In our glass: past and present wine picks

A Visit to Emiliana Vineyards: the Heart of Chile’s Organic Wine Movement

By |2018-01-21T15:05:31-08:00November 14th, 2012|Hired Belly's Best Wines, Top Drops|

A comprehensive organic-biodynamic program from vineyard to bottle, Tim Pawsey photo Last week’s column for the North Shore News was a quick recap of our visit to Emiliana Los Robles Organic Biodynamic Vineyards. It was one of the more impressive but—more to the point— profound experiences of my week in Chile. A [...]

Similkameen Valley’s Little Farm Winery Rolls Out First Releases

By |2018-01-21T15:05:32-08:00October 12th, 2012|Hired Belly's Best Wines|

LittleFarm's Rhys Pender and Alishan Driediger Planting your own vineyard requires healthy doses of optimism, a ton of knowledge, unbridled passion and not a little cash, regardless of how big—or small—the project. Making your own wine, even more. This week we got to taste the first release from Similkameen’s aptly named Little Farm [...]

BC White Blends Gather Steam: Terravista Figaro & Fandango

By |2018-01-21T15:05:33-08:00August 27th, 2012|Hired Belly's Best Wines|

Terravista Vineyards Figaro label portrays a dancing, glass art figurine—and captures the essence of these vibrant blends One of the more intriguing winners in this year’s Lieutenant Governor Awards line-up is the well crafted, southern Rhone inspired Road 13 Jackpot White 2011, which artfully blends Viognier, Roussanne and Marsanne (mainly from Similkameen) for [...]

Winners Announced for 2012 Lieutenant Governors Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines

By |2018-01-21T15:05:34-08:00July 5th, 2012|Hired Belly's Best Wines, Wine|

Winning wines, from one of the year's toughest contests: celebrating BC's best, Tim Pawsey photo   This week’s announcement of winners of the Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines marks ten years since the competition’s inception.  Check out the Government House website and you can track the winners over that [...]

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