2011 Syrah Pacific Breeze New Westminster, BC $23.99 This is a small lot wine with only 830 bottles made. The wine is garnet red with deep intensity. A layered nose showing aromas of blackberry, black currant, raspberry, tar, black pepper, earth, cedar, chocolate and sweet spice. Very well balanced with smooth ripe tannins. This … Read more
Historic Cowichan Winery Holds Open House Sunday, May 29 When: Sunday, May 29 from 12noon to 5pm Where: Blue Grouse Estate Winery, 2182 Lakeside Road, Duncan, BC, V9L 6M3 What: Blue Grouse Estate Winery’s Annual Public Open House Details: •Free admission to the public, families are welcome •Meet the winemaker Bailey Williamson •Complimentary … Read more
Stefanie Schales, co-proprietor along with her husband Bernd, of 8th Generation Wines in Summerland, led the BC Wine Appreciation Society through a tasting of twelve of their wines recently. She spoke about last year’s vintage and how 2016 was starting. Stefanie mentioned that there was a lot of flowering happening in the Okanagan, with lilac, … Read more
5:00 pm – Thursday, June 2 – SYNCHROMESH Needing an after work wine wind up? Join us for a free tasting of five wines featuring proprietor Alan Dickinson renowned Rieslings of Synchromesh Wines. Synchromesh is a small, family run operation focused on producing terroir-driven, world class Riesling, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. Wines are born … Read more
Le Vieux Pin Winery and Homer St. Café are teaming up this spring to showcase a very limited edition Roussanne, paired with two contemporary French inspired dishes. This is the first time Le Vieux Pin Winemaker and Viticulturist Severine Pinte has created a single varietal, single vineyard Roussanne. The stars aligned during the growing … Read more
It was a rainy day on Granville Island, but the mood inside Edible Canada was bright and sunny. Besides the cheerful company, and some wonderful wines, the passion for BC food and wine was palpable. After a little wine tasting and mingling, Town Hall’s Leann Froese got everyone’s attention and introduced Eric Pateman from … Read more
Cowichan’s Blue Grouse Estate Winery Captures International Travel Award Blue Grouse Estate Winery announced it won the Service Excellence Award for Duncan in the 2016 Holiday and Tour Specialist Awards from the Luxury Travel Guide. This award helps to solidify Blue Grouse Estate Winery as a leader in the Cowichan Valley, not only for … Read more
We are pleased to announce that the tasting room at Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars has opened for the 2016 season. Effective immediately, we are open daily from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Please come by and experience our 100% estate-grown wines in the exhilarating space of our tasting room, with its vaulted ceilings and large … Read more
I left Port Moody on a gray drizzly day. As I rode the Skytrain into Vancouver for a California wine tasting, the sky got progressively clearer and brighter. The California Wine Fair had obviously brought some sunny weather along to compliment their wines. Most wine drinkers are familiar with California wines as they are … Read more
Record number of attendees, wineries, restaurants and celebrity chefs concoct recipe for success Taste Washington, Seattle’s premier wine and food event, reported its highest overall attendance in 2016; both in event participants, and also for participating restaurants and wineries. The 19th annual event took place March 31-April 3 at various venues throughout Seattle and … Read more