La Stella New Wine Releases

Maestoso – Merlot 2007, Cases Produced: 213,Listed Price: $90 Maestoso or the Majestic. This is our flagship wine; the Jewel in the crown. In 2007 the fruit was harvested at less than 1 ton per acre. ­The slightly cooler growing season allowed for a wine that is lower in alcohol and higher in acidity compared…

BCWAS presents Tinhorn Creek’s Cabernet Franc 10 yr vertical

Join the BCWAS for a very special evening, featuring winemaker Sandra Oldfield and a 12-year vertical tasting of Tinhorn Creek’s award-winning Cabernet Franc! This is a unique event in the history of BCWAS tastings – they’ve never done a vertical like this before. What’s a vertical tasting? It is where lucky people like you get…

British Columbia Grape Harvest in Full Swing

With the return of warm days and drier weather, the BC grape harvest is in full swing in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys. Harvest began in early September in BC with the first grapes being picked by Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate, under the guidance of White Winemaker Derek Kontkanen, on September 1st in the South Okanagan….