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Red Rooster Winery Reintroduces Its Iconic Rooster as Naramata Bench Estate Readies for 2026 Visitor Season Red Rooster Winery is back on the Naramata Bench. After a period of closure, vineyard loss, and rebuilding, one of the region’s original and most recognizable wineries has reopened its doors, replanted its vineyards, and entered a new chapter…

Half a century later, its legacy endures; not just as a historic upset, but as the moment that gave the wine world permission to believe On May 24, 1976, a quiet tasting in Paris did something the wine world wasn’t prepared for. It challenged hierarchy, disrupted tradition, and, perhaps most importantly, gave emerging wine regions…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Red Rooster Winery Reintroduces Its Iconic Rooster as Naramata Bench Estate Readies for 2026 Visitor Season [Naramata Bench, BC] May 6, 2026 Red Rooster Winery is back on the Naramata Bench. After a period of closure, vineyard loss, and rebuilding, one of the region’s original and most recognizable wineries has reopened…

Reading Time: 4 minutes From custom wine labels and virtual tastings to team dinners, retreats, and overnight stays, Kismet and Manzil offer a distinctive way to gather All photo credits: Tiffany Heinrichs  Oliver, B.C. –  Kismet Estate Winery is expanding its corporate hospitality offering for 2026, bringing together custom wine labels for client gifting and events,…

3 things to find time for: Abby Rose’s incredibly informative interview with Chuck Schembre. It’ll have you pausing and rewinding every time your attention wanders here The Porto Protocol’s ‘Saving Every Drop in Wine’ Water Report. Over 200 pages of solutions, with costs and time scales. Just brilliant here Our blog on the impressive cover crop trials…

By Lidija Biro The Juice Wine Company held a fun event recently in Niagara for their partners and customers with a hands-on opportunity to wax dip bottles of the newly released 2025 wines. The new wine brand, which operates out of the Niagara Custom Crush Studio, was founded by owners Angela Aiello (marketing guru and…

After enjoying the lovely 2024 Urbanihof Classic Grüner Veltliner last month, tonight’s white wine review is another lovely, organic wine from the same producer that also made its debut at the LCBO recently and was featured in the thematic of the April 25th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. It is produced by Weingut Urbanihof, a…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Okanagan Spring in a Glass with pairing done right Three fresh releases, three spot-on food matches, this is Okanagan spring at its most enjoyable. At Quails’ Gate Winery, the 2025 vintage leans into what the region does best: bright fruit, clean acidity, and wines built for the table. The idea is…

Township 7 winemaker Mary McDermott The latest releases from Township 7 Vineyards & Winery provide into three different vintages: the outstanding 2022 and 2025 vintages and the less-heralded, but not to be overlooked 2023 vintage. The winery calls 2022 a year of extremes. “The weather was unpredictable, with an unusually cool spring (one of the…

In her mancozeb update (below), Katie Gold (Cornell University) has done a great job of providing a synopsis of the current mancozeb situation and the EPA’s activities and research efforts for mancozeb replacement, if necessary. Suffice it to say that it will likely be a matter of 2-3 years before any final decisions are made…