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I noticed lately that there hasn't been a whole lot of action on social media this summer regarding #bcwine. A quick scan of that hashtag on Twitter reveals that very few people are posting anything that involves scenery in any way, even from accounts that are normally filled with beautiful wine country views. This also …
Continue reading Smoke on the water
Aged wines take courage. Aged wines take patience. Aged wines take discipline. All three of those things take a little work and some effort on the part of the wine collector, which may be why most wines are generally consumed young. In practical purposes, it is also expensive to keep wines in a cellar for …
Continue reading Why aged wines are awesome
I was pouring wine samples at a liquor store recently and perusing the shelves during the lulls between customers when something occurred to me. Wine and craft beer cultures have both made a serious change to liquor stores in under a decade. The store I was in was the average run of the mill private …
Continue reading BC Wine Culture 2017 – THANKS MILLENNIALS!
It's that time of year again when I get distracted by stats relating to the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Excellence in BC Wine. You can find my "analysis" of the winners from 2014 and 2015. This year's winners are a very interesting collection of wineries. Here is the complete list: Bordertown Vineyards & Estate Winery 2013 Living …
Continue reading The 2016 LG Award Winners
When the Garagiste North Small Guys Wine Festival first took place in 2014 at an event hosted by Meyer Family Vineyards in Okanagan Falls, I was thrilled. Super excited. And I didn't even really know why. I went, I tasted, I interviewed (badly, as it turned out that all of the audio was unusable to …
Continue reading Why the Garagistes are so important in BC
History is a funny enough thing without wine. Then when you add wine, it just gets better but a bit ridiculous. Especially in a relatively new wine region like we have here in BC. Just reading through various sources makes me wonder if what I'm writing for my upcoming book on BC wine history is …
Continue reading Whose history is this anyway?
Hey BC wine-lovin' folks, how's your year been going so far? You've probably been wondering just what they heck is up with Wine Country BC these days? If you haven't, well, I'm going to tell you anyways. I am busy. Busy like I've never been busy in any winter before kind of busy. Podcasting took …
Continue reading Where there’s a wine, there’s a way
To all of you who have taken the time to read the blog or listen to the podcasts, Merry Christmas. A Wine Country BC salute to you all! *CLINK* ~Luke
I originally started this post back in early August because it was the first time that I could actually sit down and do some proper writing here. Jobs and other large projects had occupied my time up until that point. And then the fires started and priorities changed pretty quick. Since then of course, more books …
Continue reading This year’s BC book harvest
I usually don't get to post that much over the summer since traditionally it is a busy time of year here in wine country. The high season was generally pretty good and wineries that I got to talk to as the summer progressed were pretty optimistic about this vintage. They still are that way as …
Continue reading 2015 Wildfires in Oliver – A Recap
