Culmina Wines and BC Cheese Pairings

Pairing BC Cheese with Culmina Wine Culmina Family Estate Winery was founded by the Triggs family atop the Golden Mile Bench in British Columbia’s South Okanagan and the wines are crafted with care from grapes grown on their family estate. Winemaker Jean-Marc Enixon is a classically trained French vigneron and winemaker who has made wine…

Naramata Bench’s Aasha Winery

Aasha Wines Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Rose I was so impressed with the bottles, the storytelling in the tasting notes and the gorgeously designed website of Aasha Wines that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on these mystical bottles. There are gorgeous illustrations on the labels, and they are sealed with wax to protect…

Nk’Mip Cellars

Nk’Mip Cellars Celebrates 20 years! National Indigenous Peoples Day is a time to honour and celebrate the cultures and contributions of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit peoples in Canada, what better day to talk about Nk’Mip Cellars, the first Indigenous-owned winery in North America with the first Indigenous Head Winemaker (Justin Hall, a proud member…

Laughing Stock Winery Summer 2021

Penticton’s Laughing Stock Winery Summer Release In 2003 Laughing Stock Vineyard Founders David and Cynthia Enns left their lives in the financial industry and invested heavy in the wine industry. Some perceived them as the “Laughing Stock” in the group for this risky decision, and hence the name as their financial peers did not feel…

Culmina Family Estate Winery

Culmina Family Estate Winery Spring 2021 It seems fitting on International Chardonnay Day we are reporting on Culmina Family Estate Winery, known for their stellar Chardonnay, Dilemma. You can explore this wine, in fact, with their Dilemma Vertical Set, a vertical offering of Culmina Family Estate Winery’s Chardonnay, Dilemma, from six vintages of elegant, classically…

Singletree Winery Wine Domes

Singletree Winery offers social distanced wine tastings inside domes Abbotsford’s Singletree winery has been offering guests dome wine tasting experiences inside domes, that literally keep guests in their bubble! Enjoy wines and enjoy local goodies inside these decorated transparent domes spaced out on their majestic property Fraser Valley property. Make a day of it and…

Provence & Checkmate Wine Dinner

Provence & Checkmate Wine Dinner – An evening drenched in collaboration & creativity Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild, Checks out Checkmate Winery at Provence. When you first meet Joshua (Josh) Carlson, the wine director at Provence, you might think he’s an artist. He is a little tailored. His blue green eyes are framed by heavy…

Stag’s Hollow Winery – Celebrating A Sense Of Place

What’s New at Stag’s Hollow Winery Good Wine Gal visited Stag’s Hollow Winery this fall and came back with all sorts of notes and some very good wine! More on Good Wine Gal here. Meet Winemaker Keira LeFranc Good Wine Gal on Zoom November 17th at 5:30 pm. REGISTER! It was 11 am. Blue sky…

Black Hills Nota Bene Release Party

Black Hills Iconic Canadian Wine Pairs Well with Iconic Canadian Personalities 2018 Nota Bene buyers gain access to a celebrity-filled online party and more What does the iconic Canadian 2018 Nota Bene wine by Black Hills Estate Winery have in common with celebrities Steven Page, Jason Priestley, Erin Cebula, Prevail and Kelsey Serwa? Besides being…

Wine Village The First In Canada

District Wine Village Opens To Open In South Okanagan The first village of its kind in Canada, District Wine Village will bring small-batch wine, beer, cider and spirit producers together alongside unique events and creative culinary offerings, all in one exceptional South Okanagan location. More wine news here. Breaking ground in spring 2020, District Wine…

Vibrant Vines Winery – East Kelowna

East Kelowna is the place to be on Saturdays if you are a fan of live music.  Each Saturday this summer, from 2-5 pm The Vibrant Vine Winery has booked a band to perform, and these are no small acts.  Among those on the roster this year are jazz phenomenon Anne Jacyszyn and the Latin…

Haywire Winery

Haywire Winery is the well tended wine project brought to us from marketing consultant Christine Coletta her husband, Steve Lornie, a well-known construction manager.  David Scholefield is the winery’s consultant and, as anyone in the BC wine industry knows, he comes with a bank full of applicable knowledge and industry connections. On the winemaking side,…