Tag: Okanagan Valley

CedarCreek Platinum Pinot Noir 2025

Tasting Note: This is the first 2025 B.C. pinot I have tasted and it bodes well for the vintage, a bounce back year after...

Mission Hill Perpetua Chardonnay 2023

Tasting Note – I have tasted this three times. It is a great chardonnay and a true value in the global sphere at $70....

Mission Hill Compendium 2022

Tasting Note:  As the name suggests this a blend of Bordeaux varieties intended to express excellence in a slightly more rugged style priced below...

Martins Lane Naramata Ranch Pinot Noir 2023

Tasting Note. This is such a staunchly sturdy, tannic and powerful pinot noir that it is difficult to look down the road and imagine...

Checkmate Silent Bishop Merlot 2022

Winery Tasting - Merlot can have the most luxurious aromatics of any red variety, especially in B.C. and this captures that allure in spades....

Checkmate Fools Mate Chardonnay 2022

Tasting Note - This is an opulent yet very elegant and pristine chardonnay - the only one of the four Chardonnays in the Checkmate...