PENTICTON, British Columbia — Township 7 Vineyards and Winery plans to make sparkling wine a focus, which led the Naramata Bench brand to hire Ontario winemaker Mary McDermott from Canadian wine giant Andrew Peller Ltd. "Sparkling wine will be a main SKU for us, and we're going to look at single-vineyard bottlings and other things across the board," general manager Mike … [Read more...] about Township 7 recruits winemaker from Canadian giant Peller
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Whole Foods Market in U.S. set to sell British Columbia wines
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Erez Klein wants shoppers at Whole Foods Market stores in Washington state and Oregon to view British Columbia wines as products of the Pacific Northwest, not a foreign country. “You can get wines from Croatia, Serbia and Corsica easier than we can get wines from our neighbor,” Klein told Great Northwest Wine. “That’s just not right.” He’s neither … [Read more...] about Whole Foods Market in U.S. set to sell British Columbia wines
Black Hills Estate Winery brings water ballet to vineyard
OLIVER, British Columbia — Black Hills Estate Winery was the first in Canada to produce Carménère, and it was on the cutting edge by sinking a swimming pool in the middle of its vineyard. [vimeo id="38349073" width="620" height="360"] Next Saturday, Aug. 16, it stages what is billed as the world’s first performance of synchronized swimming at a winery when water ballet … [Read more...] about Black Hills Estate Winery brings water ballet to vineyard
Brian Carter Cellars, La Frenz top 19th Northwest Wine Summit
HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Brian Carter Cellars in Woodinville, Wash., and La Frenz Winery in Penticton, British Columbia, received the top awards at the 19th annual Northwest Wine Summit, which was staged earlier this spring. Carter, who has been making wine in Washington state since 1980 after graduating from Oregon State University and University of California-Davis, topped his … [Read more...] about Brian Carter Cellars, La Frenz top 19th Northwest Wine Summit
Gewurztraminer by BC winery wins best white at Canada’s largest judging
BLOOMFIELD, Ontario — Desert Hills Estate Winery in Oliver, British Columbia turned its 2013 Gewürztraminer into the best white wine of the competition at the All Canadian Wine Championships in Windsor, Ontario. The 34th annual judging, both the oldest and largest in Canada, received 1,304 entries from more than 200 wineries earlier this month at Angeline’s Inn in … [Read more...] about Gewurztraminer by BC winery wins best white at Canada’s largest judging