Posted in All You Can Eat, Brunch, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Langley, Outdoor Dining, Patio, Restaurants, Special Occasion, Tasting Room, Wine, Wine Series, Winery Dining, tagged All You Can Eat, BC wines, Best Winery Dining, Buffet, Buffet Brunch, Glass House Estate Winery, High Vin, Langley, Sunday Brunch, Wine Flight, Wine Tasting on March 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
My girlfriends and I went to Glass House Estate Winery for their High Vin Sunday Brunch simply because it sounds like a lot of fun. For $65 per person, you are treated to a buffet brunch, a glass of bubbly and a flight of five 1oz wine. We stumbled upon it, and really, we couldn’t resist. The four of us usually go out for afternoon tea, and we all like wine, so this naturally fits our MO to give it a try.
Posted in Beverage, Cocktails, Drinks, Joyce, Recipe, Wine, tagged Cocktail, Inniskillin, Jameson Whiskey, New York Sour, recipe on January 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »
So over the holidays Mr. got into cocktail making and we’re looking up recipes online to try. The tricky thing is, we don’t have a lot of ingredients readily available and we also don’t want to stock up a lot of liqueurs, syrups or bitters and clog up the shelves. Then I was given this New York Sour recipe and with some modifications, it’s just the perfect drink for us to make at home.
Posted in Beverage, Culinary Events, Joyce, Whistler Cornucopia, Wine, Wine Series, tagged Cheap Wine, French wine, Value Wine, Whistler Cornucopia, Wine, wine event, Wine Guide, Wine Seminar, Wine Tasting, Wine under $37 on November 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
When I went to Cornucopia in Whistler, I had the pleasure to attend a few seminars to zero-in on certain aspects of food and wine. One of my favourite sessions was Ohh La La, where we sipped and learned about 10 French wines that cost CAD$37 or less. Besides BC wines, I have always been a big fan of French wines. I love me some bold Bordeaux blend, and French Viognier was one of the first wines I fell in love with. I was really excited about attending this seminar, facilitated by wine experts Christine Campbell and Dr. Damien Wilson, who have both lived in France before.
Here are the 10 wines we tried, ranging from sparkling to rose, to white to red. I will highlight the ones I enjoyed the most.
(more…)Posted in Fried, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Lunch, Okanagan, Restaurants, Tasting Room, Travel, Wine, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, Winery Dining, Wings, tagged All Canadian Wine Championships, Duck Wings, fries, garlic fries, Harry McWatters, Penticton, TIME Winery, Wine Tasting, Winery on June 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Over a five-day winecation in the Okanagan (yes, we have an “official” name for our wine vacation) with our friends B&K, we visited a number of wineries, eateries and attractions in the area. One of which was TIME Winery & Kitchen in Penticton. Back in 2018, we had a tour of the winery prior to its opening, having the opportunity to speak with the late Harry McWatters and his vision for the urban winery. Fast forward to 2022, TIME has changed hands to Ron and Shelley Mayert, with the McWatters sisters continuing to manage the operation. B&K are wine club members there, and there are perks such as a discount on food and complimentary wine tasting. We ended up spending 3 hours at TIME, starting with a lunch.
Posted in Culinary Events, Drinks, Joyce, Vancouver, Vancouver International Wine Festival, Wine, Wine Series, tagged Bonterra Organic Vineyards, California Wines, Gallo Signature Series, Girard Winery, Hahn Family Wines, Joel Gott Wines, Klinker Brick Winery, Lake Sonoma Winery, Langetwins Family Winery, Michael David Winery, Ravenswood Winery, Robert Biale Vineyards, Taub Family Vineyards, Vancouver International Wine Festival, Wine Tasting, Zinfandel on March 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
This year, Vancouver International Wine Festival features the wine region of California. It’s impressive that the state of California alone can be the featured region. Why? California produces more than 81% of all U.S. wines – and if California were a country, it would be the fourth leading wine-producing nation in the world, only behind France, Italy and Spain. There are close to 560,000 acres of vineyards in California, with more than 65,000 registered California wine labels.
Similar to last year, instead of aimlessly drinking my way around the big tasting room, I focused on one type of wine. Since I’m not a huge chardonnay drinker, and I like Zinfandel in general, I picked out the California Zinfandel to taste.
One of the bolder varietals, Zinfandel teases our palate in a wide range of notes, from raspberry to black pepper, to cloves and licorice. Being one of the oldest and most revered vines, Zinfandel is a signature grape in California.
Although it’s the same grape, depending on the region, the flavourful profile of Zinfandel can be very different. Some may be more jammy, more fruit-forward, while others bring out the pepper, anise and clove note.
Here is a list of Zinfandel I’ve tried at the tasting room. My favourites are the ones highlighted in orange. Overall, I gravitated towards the ones that were more fruit-forward, jammy and round in body. And 2016 seems to be a good year for me. Some was a bit harsh for my liking; perhaps some more aging would make it smoother.
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