Oliver, in the South Okanagan Valley, produces some of B.C.’s richest, most complex and ripest red wines. The extreme heat in the summer brings the key red varietals to maturity quickly, making for some very fine Bordeaux-style blends and single-varietal reds in most vintages.
Note: We followed the 2011 grape harvest in Niagara through the writings of several Niagara insiders. This is the last post from Melissa Smits, a cellar/winery technician at Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery. This is her final report, on the icewine harvest, to wrap up our series.
What a perfect little year for buying and drinking Niagara wine. It had a little bit of everything. The tail end of the big 2007 reds were released, we saw at least three vintages of Riesling arrive (08, 09 and 2010) on retail shelves, the well-aged Chardonnays from 2008...
By Michael Lowe What happens when two entities that share a common interest put their heads together? Wonderful things, that’s what. As a longtime customer of Casa Mia Ristorante in Niagara Falls, Ont., I was already well aware of the establishment’s sense of community and willingness to step in...
An awful lot of sparkling wine gets spilled at this time of the year. By “spilled,” I mean ingested, and by “this time of year,” I’m talking about the holiday season. In case you’ve missed the non-stop radio ads, the mall crush, and the flood of Christmas gift suggestions...
