#BCWine – News from Kettle Valley Winery

Thursday, February 24, 2011 – Pinot Noir Dinner at Camille’s in Victoria with Kettle Valley & Alderlea Winery’s

Saturday, February 26, 2011 – Dinner Concert Series 1-866-SKI-KICK www.kickinghorseresort.com

February 17 through March 10, 2011 – Kettle Valley “Dine Around” www.camillesrestaurant.com

Saturday, March 26, 2011 – “A Whale of a Dinner” at Black Rock Resort in Ucluelet www.blackrockresort.com

Watch our website for updates on winemakers dinners, library tastings and tasting events throughout the year.

NARAMATA BENCH WINERIES SPRING RELEASE 2011

Vancouver:  Event Date:  April 21, 2011

Event Location:  Westin Bayshore. Vancouver

For more details:  www.naramatabench.com

 We have a selection of previously released wines available for purchase, for a complete list of available wines please visit our web site www.kettlevalleywinery.com 

Stay tuned for more information on our upcoming releases including Barber 2008 Cabernet, Crest 2008 Cabernet, 2008 Syrah, plus 20^th anniversary pricing on 2007 Merlot (limited to the first 60 cases ordered).  Should you have any questions regarding the availability of these upcoming releases, please contact the office at 250-496-5898.

KETTLE VALLEY WINERY WINE NOTES

MCGRAW 2008 MERLOT

The grapes for this wine come from the McGraw Estate vineyard in Naramata.  The grapes were hand picked October 16, 2008 and October 17, 2008 at approximately 25.8 brix.  The wine has gone through a full malolactic fermentation and was aged in French oak for 22 months before bottling in 2010.  Total production:  75 cases of 750ml bottles

HAYMAN 2008 PINOT NOIR

The grapes for this wine come primarily from our Hayman vineyard in Naramata.  This vineyard was one of our original plantings, having been planted in 1988.  The grapes were hand picked on October 22, 2008 at approximately 25.2 brix.  The wine has gone through a full malolactic fermentation and was aged in French oak for 22 months before being bottled.   This is a limited bottling of a single vineyard Pinot Noir.  Total production:  80 cases of 750ml bottles.

 2008 PINOT NOIR RESERVE

This wine is a blend of select barrels of Pinot Noir grown in the Elgert vineyard in Okanagan Falls, the Hayman vineyard in Naramata and the Thibault vineyard in Summerland.  The grapes were hand picked between October 21, 2008 and November 1, 2008 at approximately 24.7 brix.  The wine has gone through a full malolactic fermentation and was aged in American and French oak for 22 months before being bottled.   Total production:  174 cases of 750ml bottles.

2010 PINOT GRIS

The grapes for this wine come from the vineyards of Thibault, Lerchs and Varisco in Summerland, Cole and Cossentine on the Naramata Bench, Elgert in Okanagan Falls, Dhaliwal in Oliver and Secord and Pereira in the Similkameen Valley.  The grapes for this wine were hand picked between October 14 and November 8, 2010 at approximately 24 brix.  A portion of this wine has been barrel fermented before being blended with wine that was fermented in stainless steel tanks. 

Total production:   2500 cases of 750ml bottles.