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SpearHead’s team shares a passion for Pinot Noir. The post SpearHead Winery Wins Winery of the Year at the 2024 WineAlign National Wine Awards first appeared on My VanCity. Read SpearHead Winery Wins Winery of the Year at the 2024 WineAlign National Wine Awards at MyVanCity

A chilled gin and tonic pretty much screams “summer!” And there’s plenty of interesting offerings out there not only to slake your G&T thirst, but to elevate a negroni or classic martini. Senior Editor Tod Stewart offers a series of “gin-nettes” highlighting a few notable gins and the events staged to promote them. Here is…

Dobbin Estate 2019 Chardonnay Saturday, July 20th: Deborah and I were invited to Dobbin Estate for a comparative tasting of their 2019 and 2020 Chardonnay (Twenty Mile Bench fruit) and their 2019 and 2020 Chardonnay Estate Chardonnay, followed by Dobbin Estate Cabernet Blend 2020 (85% Cab Franc from two vineyard sites on the Twenty Mile…

By Rick VanSickle A winemaker’s job can be a lonely one, unless you trade in that life for a new one surrounded by eager students who hang on your every word. That’s just what Allison Findlay, below, did in 2022 when she became the first female winemaker at the Niagara College Teaching Winery. The former…

Photo: SpearHead’s Grant Stanley (photo courtesy of SpearHead Winery) Grant Stanley, the general manager of SpearHead Winery in East Kelowna, was in Oregon last week. He was finalizing the purchase of twenty tons of Pinot Noir from Cherry Hill Winery, a boutique producer in the Willamette Valley. “I am looking forward to making Oregon Pinot…

British Columbia’s wine industry is breathing a sigh of relief following significant freeze events and subsequent grape losses. The government’s announcement of temporary support measures to allow the use of grapes and juice from outside the province for the 2024 vintage has been warmly received by vintners. Miles Prodan, President & CEO of Wine Growers…

By Wines in Niagara Let’s show the great 100% Ontario grown wines a little love this November, shall we? After a three-year hiatus, #openlocalwine, an international celebration of local wine (wherever local is for you), will return on Nov. 9, 2024. And you are all invited to the party. Co-founded in 2020 by Gina Shay…

Photo: Clos du Soleil’s Michael Clark In May, Clos du Soleil Winery announced the acquisition and conversion of an organic orchard to a new vineyard not far from the winery in the Similkameen Valley. It is a huge vote of confidence in the future of viticulture in the Similkameen, where many vineyards suffered considerable damage…

Situated within the rolling hills of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy is where you will find Attems, a pillar of grape growing in the Collio region – a rich, viticultural history that is recorded all the way back to 1106 with a documented land purchase for planting vines. The 44 hectares that make up the Attems…

Prestigious Awards for an Excellent Estate. The post Beaujolais recognized Internationally : 4 Prestigious Awards for Domaine de Colonat first appeared on My VanCity. Read Beaujolais recognized Internationally : 4 Prestigious Awards for Domaine de Colonat at MyVanCity