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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 jamiegoode 561 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://mfvwines.com/ Jak and Janice Meyer are turning out some of the best Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the Okanagan.

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (14) Nostalgia

September 5, 2026September 5, 2026 jamiegoode 835 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://nostalgiawines.ca/ Gina Fernandes Harfman is the owner and winemaker at Nostalgia Wines, based in Black Sage Bench in Canada’s

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus

August 31, 2026 jamiegoode 695 Views Natural wine, Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.pamplemoussejus.ca/ We need more wineries like this! Pamplemousse Jus is a small winery based on a farm in the

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode 856 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://haywirewinery.com/ I’ve reported on the wines of Okanagan star Haywire a lot in the past. Under the hands of

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 2026 jamiegoode 591 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://solverowines.ca/ Solvero is an exciting small winery in the Garnet Valley, which is a spectacular spot in the Summerland

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Thomas Bachelder Niagara Canada
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Bachelder revisited: tasting through the 2023s from this important Canadian producer, who is mapping Niagara one vineyard at a time

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode 909 Views Chardonnay, Gamay, Niagara, pinot noir

It was great to take the opportunity to taste once again with Thomas Bachelder, one of Canada’s top winemakers. Geoffrey

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes

June 26, 2026 jamiegoode 805 Views Similkameen

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

June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 jamiegoode 703 Views

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

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode 645 Views Okanagan Valley

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

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode 1086 Views Restaurants

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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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines
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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines

October 1, 2026 jamiegoode

At a recent event in London I managed to taste through a good range of Moldovan wines. It’s one of

Exploring speciality coffee and its parallels with fine wine: a visit to Fazenda Mió in Brazil to catch the harvest
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Exploring speciality coffee and its parallels with fine wine: a visit to Fazenda Mió in Brazil to catch the harvest

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Exploring speciality coffee and its parallels with fine wine: planning for the future, looking at new coffee varieties
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A 20 year vertical of Kumeu River’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay
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A 20 year vertical of Kumeu River’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay

September 30, 2026September 30, 2026 jamiegoode

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