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Exquisite Sips And Amazing Savors At The Phantom Creek Estates’ Restaurant
It had been over a year since our last visit to the Phantom Creek Estate Winery located in the Osoyoos wine region of British Columbia. We were eager to return to Phantom Creek Estate Winery, this time to experience their wines while dining at their renowned restaurant. During our previous visit, we were mistaken for… [Read more]
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New kid on the Meyer Winery’s block: All you need to know about Mayhem Winery and their wines
Mayhem Winery stands as an extraordinary testament to the bond between siblings. The creation of this winery is a result of the partnership of Terry Meyer, JAK [sic] Meyer and their spouses. Together they sought to complement the existing Meyer brand rather than compete with it. With its whimsical wine tasting room, wines in aluminum… [Read more]
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Best CheckMate Winery wines review: This is what their 100 point Chardonnay and other 90+ point wines taste like. Is it worth your money?
If you’ve been following our wine tales, you’ll know we’re quite obsessed with oaked Chardonnays from Côte de Beaune and California. We once opined that a short growing cycle in Canada made it impossible to produce anything even remotely close to these styles. But hold your wine glasses because times have changed, my friends! Canada… [Read more]
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CheckMate Winery Review. All You Need To Know If You Are Planning A Visit
We always meant to visit Antelope Ridge Winery. But as the famous adage goes: so many wineries, so little time. Sadly, the place remained on our backup list until it was gone, as in sold, lock, stock and barrel to British Columbia’s own, von Mandl. Some say that Antelope Ridge was rescued from obscurity. We… [Read more]
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Blue Mountain Winery: 2020 vintage wines review and food pairing ideas
Are you a wine enthusiast and have “seeking out affordable and quality wines” listed as your favourite sport? If you are located in the New World, you probably know that anything that makes it across the proverbial pond is way overpriced and hardly combines “affordable and quality” in one description. Common sense told us to… [Read more]
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Tantalus Winery visit: What to expect & is it worth your time.
When someone names a business venture after God, more likely than not, they want to signal that the business possesses differentiating qualities of a particular deity. But what if the deity in question has more than one “thing” going for them? Take, for example, Tantalus, a Greek Demigod. It is said that Tantalus stole the… [Read more]
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Sandhill Wines winery visit: is it worth your time?
We have opined in the past on how difficult it can be to find honest feedback about the BC wineries from either the wine writers or industry insiders. It seems that if the winery is no good, they would rather say nothing about it. On occasion, you may find a review so divorced from reality… [Read more]
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Stumbling upon the Elephant: Elephant Island Winery of Naramata Bench
Let’s spice things up a bit. Shall we? Let’s start with a riddle. What do Agatha Christie’s fictional but famed detective Hercule Poirot and an elephant have in common? Don’t know? Here’s a hint. It is related to an alcoholic beverage. Still not sure? Okay… All right… We’ll tell you. The answer is… Cassis! Cassis,… [Read more]
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Culmina Family Estate wines review: Merlot, Dilemma and Hypothesis
“Why can’t Canada produce a good Chardonnay?” This used to be our “go-to” icebreaker when sitting down for wine tasting at California wineries we frequented over the past decade. The question never failed to steer a passionate conversation among the winery guests and sommeliers. The consensus among our Californian friends has always been that Canada… [Read more]
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Phantom Creek Rosé & Pinot Gris wines review
As with any winery in Okanagan, Phantom Creek Estates turns out an array of wines at various price points and quality levels. We visited Phantom Creek winery in the spring of 2022. All the wines we tasted at the winery were premium-priced quality wines. When we returned home, we sought out the Phantom Creek wines… [Read more]