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[Wines] Sipping Our Way Through the Black Sage Bench in Oliver – Part 2

Posted in Drinks, Joyce, Okanagan, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, tagged BC wines, Black Hill Estate Winery, Black Sage Bench, Black Sage Road, Church & State Wines, Coyote Bowl Vineyard, Cuvee Blanc, Meritage, Oliver, Osoyoos, Syrah, vineyard, VQA, Wine Tour, Wine Tour Handbook on September 19, 2013| 2 Comments »

This is Part 2 of our winery visit in Oliver. Click here to read about our experience at Le Vieux Pin and Stoneboat.

Driving by more rows of vines, we had arrived at our next stop.

Endless rows of vines along Black Sage Road

Church & State Wines

We pulled into the driveway of Church & State Wines, a bigger winery with two locations, one in Oliver and another in Victoria. It charges $8 for 4 wine samples, and waived when purchasing two bottles of wine.

Church & State Wines

While their wines were quite good, the best part of our visit at Church & State was its outdoor wine bar. Its view was gorgeous!!! Situated on a small hill, you are looking over vineyards and mountains and open fields. It took my breath away! (more…)

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[Wines] Sipping Our Way Through the Black Sage Bench in Oliver – Part 1

Posted in Drinks, Joyce, Okanagan, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, tagged BC wines, Black Sage Bench, Black Sage Road, camping, ice wine, Labour Day, Le Vieux Pin, Oliver, Osoyoos, Pinotage, Rose, Sauvignon Blanc, Stoneboat Vineyards, Syrah, vineyard, VQA, Wine Tour, Winery on September 17, 2013| 3 Comments »

Many people go camping on the Labour Day long weekend, taking advantage of the last few days of summer. We were no exceptions. This past Labour Day weekend, Mr. and I, along with CC and DF, went camping in Oliver. You know what Oliver is known as? The Wine Capital of Canada! Obviously we didn’t waste our 4.5 hour drive to Oliver – we spent quite some time at local wineries, and here are some highlights.

Welcome to the Wine Capital of Canada

About The Black Sage Bench

The Oliver/Osoyoo area has two premium growing areas, known as the Golden Mile (along Highway 97) and Black Sage Bench. As suggested by its name, the Black Sage Bench covers the dozen or so wineries along Black Sage Road. Just about every square inch is filled with grape vines.

Rows and rows of vines

With the short stay it’s impossible to swing by every winery on the Black Sage Bench. We picked out ones that we know of, or simply made an impulse turn-off based on how the winery looks. (more…)