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Week in Review
Tuesday, June 29 2021
06 · 29Beyond the Heat Dome
As we bake in one of British Columbia's hottest weeks on record, we're also back on the road, though with a smaller radius. One of our first stops is Frind Estate Winery, where Markus Frind is planning to speed up the romance and tradition of the wine industry with tech and data-driven efficiency. Further afield, in video interviews with Eugenia Keegan and Pete Fraser,we survey current developments in Oregon and Australia from pinot noir to grenache. Back in BC, we've started a new live stream within a Kelowna vineyard, monitoring veraison, a part of our larger project of following a Year in the Life of a BC Winegrower. As always, we have a steady stream of wine reviews posted daily. Be sure to get our next newsletter (it's free!), Thursday, July 22. Sign up here if you haven't already subscribed.
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Frind Estate WineryWe conclude our series on Frind Estate with a closer look at the vineyards currently under development in the North Okanagan. We also...
Frind Estate WineryWinemaking has long been associated with romance and passion, useful tools for marketing and selling wine and room for more technically...
Veraison WatchVeraison watch is our second live stream feed of vintage 2021 in the Okanagan Valley.
In viticulture, veraison is the onset of the...
Frind Estate WineryThe wine industry has always had a way of attracting outsiders. There’s a charm to the tradition and lifestyle that betrays the...
Top Ten: BC Pinot GrisThis month we look at the much-maligned pinot gris grape that frankly deserves some of the hate tossed at it. But when it is right,...
Project BProject 'B' is a David and Goliath collaboration involving winegrower Michael Bartier, co-owner of Bartier Bros., a south Okanagan...
Contributors
From the TreveHouseby: Treve Ring
Top 10 : Ontario Chardonnay
People often ask what is Canada’s most successful wine type. I reply, without hesitation, chardonnay. You might think with a country the size of ours, and distances spanning thousands of kilometres from BC’s Pacific lashed Wine Islands to Nova Scotia’s bracing Atlantic, no one grape could be suitable, let alone excel. But you’d be wrong. Chardonnay, the most famous and transplanted white grape globally, is particularly well suited to our diverse latitudes, climates, soils, and thankfully in recent years, our maturing winemaking...Read More ...
Cheese Pleaseby: Allison Spurrell
A Cheese Glossary
These aren’t descriptors of the taste of cheese, as those are much more subjective. The glossary series will contain terms describing the science, care, and preparation of cheese. This will come in handy to describe what you’re looking for next time you visit a cheesemaker or local cheesemonger. Come back each month to discover new terms and wine pairings as we grow our glossary. THIS MONTH: Geotrichum / Geotrichum Candidum - is used in the making of many soft bloomy cheeses, but it is a term most commonly associated with the wrinkly rinded goat cheeses...Read More ...
by: Geoffrey Moss MW
Top 10 : 2020 BC White Wines
2020 is a year that will conjure a lot of strong memories and emotions. At one point, I recall chatter on social media about whether producers should nix the vintage from their label because of the visceral reaction it could evoke. Fortunately, that idea didn’t take hold. There’s good reason for BC wineries to want 2020 to be front and centre: it’s shaping up to be an outstanding vintage...Read More ...
