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Ever wondered what wine grapes taste like? Thursday 21st October
October 20, 2010 in Wine | Tags: #BCwine, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, grapes, merlot, syrah, Tinhorn Creek, Wine | Leave a comment
Is wine the result of winemaking magic or can you taste what it will be like from the grapes that go into it. Well wonder no more.
Tonight (Wednesday 20 October) and tomorrow (Thursday 21 October) we have grapes from Tinhorn Creek just harvested. These are the grapes that are going into next year`s wine.
Come down and try Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Chardonnay grapes. It`s a fun thing to do.
P.S. if we have enough we`ll carry this over to Friday 22nd too
August Tasting Recap
August 26, 2010 in Wine | Tags: #BCwine, Agiorgitiko, Blasted Church, Boutari, Bowen Island, Cabernet Franc, CedcarCreek, Dirty Laundry, gewurztraminer, Greek wine, Joie, Joie Farm, lafazanis, merlot, moschofilero, oaked Chardonnay, Rhoditis, Riesling, Rosé, Sauvignon Blanc, Stag's Hollow, Tinhorn Creek, unoaked Chardonnay, wine tasting | Leave a comment
As an aide-memoire for everyone who came to our BC Wine Fest or the Unusual Grapes tasting here’s a list of the wines you may have sampled.
BC Wine Fest Aug 13-15
Friday Aug 13
Tinhorn Creek Cabernet Franc ’08 – successor to the very popular ’07 vintage. Lots of depth and some strawberry. Will cellar well.
Tinhorn Creek Merlot ’08 – big, robust merlot, typically BC. Great comments on this from tasters.
Tinhorn Creek Gewurztraminer ’09 – round and quaffable. very easy drinking Gewurz
Stag’s Hollow Sauvignon Blanc ’09 – softer than the ’08 version. Very nice easy to drink wine
Saturday August 14
CedarCreek Proprietor’s White ’09 – neat little blend, excellent & economic patio sipper.
Dirty Laundry Unoaked Chardonnay ’08 – easy drinking chardonnay for those who don’t like big oak.
Dirty Laundry Woo Woo Gewurztraminer ’09 – another really nice Gewurz. More classical than the Tinhorn. The Woo Woo is the middle of DL’s range of gewurztraminers.
Dirty Laundry Hush ’09 – Rosé blend that is 50% Cab Franc, 30% Pinot Noir, 9% Pinot Blanc, 5% Cab/Merlot & 6% hush hush – the BIG hit of the weekend.
Sunday Aug 15
Joie Farm Unoaked Chardonnay ’08 – very Burgundian, lots of mineralality. My favourite of the weekend’s chardonnays.
Blasted Church Revered Chardonnay ’09 – The People’s chardonnay choice with lots of oak. Tasters really enjoyed the chance to compare unoaked and oaked at this session.
Joie Farm Riesling ’09 – As one taster said, “very Alsatian” which is exactly the region that inspires Joie’s wine. Raised a few eyebrows about how good Riesling can be for those that think of it as sweet wine & certainly won some converts to the noblest of white grapes.
Blasted Church Gewurztraminer ’09 – Our #1 selling Gewurz this year and for good reason. Great price/value. Any of the three gewurz we opened over the weekend are ideal introductions to the grape. Think spicy asian food with these Gewurz.
Joie Farm Rosé `09 – Latest edition of this very popular pink.
Unusual Grapes #2 – Greece, Saturday Aug 21
Boutari Moschofilero ’09 -a white wine for P.Gris/Grigio & Sauvignon Blanc fans. Richer than the Lafazanis below.Thessaly is the area this is grown.
Lafazanis White ’09 – made from the Rhoditis grape, grown in the Peleponnese. Super value 1 litre bottle, this wine is an excellent patio sipper – made for Greek salad too!
Lafazanis Red ’09 – from the Agiorgitiko grape (also Peleponnese area), a light red similar to Gamay or Pinot Noir. The grape is known as the ‘noble’ grape of Greece. Also in 1L bottles. Think lanb Souvlaki.
The Lafazanis wines were a huge hit with tasters, great value and tasty summer wines.
All the wines tasted over the two events are in regular stock now or will be back within 2 weeks.