Wednesday Wine Reviews with @Sam_WineTeacher

2022 Siegerrebe Gray Monk Okanagan Centre, BC $22.00 This grape, developed in Germany in 1929 is a cross of Madeleine Angevine and Gewürztraminer.  This example has a big nose of fresh fruit salad including peach, tangerine, lychee, honeydew melon, and tropical fruit.  Good balance, medium-dry with good body.  Pleasing aromas are reflected on the palate … Read more

A Little Pandemonium to Go with Your Mayhem!

Starting June 7 we are pleased to be offering private tastings by reservation in person!. These will take place at Meyer Family Vineyards in OK Falls on Sundays and Wednesdays. 

#LetsGetVirtual At Home With Mijune Pak: Wine Wednesdays

Now is your chance to be a part of a new Instagram Live series At Home with Mijune Pak, Wine Wednesdays which started May 13. Each week Mijune will challenge three local Sommeliers in a fun blind tasting.

Chef Meets BC Grape 2019 – Last chance to save!

Start your New Year off right with 15% savings on tickets to Wines of British Columbia’s legendary Chef Meets BC Grape events.

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival Wraps An Outstanding Season & Looks Ahead To 2019

The 2018 Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival has ended on a record-breaking high note, with a total season attendance of over 108,000 – up 8% from the previous year – and a lineup of successful plays and special events that repeatedly sold out houses throughout the Festival.     The 29th Bard season ran … Read more

Natural Wines with DJ Kearney

  Having been a home wine maker for over 25 years, I have always been a little leery about ‘wild’ yeast fermentations.   ‘Wild’ yeast is also known as ‘ambient’, ‘feral’ or ‘natural’ yeast. My scepticism is not without reason; having bought crushed grapes that began to ferment on their own, before I had a chance … Read more

Find Your Niche

Niche Winery One of the ‘small guys’, or garagistes, Niche Winery is a small family run operation set well off the main highway in West Kelowna. Opened in 2011 by James and Joanna Schlosser, they indeed have ‘found their Niche’. This small ten-acre, ‘Hugh and Mary’ vineyard, owned by James’ parents, Kathleen and Jerry Schlosser, … Read more

Wine Wednesday review from @Sam_WineTeacher

Non Vintage Cipes Brut Summerhill Winery Kelowna, BC $25.49 This wine was chosen to celebrate a special occasion and a good choice it was.  This traditional method, pyramid-aged wine is a blend of Riesling, Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay.  Pale lemon in colour with a medium-light intensity.  The nose shows aromas of wet stones, citrus and … Read more

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