Top Ten : BC Reds for the Grill

By: Treve Ring

It's still summer; fire up the BBQ

Top Ten

Though there is already ample smoke in the air across BC, folks should make the most of the last week of August by getting outside and firing up the grill.

Steaks, burgers, veg, kabobs - whatever local foods you're BBQing, there's a local red to match. We've tasted dozens of BC reds recently that are perfectly suited to sop up the last of August's holiday hours. Here are a dozen of our recent favourites below, all under $45, so you can budget for back-to-school on the horizon.

89/100Hillside Estate Merlot - Cabernet Franc 2015Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100River Stone Stones Throw 2015Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

90/100Burrowing Owl Meritage 2014Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

90/100Bartier Bros. Merlot Cerqueira Vineyard Merlot - Cabernet Franc 2016Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

91/100La Stella Espressivo 2014Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100CedarCreek Meritage 2015Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100The Hatch Gamay 2016Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Laughing Stock Vineyards Blind Trust Red + 2016Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

91/100Lock and Worth Square One Cabernet Franc V.5 2016Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Painted Rock Cabernet Sauvignon 2015Skaha Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Robin Ridge Pinot Noir 2014Keremeos, Similkameen Valley, British Columbia, Canada

90/100Le Vieux Pin Syrah Cuvée Violette 2015Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

Written By: TR

Treve Ring

Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveller. She is based on Vancouver Island, Canada, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard. After completing her Art History degree with Distinction from the University of Victoria and being exposed to the world of wine business at Christie’s in London, England, she switched gears, leaving the realm of art for the world of wine. She is a certified sommelier, WSET diploma holder, Champagne Master, Wine Scholar Guild instructor, and certified Sherry instructor, and has been presenting on wine internationally since co-founding Cru Consultancy, a boutique wine education and consultation company, in 2012. She is the current Chair of the Vancouver Island Sommelier Association.