John Schreiner

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Terravista releases its 2024 Albariño

Terravista releases its 2024 Albariño

The first wine from the 2024 vin­tage has just been released by Ter­rav­ista Vine­yards:…

Poplar Grove begins releasing library wines

Poplar Grove begins releasing library wines

Poplar Grove Estate Win­ery has begun to open its library of its best red wines both for…

Wild Goose Vineyards had a vintage in 2024

Wild Goose Vineyards had a vintage in 2024

Wild Goose Vine­yards & Win­ery pio­neered what is today the Okana­gan Falls…

Painted Rock Winery had a 2024 harvest

Painted Rock Winery had a 2024 harvest

In a nor­mal vin­tage, Paint­ed Rock Estate Winery’s Ska­ha Bluff vine­yard yields…

Remembering winemaker Ron Taylor

Remembering winemaker Ron Taylor

Ron Tay­lor, a major fig­ure in British Colum­bia wine­mak­ing, died in Kelow­na on…

Mt. Boucherie taps old vines for complex wines

Mt. Boucherie taps old vines for complex wines

The cur­rent releas­es from Mt. Boucherie Estate Win­ery often are made with fruit from…

SpearHead releases two Pinot Noirs from 2022

SpearHead releases two Pinot Noirs from 2022

Pinot Noir is now the sec­ond most wide­ly plant­ed grape vari­ety in British Colum­bia…

Haywire Winery counts on inventory to get through 2024 vintage

Haywire Winery counts on inventory to get through 2024 vintage

This sum­mer, the staff at Hay­wire Win­ery in Sum­mer­land dis­cov­ered…

Checkmate 2021 Merlots

Checkmate 2021 Merlots

When Aus­tralian-born wine­mak­er Phil McGa­han was recruit­ed from a job in Sono­ma…

Hillside is among Naramata Bench's climate survivors

Hillside is among Naramata Bench's climate survivors

The Nara­ma­ta Bench’s vine­yards sur­vived the Jan­u­ary freeze bet­ter that most…

Blue Mountain releases premium wines from 2022

Blue Mountain releases premium wines from 2022

Dur­ing a recent trip to the Okana­gan, I drove past the pic­turesque Blue…

River Stone is counting on its strong red wines

River Stone is counting on its strong red wines

There is good news and bad news at Riv­er Stone Estate Win­ery in Oliv­er. The good news…

Mission Hill releases 2020 Oculus

Mission Hill releases 2020 Oculus

John Simes, the leg­endary wine­mak­er at Mis­sion Hill Fam­i­ly Estate, retired in 2015…

Fort Berens partners with Washington winery

Fort Berens partners with Washington winery

It is not sur­pris­ing to learn that the Lil­looet viti­cul­tur­al sub-appel­la­tion did…

Township 7 is thankful for its sparkling wine portfolio

Township 7 is thankful for its sparkling wine portfolio

After wine­mak­er Mary McDer­mott joined Town­ship 7 Vine­yards & Win­ery…

Hester Creek has a good inventory of wine - and a strategy to get through the 2024 vintage

Hester Creek has a good inventory of wine - and a strategy to get through the 2024 vintage

Like near­ly all Okana­gan winer­ies, Hes­ter Creek Estate Win­ery will be mak­ing wines…

Hillside is optimist about Naramata vineyards bouncing back

Hillside is optimist about Naramata vineyards bouncing back

The lat­est releas­es from Hill­side Win­ery & Bistro also includ­ed…

BC wineries have green light to use imported grapes in 2024

BC wineries have green light to use imported grapes in 2024

Grant Stan­ley, the gen­er­al man­ag­er of Spear­Head Win­ery in East Kelow­na, was in…

Clos du Soleil remains confident in the Similkameen

Clos du Soleil remains confident in the Similkameen

In May, Clos du Soleil Win­ery announced the acqui­si­tion and con­ver­sion of an…

Solvero Wines looks to Oregon, Washington grapes this fall

Solvero Wines looks to Oregon, Washington grapes this fall

On the Cana­da Day week­end, Solvero Wines opened its tast­ing room in the Gar­net…

Mayhem produces more Anarchy

Mayhem produces more Anarchy

May­hem Wines port­fo­lio of reserve wines, which are labelled Anar­chy, has now…

Remembering Naramata winegrower Tim Watts

Remembering Naramata winegrower Tim Watts

Ket­tle Val­ley Win­ery has announced that Tim Watts, one of its found­ing part­ners and…



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