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BC Wine tourism takes off
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GlobalTV BC has produced some of the best television coverage of BC's growing wine region. All this week they are presenting a fine series on BC wine reported by the talented Linda Aylesworth. Coincidentally, Linda and her beau dined with your BC Win...
19 views | aggregated: 4 weeks 2 days ago
topics: bc-wine, wine
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Notes on Grapes and Hops
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Friday evening we were invited to attend Grapes and Hops, an annual event put on by the Arbutus Club. A number of BC wines were on available for tasting, and with plenty of good food to be had, we took our time tasting and grazing our way around the...
19 views | aggregated: 4 weeks 4 days ago
topics: awards, grapes, okanagan, wine, winery
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Okanagan Wine Festival touring tips for beginners
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Wine writer Anthony Gismondi breaks it down with Sophie Lui on GlobalTV BC. I like his first advice...be the grape. Enjoy the surroundings, get to know the terroir where these wonderful BC wines are produced.Pick a good starting point. He recommends ...
28 views | aggregated: 6 weeks 4 days ago
topics: okanagan, wine, wine-festival
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Online sales of BC wines spiked by other provinces
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When you're really good, people start to take notice. This principle must explain why other Canadian provinces are limiting online sales of BC wines to them using an old prohibition-era federal law. The 1928 Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act is...
30 views | aggregated: 9 weeks 2 days ago
topics: wine, winery
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FVWA wine tasting quick thoughts
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Yesterday we took a very quick drive out to Langley to check out the Fraser Valley Wineries Association food and wine event. It was a packed house and splendid weather, but we were running a little late and could only drop in for less than an hour.We...
31 views | aggregated: 10 weeks 4 days ago
topics: bc-wine, fruit, grapes, wine, wine-tasting
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Golden Mile Cellars Changes It's Name!
| aggregated from: BC Wine Lover |
One of our favourite stops when we're in the South Okanagan, Golden Mile Cellars, has just announced it has changed it's name to Road 13 Vineyards! For more details, check out the press release here. ...
18 views | aggregated: 10 weeks 6 days ago
topics: okanagan
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Are you going to Winestock 2008?
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Our friends at Morning Bay Estate Winery on Pender Island are conducting another music event on the upcoming Labour Day Weekend featuring a star-packed line-up of musicians.Date: Saturday, August 30Time: Noon to DuskVenue: 6621 Harbour Hill Drive, ...
23 views | aggregated: 13 weeks 1 day ago
topics: awards, grapes, vineyard, winery
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Summerland gets the Bernie treatment
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The Summerland wine route featuring Thornhaven Estate, Dirty Laundry Vineyards, Sonoran Estate and Silk Scarf Winery gets a new identification - Bottleneck Drive - by famed wine branding expert Bernie Hadley-Beauregard of Brandever Strategy Inc. Here...
29 views | aggregated: 13 weeks 6 days ago
topics: wine, winery
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BC Lieutenant Governor announces 2008 wine awards
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On July 14th, the BC Lieutenant Governor's office announced its annual Awards of Excellence for BC Wines. Here's the list below. We were lucky to pick up some of the award winners (in italics below) at our recent Okanagan trip. The LG's office provid...
62 views | aggregated: 14 weeks 3 days ago
topics: awards, okanagan, wine
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Okanagan wine tour 2008: BC Wine Lover's picks
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Each year BC Wine Lover comes back with as much wine as we can carry, and this year it was about a half-dozen cases of product from BC's finest wineries. Here's a list of wines we purchased on our Summer 2008 trip to the Okanagan:Red Rooster Riesling...
47 views | aggregated: 14 weeks 4 days ago
topics: bc-wine, dessert, okanagan, vines, wine
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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