Monday. June 22nd: Dinner: chicken pasta with a bottle of Cono Sur Bicicleta Reserva.
Tuesday, June 23rd: Dinner: Lamb chops with a bottle of Creekside Laura’s Blend 2022.
Wednesday, June 24th: No wine.
Thursday, June 25th: Winemaker Emma Garner invited me over to Thirty Bench to taste her Rieslings. Continue reading
Jeff Moote gets the boot as the 2026 Paul Pender Rising Star Award
Monday, June 15th: Andrzej Lipinski invited me to Big Head for a tasting of his newly bottled 2023 wines.
Lipinski Chenin Blanc Sparkling 2023 ($65)
Pale straw in colour; biscuity, reductive nose of apple; medium-bodied, crisply dry, elegant, beautifully balanced, green apple flavour with a honeyed note in mid-palate. (91) Continue reading
The Crush winemakers (see Saturday)
Monday, June 8th: Tasted six wines from Hester Creek from Oliver, BC.
Hester Creek Ti Amo 2025
A blend of Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Muscat. Pale straw-ivory in colour with a gentle mousse of fine bubbles; aromatic nose of melon and peach with a tangerine notes; light-bodied, dry, easy drinking, floral, peach flavour, Well made, with balancing acidity, (89)
Hester Creek Riesling 2025
Pale straw in colour with a lime tint; light floral, minerally, grapefruit bouquet; light-bodied, just off-dry with a honeyed grapefruit flavour and lemony acidity. Lovely mouth-feel. (90) Continue reading
Monday, June 1st: Opened a bottle of Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay 2024 from New Zealand – the first from a case. What a great wine. Happy I bought a dozen.
Tuesday, June 2nd: Dinner: roast chicken with Peller Estates JEP Red.
Monday, May 18th: Dinner: shrimp in cream sauce with rice. And a bottle of Riverlore Sauvignon Blanc 2025.
Tuesday, May 19th: Dinner: chicken wings with a bottle of Stratus White 2010. Continue reading
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