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  • Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
  • With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
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Canada Features Latest Profiles 

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

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 jamiegoode 754 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 1021 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 Features Latest 

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

August 31, 2026 jamiegoode 850 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 Features Latest 

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

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode 1008 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 Features Highlights 

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

August 27, 2026 jamiegoode 688 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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Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode 787 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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kismet winery okanagan
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (9) Kismet Estate Winery

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 jamiegoode 1088 Views Okanagan Valley

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 Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 jamiegoode 1435 Views Okanagan Valley

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 Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (7) Black Hills Estate

June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 jamiegoode 857 Views Okanagan Valley

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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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (6) Nk’Mip

June 11, 2026 jamiegoode 1612 Views Okanagan Valley

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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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Flipa Pato, daughter of famous Bairrada winegrower Luis Pato, first started making her own wines 25 years ago, in 2001.

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
Features Italy Latest 

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 jamiegoode
With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
Argentina Chile Features Latest 

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett
Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
England Features Latest 

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 jamiegoode

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