2022 Pinot Gris (Vig) Roche Penticton, BC $24.00 Label designed by Marina Billinghurst. This wine was organically farmed and fermented in stainless steel. Straw coloured with medium-minus intensity. Aromas of lime, minerality, melon, apple, pear peel, honeysuckle, and green apple on the nose. Good balance. Bright on the palate with integrated flavours that echo the … Read more
More and more people are realizing the benefits of holding on to some of their wines.
2020 Sauvignon Blanc Wild Goose Okanagan Falls, BC $21.79 Golden yellow with medium-minus intensity. Grapefruit, grass, honey, Granny Smith apple, gunflint, lemon, and melon on the nose. Good balance. Pleasing on the palate with flavours echoing the nose followed by a medium-plus finish. 90 Points 2020 Rotberger Intrigue Lake Country, BC $21.00 What an absolute … Read more
2022 CaSal di Serra Verdicchio Classico Superiore Umani Ronchi Castelli di Jesi, Italy $21.99 Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity. Aromas of Sweet peach, lemon cream, elderflower, Champagne table grapes, almond, and a hint of salinity. Good balance with a slightly oily texture. The flavours reflect the nose followed by a medium-plus finish. A pleasant luncheon … 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
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
2022 Pinot Gris Mayhem Okanagan Falls, BC $18.36 Pale straw colour with medium-light intensity. Lots of citrus on the nose – lemon and lime zest, apple, pear, stone fruit, mineral, undertones and a touch of honeysuckle. Good balance. Citrus flavours dominate the palate along with honey followed by a medium-plus finish. A great value … 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
The best part for me is to try wines from regions that I am unfamiliar with.
In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am including 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 that have … Read more