Haywire Lunar New Year White 2013

Another great wine for food with a touch of spice is the Haywire Lunar White in which the winery blends Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay, and Viognier to create a harmonious bottle of noodle-worthy wine. You’ll find aromas of peach, tropical fruit, and floral notes and similar fresh flavours along with pink grapefruit, lychee and some zippy acidity. Great with seafood….

Haywire Lunar New Year Red 2012

We recently celebrated Lunar New Year with dim sum and sipped on this wonderfully paired Haywire Lunar Red. Made from Gamay Noir grapes and a touch of  Syrah, this wine has aromas of plum and raspberry along with some chocolate and spice. On the palate there is jammy raspberry and red currant flavours along with soft tannins, spice…

Fraiche Restaurant Hosts Haywire Wines

5 course dinner will showcase warm weather cooking and grilling techniques. Each course will be paired with select wines from Haywire and Bartier Scholefield Wineries. Master wine maker Michael Bartier will discuss the wines and Chef Alvarez will explain his philosophy on the choice of dishes being served. May 16, 2012 | 6:30 pm Tickets…

Beachside forno features north shore winery owners

Five-course tasting menu hosted by Kurtis Kolt ‘Know Your Neighbours’  – Tuesday, July 26, 6:30pm Spend the evening at Beachside Forno for another fun, food and wine-fuelled evening.   The second in a series of summer wine evenings designed and led by Vancouver’s affable and charming wine luminary, Kurtis Kolt, Beachside invites you to get to “know…

Okanagan Crush Pad Winery Launches for Custom Crush

A new Okanagan Valley custom crush facility will open its cellar in Summerland for crush 2011 Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie are pleased to announce the formation of a custom crush winery,Okanagan Crush Pad at their 10-acre Switchback Vineyard in Summerland, BC. Construction is underway on a new 7,750-square-foot facility, which will be ready for…

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,…

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED WINEMAKER ALBERTO ANTONINI JOINS THE HAYWIRE WINERY TEAM

The Haywire Winery team is pleased to announce that Alberto Antonini has agreed to act as consulting oenologist for British Columbia’s newest winery. Antonini toured the Okanagan Valley for the first time this past weekend, visiting vineyards (including the Switchback Vineyard and Hollenbach Vineyard) and working with owners Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie, and advisor…

Haywire Winery Launched

WINE INDUSTRY MARKETING GURU GOES HAYWIRE In short: After more than 20 years guiding the strategic and marketing activities of wineries from BC and beyond, industry consultant Christine Coletta, along with her husband Steve Lornie, is launching Haywire Winery. Their first wine will be a 2009 Pinot Gris from the duo’s Switchback Vineyard located in…