2013 Best of Varietal Wine Awards
Wow, it’s been pretty quiet here on BC Wine Lover, but that doesn’t mean I have been just sipping wine all winter long (although there was plenty of that too). Last week the Okanagan Wine Festival Society announced the 2013 Best of Varietal Wine Awards. Out of the 430 wines that were entered, the following […]
Harpers Trail – Lots of Potential With Room to Grow
I recently stopped in to visit Ed and Vicki Collett from Harper’s Trail Estate Winery in Kamloops, BC. Yes Kamloops! I first met Ed and Vicki at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, and then at a recent Media Trip to Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland, where Harper’s Trail wines are being vinified. I was […]
A Loop Around Oliver
After a couple of weeks without winery touring due to moving house (J & I have now “shacked up” in a lovely lakefront home) I took advantage of the fact that my little brother was in the Okanagan for a long-overdue visit and invited him to come touring with me for a day. Since he’s […]