Vertical Party – Nota Bene 05-12

On January 18, 2015January 19, 2015 By winecountrybcIn TINAWR, Wine reviews8 Comments

These are the bottles from my Nota Bene vertical tasting this past weekend. I'm happy to report that there were no corked bottles and that everything was showing brilliantly. As my regular readers will know, I hate writing (and reading) wine reviews but I was asked a few times on twitter if there were any …

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7 things you didn’t know about the BC Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in BC Wine

On June 18, 2014 By winecountrybcIn News, Wine Knowledge2 Comments

The winners have been announced for this year's Lieutenant Governor's Award for Excellence in BC Wines (or as it is known in winery lingo - "The LG's") and the list of winners is extremely interesting to me for a lot of reasons. Alphabetically, the 2014 winners are: 8th Generation Vineyard Riesling 2012 Bonamici Cellars Merlot Cabernet Franc 2012 Fort …

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