This. This! This is what I’d like to see more people doing on the Wine Islands—sparkling wine. NOT, contrary to popular belief, because it’s a way to use up "under ripe" grapes. Because our cool, maritime climate and ancient volcanic soils can support grapes...
This beautiful slip of a spirit is the collaboration of two boutique BC craftsmen, both artisan producers in their own right. Long Table Distillery, Vancouver’s first inner-city distillery and Similkameen Valley’s Clos du Soleil Winery have come together to weave...
The pride and joy of Horse Heaven Hills, Champoux Vineyards helped write the dictionary for how many wine professionals define Cabernet Sauvignon in Washington state. The origin to half a dozen 100-point wines delivered by the critical powers that be, Champoux...
This story ran in the winter print edition. For more in depth stories like this, subscribe or pick up a copy at your local newsstand. Just imagine. You’re walking over gently sloping hills through rows of vines, trodding along clover-hewn rows, with the buzz of...
This is a small, 97 case lot of site-specific Pinot Noir from SpierHead Winery's Gentleman Farmer Vineyard, in East Kelowna of the Okanagan Valley. As quantities are limited, distribution won't be large (check with winery first), but if you come across a bottle,...
Not many vineyards in the Northwest can really classify as "old vine" in Old World terms, nor have many had multiple lives as vigneron-ran estates. Planted in the 1960s as the vineyard formerly known as Dragonfly, the 12-acre Atavus Vineyard can check both boxes....
There’s something about citrus, sunshine and spring showers that go hand-in-hand. To complement the season as it quickly bursts into bloom, we compiled a collection of beverages equally as refreshing as the season to sate your springtime thirst. From the Okanagan...
Boy meets girl. Then boy meets wine and girl meets art. Years and vintages later that take the duo around the globe and back, boy and girl (also known as Brian Marcy and Clare Carver) planted their dreams (grapes and home roots) on a farm in Gaston, Ore., and...
Midwest-made, Purdue University-educated, winemaker Morgan Lee wasn't exactly on the likely path to enology. After taking a wine appreciation course in college, however, Lee took off to Washington state, worked a harvest under the tutelage of Juan Muñoz-Oca at...
2014 marks the 20th vintage for Tinhorn Creek, a rare milestone in BC’s wine history. Winemaker/CEO Sandra Oldfield is leading a full schedule of 20 events this year to commemorate and celebrate the anniversary—from wine dinners to outdoor concerts at the Southern...
