Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes
Website: https://www.corceletteswine.ca/ Corcelettes is one of the leading producers in the Similkameen Valley, which is a small but interesting valley
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Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G
Sometimes you have to seize the opportunity, Ferris Bueller style. I’d been judging wine with a panel that consisted of
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The
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Restaurants: Fat Rabbit, St Catharines, Niagara – so good I went twice in a week
Website: https://fat-rabbit.ca/ I was in town a day early for the WineAlign National Wine Awards in Canada’s Niagara region, and
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (9) Kismet Estate Winery
Website: https://www.kismetestatewinery.com/ There’s a great story to Kismet. Sukwinder (Sukhi) and Balwinder Dhaliwal moved from the Punjab in India to
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl
Website: https://www.burrowingowlwine.ca/ Burrowing Owl is another important Okanagan winery. They are medium-sized (45 000 cases), but they are an important
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (7) Black Hills Estate
Website: https://www.blackhillswinery.com/ Black Hills is a noted winery in Black Sage Bench in the south of the Okanagan, famous for
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Celebrating 25 years of star Canadian winery Tawse, with Celebrating 25 years of Tawse with two pairs of wines, one current, one archive
Tawse, one of Canada’s top wineries, is 25. And last night, on my arrival into Niagara in advance of justing
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (6) Nk’Mip
Website: https://www.nkmipcellars.com/About-Us This was my second visit to Nk’Mip (pronounced inkameep), an important winery in the south of the Okanagan.
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (5) Quails’ Gate
Website: https://www.quailsgate.com/ Quails’ gate are one of the most important wineries in the Okanagan, making top quality wines at a
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