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When a white wine stands out so distinctly in a blind tasting that it compels the entire VineRoutes tasting panel to circle back, you know it’s something special. And that’s precisely what happened with the 2023 Eden Valley Chardonnay from St. Hugo, a wine that was ultimately named VineRoutes’ Most Outstanding White Wine of the…

  2021 Siegerrebe Nagging Doubt Kelowna, BC $19.40 Lemon yellow with medium-light intensity.  The nose is elegant and interwoven with aromas of grapefruit, apricot, ginger, lychee, honeysuckle, and tropical fruit with just a touch of rose petals.  Good balance.  Fresh and crisp on the palate with flavours echoing the nose.  A medium-plus finish. A lovely…

By Rick VanSickle Adnan Icel, the owner of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Icellars Estate Winery, has passed away, a note on the winery’s Instagram feed said early today. “Life is full of sudden goodbyes … @adnanicel R.I.P. … 1966-2025,” the post said in its entirety. Tributes quickly poured in from the Niagara wine community: Kirby Estates owners Scott…

Côtes du Rhône has an adventure waiting for you! The post From North to South, Côtes du Rhône has an adventure waiting for you! first appeared on My VanCity. Read From North to South, Côtes du Rhône has an adventure waiting for you! at MyVanCity

Photo: Ross Wise, general manager at Black Hills The 2023 vintage of Nota Bene from Black Hills Estate Winery is the 25th vintage release of one of the great red wines from the Okanagan. For those who have collected verticals of Nota Bene, this is likely the last Nota Bene for a few years, due…

The UC Davis V & E Extension Team organized and presented several programs since the beginning of the year. We hosted two “On Campus” programs.

VEN 127L, officially known as the “Post-Fermentation Wine Processing” is a hands-on course for V&E students designed to equip them with practical skills in winemaking.

UC Davis Viticulture and Enology (V&E) faculty, staff, and students represented the department at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium, January 29 and 30, 2025, at the Sacramento Convention Center.

When wine is more than just what’s in the glass: a humorous inventory of the objects that come with the obsession Recently, my wife Deborah went to an estate sale. She returned home with a framed colour photograph of what must have been an oil painting. Its subject – two dusty bottles, Château Haut Brion…

Saturday, May 10th: A Cappella Niagara performed our summer concert at the United Church in Font Hill. It was a rousing success, though no money was thrown. Monday, May 12th: My birthday. Many messages received from friends. I promised them all a Ferrari in their choice of colour. Our friends Sherri and Stephen threw a…