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Reading Time: 8 minutes Estate-grown Gamay Noir arrives at VinAmité Cellars in Oliver on September 21, destined for the winery’s 2026 Rosé. Photo: VinAmité Cellars. The 2026 BC wine harvest is well underway, and one thing is already clear: this is not going to be an easy vintage to summarize. Across much of the Okanagan,…

Pecorino has an interesting history. The post Kim Uncorked: Welcome to my weekly wine recommendation. first appeared on My VanCity.

Photo: Blue Mountain winemaker Matt Mavety One report on the 2026 vintage in Champagne notes that this is the fourth difficult vintage in a row, with a below average yield. That almost applies to the Okanagan, where frost reduced or eliminated grape crops in the 2023 and 2024 vintages. Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars, for…

27 restaurants across five provinces and 15 cities have earned VineRoutes honours for excellence in food, wine and hospitality When VineRoutes launched its Restaurant Awards in 2025, the goal was to recognize restaurants across Canada that understand great dining is about more than what arrives on the plate. A memorable restaurant experience brings together food,…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Thanksgiving dinner puts a lot on one plate: delicate turkey, savoury stuffing, rich gravy, buttery potatoes and tart cranberry sauce. The best wines bring enough acidity and freshness to handle those competing flavours without overwhelming the turkey. Here are five recently tasted wines we’d happily pour this Thanksgiving, ranging from an…

Here are my top wine picks from the September 26, 2026 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection (digital edition here), where “Beyond Cabernet” is the feature story of another relatively small release. In all, there are only 65 wines included, with almost everything priced under $50, including 50 wines under $30. As a result, most wines…

2022 Narrative XC Sparkling Haywire (Okanagan Crush Pad) Summerland, BC $24.99 Narrative is one of the labels made at Summerland’s Okanagan Crush Pad.  I first tasted this wine in late 2023 and it has held up beautifully.  Oeil-de-perdrix (eye of partridge or a pale pink or copper-tinted rosé wine colour) with medium-minus intensity.  This intriguing…

I came to the tasting expecting to discover some new summer patio wines. The post Joining Karl of MyWinePal for a Rosé Tasting of Wines from Ontario first appeared on My VanCity.

Reading Time: 6 minutes A recent visit to Lunessence Winery on the Summerland Bench let us taste five Estate Single Vineyard (ESV) wines: four from the 2025 vintage and the winery’s first Pinot Noir release from its young Giant’s Head vineyard. Three wines particularly impressed us: the vibrant 2025 Brut Riesling, the aromatic 2025 Field…

Six restaurants across Alberta, Quebec and Ontario make their debut, joining 21 returning recipients recognized for excellence in food and wine The VineRoutes Restaurant Awards return for a second year, celebrating the restaurants across Canada that continue to elevate the food and wine experience. For 2026, a total of 27 restaurants have earned awards, representing…