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
2016 The White Nest Carter Wine Company Okanagan Falls, BC $24.00 Yes, it is a little odd that the 2016 is the current vintage being offered however, it has stood up quite well. This is a blend of Chardonnay, Siegerrebe, Pinot Auxerrois, Riesling, and Gewürztraminer. Lemon yellow with medium-minus intensity. Peach, apple, pear, white flowers, … Read more
2021 Siegerrebe Blue Grouse Duncan, BC $25.99 Lemon yellow with light intensity. The nose is fresh and inviting with melon, juicy stone fruit, gooseberry, and Meyer lemon aromas. This wine is drier than the nose would lead you to believe. Very good balance. A cacophony of flavours and perfume on the palate followed by a … Read more
There are no hard and fast rules. While most people drink what they buy in a matter of days, if not hours, more and more people are realizing the benefits of holding on to some of their wines and are enjoying the benefits of doing so.
NV Brut Reserva Segura Viudas Torrelavit, Spain $16.99 Segura Viudas is well-known for delivering good quality sparkling Spanish wines (cava) and this modestly priced Reserva proves the point. Straw coloured with medium-light intensity. Baked apple, citrus, brioche, and dried tree fruit with undertones of yeasty lees on the nose. Good balance and mousse. The … Read more
The vast majority of Tempranillo is grown in Spain with lesser amounts originating in Portugal and a few other countries. Spain is also known for Garnacha and Monastrell, but Tempranillo is the main grape of Spain.