Started the morning at Jackson-Triggs. Had their Sauvignon Blanc Proprietor’s Grand Reserve. If you like NZ SB buy this one. Grassy nose, great acid, with a balanced finish, and best of all only 12.5% alcohol.
The ‘07 Cabernet Franc Rose was a standout. A lovely medium rose colour, with a great nose of smoke and leather. [...]
I am, sadly, notorious amongst my friends, for my wine spills.
I tend to talk with my hands. And I tend to have a glass of wine in one of them. And that glass is usually red. This obviously, is a situation leading to the occasional minor stain.
In general I spill copious amounts of soda water [...]
Found this bottle in the Sask Liquor store: Moulin Touchais for $38… had to try it. A 1982 white wine for sale?!?
Moulin Touchais is a legendary Loire dessert wine, from chenin blanc. Great acid, dead smooth, and will last a hundred years. I should have put it away for another thirty years. On the other [...]
An amazing day of tasting.
Sandhill Winery is growing - among other things - Sangiovese and Barbera which they release in their small lots series. Tremendous buys all of them at around the $30 mark.
Had lunch with Howard Soon, Sandhill’s winemaker, at Burrowing Owl. The view is amazing, the food equal to it. (Salmon and ricotta [...]
Well I’m in the valley. Stopped by a brand new vineyard - Cassini - on my way to setting up camp.
A remarkable range of wines, including viognier (recommended) with a great bouquet of pears. None of the other whites turned my crank but they were all acceptable and value priced, around the $15. For a [...]
Much as I’d like to report otherwise, the truth is once you’re in towns
smaller than about 150K population, your dining options are slight. (They
are also limited in many larger centers too.)
I tend to forget this until I’m on a driving holiday. I’m on my way to the
Okanagan for a biannual tour of the wineries. I [...]
