Looking Ahead to the Grape Harvest in BC
As we ease back into our work week after a long weekend to celebrate this great province, we reflect on how it has been a long, warm spring and summer across BC. Weather, growing conditions, watering restrictions and threat of fire all could impact the upcoming grape harvest, depending on which grape growing region you […]
Congratulations to BC’s Platinum Wine Align Award Winners!
A selection of BC wines shone at this year’s WineAlign awards. Congratulations to Deep Roots Winery**, Church and State Wines, Road 13 Vineyards, CC Jentsch Vineyards, La Stella Wines, and Mission Hill Winery for their respective “platinum” category award winners. You can find the full list of award winners here. David Lawrason, co-head judge of the awards […]
Haywire’s bright, tasty Canyonview Vineyard Chardonnay
We’re fans of Okanagan Crush Pad here at Chez BCWineLover, and not only because of the wines. The 3-year old winery based in Summerland, BC is already a business success story and they’ve barely just begun. Proprietors Christine Coletta and her husband Steve Lornie have marketing and business smarts that has helped them shorten the […]