Reminder – The Futures Offering of Portfolio 2009, our signature Bordeaux-style blend is only available until March 31, 2011. Futures provides early subscribers with the option to secure orders of Portfolio before it is released to the public later this fall. The Futures price is $35 per bottle (unchanged since we launched the winery in 2003), thus the program offers discounts from the increasing November release price of $42.

Portfolio continues to be recognized as one of BC’s big reds and as noted by John Schreiner, reputed wine writer, “Portfolio is one of those reds that should be collected by anyone serious about building a cellar of British Columbia Wines”.

If you purchase Portfolio annually, you may be interested in becoming a Preferred Shareholder to gain specific benefit such as free shipping as a wine club member. See details below.

You may place your Futures order for Portfolio 2009 here.

James Suckling Reviews. His First-Ever Canadian Wine Tasting

While I think it’s amusing that the former senior editor of Wine Spectator Magazine had never previously tasted Canadian wines, he did just that in Montreal recently and rated both Portfolio 2007 and Blind Trust 2008 as OUTSTANDING at 91 points each. During his time at Wine Spectator, James tasted an average of 4,000 wines annually with a primary focus on European wines. See his blog at jamessuckling.com

LAUGHING STOCK VINEYARDS
PORTFOLIO 2007
Stylish wine with tobacco and toasted oak and dried berries. Full and refined, with chocolate and subtle blackberry flavors. Pretty. Grows on you. Gets better and better in the glass. 91 points

LAUGHING STOCK VINEYARDS
BLIND TRUST 2008
Wow. This is fruit forward yet it’s fresh and racy with lots of dark fruits and dark chocolate character. It’s full bodied, with round and polished tannins and a long flavorful finish. Loads going on here. Hard not to drink it now, but it will come on even better in a year or two. 91 points

You can still purchase Portfolio 2007 through our library vertical, just until the end of the month.

Located on the picturesque Naramata Bench, Laughing Stock Vineyards is a serious enterprise with a lighthearted attitude. And with a name like Laughing Stock, we wake up everyday with the motivation of not living up to our name.

Please visit our website at www.laughingstock.ca for more details.