NV Charme De L’Ile (Sparkling White) Blue Grouse Duncan, BC $29.99 Light straw with medium-minus intensity. Pleasing fruit on the nose, fresh fruit salad, lemon and grapefruit, bramble, earth, and minerality. Good balance and a nice lively mousse. Juicy and fruit forward on the palate followed by a medium finish. Lovely to serve when guests … Read more
In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time. I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’. It will be much like the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines … Read more
2023 Under The Chandelier (White Blend) The Gallery West Kelowna, BC $25.00 Pale lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity. Apple, citrus, white peach, honeysuckle, and melon on the nose. Good balance. Fresh and fruity on the palate with flavours that mirror the nose. A medium-plus finish. This is a lovely après dinner wine or luncheon wine, … Read more
2020 and 2022 were good years and these offerings are sure to please those looking for rich wines to enjoy through the fall and winter.
When I say easy I really mean it, there is almost nothing you could do that would spoil this family favourite.
Yes, the times are indeed changing, and like all farmers wine growers are a resilient lot and seem to possess tenacious optimism. The last several years have been challenging for the wine industry for a variety of reasons, yet they bravely march on. Here is an update on the current outlook from Black Hills Master … Read more
Tickets for Sipping Around BC: South Okanagan and Similkameen dinner are now available on L’Abattoir’s website.
They were awestruck by the spectacular scenery and surprised by the variety of activities available.
2021 Chardonnay (Micro Cuvée) Meyer Family Vineyards Okanagan Falls, BC $60.97 This is a wine made from select barrels and is always a small-lot wine. Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity. The nose is a cacophony of toast, butter, honey, vanilla, lemon, apple, melon, spice, fig, caramel, lanolin, and pencil shavings. Well balanced with a full, … Read more
