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Nichol Vineyard Gewürztraminer

Nichol Vineyard Gewürztraminer

2008 Vintage Tasted: August 2010 The Nichol Gewürztraminer is a little different than the other ones on the Naramata Bench. This particular vintage shows some good acid and notes of melon — particularly honeydew. It’s nice and tart, but not too sweet and is a nice Gewürtz if you’re more into dryer more acidic wines. [...]

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Meyer Family Micro Cuvee Chardonnay

Meyer Family Micro Cuvee Chardonnay

2007 Vintage Tasted: July 2010 This is without a doubt the most expensive chardonnay in the Okanagan Valley and I had to know what it was like. At $65 for the 2007 vintage it is far far from cheap, and to top it off, the new 2008 vintage is only available as a magnum 1.5L [...]

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Stoneboat Vineyards Nebbia

Stoneboat Vineyards Nebbia

2007 Vintage Tasted: July 2010 Stoneboat is fast becoming one of my favourite wineries in the Okanagan Valley. The winery itself is quaint and almost Cape Cod-esque inside the tasting room. The wines are subtle and just plain good. I want to say that Stoneboat Vineyards is the dark horse of the Black Sage Bench [...]

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Quinta Ferreira Syrah

Quinta Ferreira Syrah

2007 The Quinta Ferreira Syrah is something that I picked up after my first trip to the winery in Oliver, BC. I didn’t actually taste this one, but after liking some of their other wines I figured it was a gamble I was willing to make. This is a fairly easy drinking, punchy Syrah with [...]

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Abadia Retuerta Sardon De Duero Tempranillo

Abadia Retuerta Sardon De Duero Tempranillo

2004 Vintage I like this one! It’s a nice blend of mostly Tempranillo with a little Cab Sauv thrown in the mix. I’d say overall it’s a big red, and an excellent wine. It’s full bodied with good tannins and a dark brooding flavour. Who I’d Drink This With I’d probably drink this wine with [...]

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Kenwood Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Kenwood Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

2007 Vintage This is a solid Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley appellation in Sonoma, California. It has all of the usual fruit characteristics of a good pinot noir, like cassis, currants, vanilla, and light oak, but I find this Pinot Noir on the slightly more brooding side of things. For me there are [...]

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Bear Flag Red Wine

I’m always a little scared when a wine says something like Red Wine Blend on it. I just don’t know what that means. What’s scarier about this wine aside from the name is that it also says 1+1 = 3 on the label. While I’m sure there is some logic to what that means, after [...]

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Halibut and Pinotage

Halibut and Pinotage

I’ve been on a bit of a seafood kick this last week or two cooking whatever fresh ocean goodness I can get my hands on. When you live in landlocked wine country it is important to buy your fish somewhere reputable. In Penticton, the best place to buy fish hands down, is Buy The Sea. [...]

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Sablefish Wine Pairing

Sablefish Wine Pairing

Recently I cooked sablefish for the first time, and on the advice of my local fishmonger I kept it simple. Indeed the fish was already fairly rich in comparison to halibut, so just a little salt and pepper, olive oil, and lemon juice did the trick. I opted to slit and crisp the skin ala [...]

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Last Night’s Wine — 2004 Pentage Pentage

The Pentage Pentage is a rather interesting mix of Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Syrah, and Gamay Noir. We picked up this bottle of the ’04 at The Hooded Merganser for a totally reasonable $68. I’m a bit conflicted as to what it actually tastes like, but I’ll go with blackberry, leather, a bit of [...]

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