Tag: Okanagan Valley

Le Vieux Pin Vaila Pinot Noir Rose 2025

Tasting Note This is a riveting, bone-dry classic of the genre. It pours moderately deep salmon/copper. The nose is immediately pinot noir and piquant...

La Stella Maestoso Merlot 2022

Tasting Note So here’s a boundary-stretching $100 Canadian merlot, and it is great! Perhaps the best merlot ever made in this country. This is...

La Stella Lastellina Rosato 2025

Tasting Note This is a blend of cabernet franc and merlot made in a very approachable smooth and almost graceful style, yet without any...

En Terre Cinsault Rose 2025

Tasting Note Cinsault is a staple of red varieties used to make rose in Mediterranean Europe and this, surprisingly, captures its essence. It is...

Poplar Grove Pinot Gris 2025

Tasting Note I tasted the new vintage of one of B.C.’s most popular white wines at the SIPToronto trade event, where it was poured...

Quails’ Gate Chenin Blanc 2025

Tasting Note It is good to see this signature white back and healthy in the 2025 vintage. The winter damage of 2024 froze out...