Stoneboat Sails A Dark Wine Sea

In the sea of Okanagan wines, Stoneboat continues to steer a course of smooth vintages. Since visiting their modest Black Sage Bench tasting room two years ago, Stoneboat has become one of my favorite BC wineries. At a recent tasting at Taylorwood, I was once again blown away by the quality of their wines. [...]

Mixed Blessings Wine a Tableau of Gay Marriage

Just in time for the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, along comes Mixed Blessings wine.

The new white blend sports the most timely label in wine history. As with most of the labels from British Columbia’s Blasted Church Winery, the depicted scene is in a church, but this time [...]

Sonomans Rate Wines of British Columbia

This year’s Playhouse International Wine Festival cast a vivid spotlight on BC wine and from all indications the afterglow is still shining. Being from California, I’m always drawn to the winemakers from Sonoma County, and after the festival I followed up with a few of them to gauge their thoughts on BC wines. I asked [...]