Good Life Vancouver Entertainment | Dine Taste Shop Drink | Travel Adventures & Events » BC Red Wine http://goodlifevancouver.com Good Life Vancouver brings Industry News and Reviews for Fine Dining, Wine Tasting, Events, Travel, Adventures, and more. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:21:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Road 13 Honest John Red – 2008 http://goodlifevancouver.com/road-13-honest-john-red-2008/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=road-13-honest-john-red-2008 http://goodlifevancouver.com/road-13-honest-john-red-2008/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:35:36 +0000 cassandra http://69.89.27.205/~goodlig4/oldsite/?p=3533 honest_johns_redRoad 13 is a family run winery owned by Mick and Pam Luckhurst.  The couple released the Honest John series of wine as a tribute to Honest John Oliver, the Premier of BC in the early 1900′s.  Oliver was responsible for the construction of the irrigation canal that transformed the South Okanagan, specifically the Golden Mile, into arable farmland.

This premium Merlot is a bright fruit wine exhibiting fruity characteristics of ripe cherry, plum, with some granite, minerality and a smoky finish.  Selling at $18.99, this is a perfect compliment to a plate of ribs, pork roast with cherry relish, or meat lasagna.

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