Haywire Wine Groundbreaking Lunar Red Turns 10

By |2024-01-16T10:29:28-08:00January 16th, 2024|Latest Posts, Wine, Wine Reviews|

Haywire Lunar Red is here again! Hard to believe but it’s a decade since Haywire launched its inaugural Lunar New Year wine in 2014. Released today, this latest Lunar wine is a nod to the Year of the Dragon, which will be formally welcomed on February 10th. And, yes, for sure, there will be dragon [...]

Garnet Valley Ranch: Dynamic Wine at 600m. Above and Beyond

By |2023-06-18T15:40:24-07:00June 4th, 2023|Latest Posts, Wine, Wine Reviews|

Garnet Valley Ranch is not one of those places you stumble across. You really need to want to go there. And now you can—see below. It’s actually not that complicated, just a wee bit tucked away, a couple of kilometres above and beyond Summerland. That ‘above and beyond’ element is [...]

O’Rourke Family Estate Shines at Chardonnay du Monde

By |2023-03-20T08:26:43-07:00March 18th, 2023|Hired Belly's Best Wines, Latest Posts, Wine, Wine Reviews|

O’Rourke Family Estate has been recognized by Chardonnay du Monde for its O’Rourke Family Estate 2020 BC VQA Estate Chardonnay—the wine’s inaugural release. You could say it was a pretty good St. Patrick’s day present for owner Dennis O’Rourke—whose bottles sport “Sláinte” (Irish for ‘good health’) on the label. The [...]

Fattoria Colmone della Marca : A Passion for White from Red

By |2023-03-01T17:37:41-08:00March 1st, 2023|Latest Posts, Top Drops, Wine, Wine Reviews|

Recently I was delighted to meet Giovanni Meschini, charming proprietor of Fattoria Colmone della Marca, for a tasting of some unique wines. They come from one of Italy’s smallest DOC’s—I Terrini di San Severino Moro, in the heart of the Marche. Fattoria Colmone is the sole producer.  They make only [...]

Fort Berens: 6 Wicked Wines to Celebrate #3

By |2022-08-07T12:56:34-07:00August 7th, 2022|Latest Posts, Wine, Wine Reviews|

Fort Berens, in Lillooet, BC may well be the province's most remarkable  winery. Think about it. In vine terms a decade is a barely a blink of an eye. And a couple of decades might be a wink. Yet, where many thought it couldn’t be done—Fort Berens has made its mark in well under 20 years.

Prosecco Superiore: Driven by Distinction and Sustainability

By |2022-06-30T14:30:20-07:00December 13th, 2021|Features - sponsored posts, Wine, Wine Reviews|

While Prosecco DOC comes from the expansive, lower plateaus of the Veneto and Friuli, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG is grown only in a small hilly region nestled into the Dolomite foothills not far from Venice.

Kamloops Wine Trail Rocks the Thompson Valley

By |2023-11-03T10:26:38-07:00November 9th, 2021|Features - sponsored posts, Latest Posts, Wine, Wine Reviews|

Over the last decade Kamloops has also emerged as the anchor of one of BC’s newest of 9 designated wine regions (Geographic Indications). The Thompson Valley is currently home to four established producers and six vineyards totalling 125 acres.

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