement starts to build as all 16 candidates enter the Captain’s room to great applause.

Tasting Ten January 2019 – a flight of Cabernet Franc

February 20, 2019February 11, 2019 by Sam The Wine Teacher

Our tastings are always done blind (bottles wrapped in brown paper bags). All we knew was that founding member Wayne Meadows, organized a flight of Cabernet Franc from BC, Washington and France and that the wines were from vintages 2009 – 2012.