BC food and BC Wine
 a symbiotic relationship...

Its about the wine yes- but touring through wine country is also about the food! Wine country people understand the correlation between wine and food, local is key and freshness is of the utmost importance. Travel through wine country and you begin to understand that wine is just wine without food, and food is just food without wine. Yin and yang, they complement and complete each other....

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 Quails Gate Chenin Blanc, Okanagan BC, 2006-
 

Juicy orchard fruit, white floral, mineral and zesty citrus fruit aromas. Softly rounded on the palate with grassy/herbal nuances, fresh mountain stream flavours and vibrant acidity on the finish that leaves you wanting more!
Perfect for fresh summer fare!
$18.99

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 Cedar Creek Ehrenfelser, Okanagan BC, 2006
 

...this vintage is just as deliriously aromatic but with a more unctuous mouth-feel! Peaches, honey blossoms, apricot, pink grapefruit and exotic spices. Clean and bright on the palate with a voluptuous texture brimming with ripe orchard fruit flavours followed by sweet star anise on the finish.
$16.99

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 Keep rating those wines!
 

I love seeing those pink stars appearing on the wines I have reviewed.
Since you (the readers) are the ones tasting the wines, you should have your input too.


The average score will always appear and as soon as you score the wine the results are tallied!

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 Sandhill Small Lots Program "Two", Sandhill Estate Vineyard, 2004
 

The Sandhill is inky in colour with aromas of ripe plums, black cherry, dark berries, violets and sweet tobacco. On the palate-spice, leather, cocoa and rich earth with a long vanilla, licorice finish. A seamless integration-body, texture and flavour with a smooth finish. Gorgeous!
Cabernet 67%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 8%
$29.99

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 More BC Wine Reviews
 

Read more reviews on...

• Crowsnest Vineyards
• Cedar Creek
• Golden Mile
• Peller Estates
• Pentage
• Quails' Gate
• Sandhill
• See Ya Later Ranch
• Tinhorn Creek

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 See Ya Later Ranch Gewurztraminer, Okanagan BC, 2006
 

...is crisply aromatic with orchard fruit, orange water, rose petals and Turkish delight spiked with exotic spice. On the palate it is refreshing with just a suggestion of sweetness, zippy lime zest a softly- rounded texture with hints of clove and nutmeg and tangerine-creamsicle on the finish.
$15.99

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 A Wine Diva Feature - Shelf Talkers
 Perfect for Agents and Retailers

Shelf Talkers are perfect for agents who need them quickly and don't have in house printing. Or for all you Retailers-private beer and wine stores in and outside of Vancouver who read Wine Diva religiously, carry the products I review and want to have your own "Pink & Cheeky" Wine Diva talkers.
You can print them in black and white or in colour. (Just remember to set you advanced printer settings and check off "colour").
There are four per page-all different-and they print out exactly as you see them on the page.
You can see all the available shelf talkers by clicking on the Shelf Talkers menu item on the left side of the site. If a wine review has a shelf talker, it a link will appear in the review. If you want to know how to get a shelf talker made for your wine contact me at daenna@winediva.ca

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 Don't Forget the International Wines
 

I add new wines to Wine Diva's "Wine Search & Reviews" almost daily!
Make sure to check back periodically to stay ahead of the crush!

Recently reviewed...

• Evans & Tate-Western Australia
• Palandri-Western Australia
• Toso-Argentina
• Vasse Felix-Western Australia
• Plantagenet-Western Australia
• Stella Bella-Western Australia
• Ferngrove-Western Australia
• Wolf Blass-Australia
• Rodney Strong-Sonoma Calif.
• Madfish-Western Australia

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 How Cheesy!
 An affordable alternative to Epoisses?

Le Nuits d'Or-A cow's milk cheese from Nuits- St.- Georges, Burgundy this is a cheese that will rock your world without emptying your pockets.
If there are cheese fiends and cork dorks knocking at your door, this is the cheese to serve. And, since it's from Burgundy it goes extremely well with-of course, Pinot Noir...
...the washed amber rind is slightly tacky, left on the counter to warm for sufficient time (one hour at least please) it begins to sag slightly and bulge out out at the sides.
The texture is creamy, smooth and slightly rubbery with slightly fruity, mushroom and bolder "ripe" barnyard aromas. On the palate it's creamy sweet on the entry with faint herbal/grassy nuances and a nutty finish...dreams are made of this!
$8.95 wrapped 250 gr drum

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 EAT! Vancouver
 The Everything Food+Cooking Festival

This annual event returns to BC Place Stadium this weekend-May 25, 26, 27
Anna Olson and Chef Rob Feenie will be on the Food Network Celebrity Stage and there will be loads of food to taste, hundreds of exhibitors and international flavours to discover.

But don't forget to visit the Grapes & Hops Stage hosted by Daenna Van Mulligen (aka Wine Diva) sip wine, sake or beer and participate and learn during the ongoing seminars by local libation educators and writers like; John Schreiner, Colin Jack and Paul Watkin...

Read details on the Grapes & Hops Stage... 

 Upcoming
 A look into what's coming onWine Diva

• More new BC releases
• Touring the Okanagan part 3
• A rose by any other name