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May 7 2009 
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Great deals from South Africa - for those of you who see the light at the end of the recession tunnel but are still pinching pennies in one fist while the other is occupied tossing back that glass of wine.

Sandra Oldfield and the team at Tinhorn Creek just launched a new label to celebrate 15 years (and to think, she could have stayed in California) with a mountainside party on the Golden Mile...
read more below from WineScores.ca

Vines Magazine May-June Issue is on shelves - look for a swack of wine reviews from WineDiva and next issue - July August look for my articles on South Africa and Australia!
The Tasting Room Radio this weekend has Terry and I at Tinhorn Creek and I review wines from Tinhorn Creek, La Stella and Le Vieux Pin - May 9th!

Stay tuned for spring sippers and New South Wales May 21...

Happy Mother's Day!

Cheers,
Daenna

 Trap and catch your own
 The Wolftrap Syrah~Mourvedre~Viognier, Robertson South Africa, 2007

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From Boekenhoutskloof comes this affordable blend of 60% Syrah with Mourvedre and a dash of Viognier.
Black fruit, roasted coffee beans and bittersweet chocolate with intense char and smoky aromas. The fruit appears on the palate with hints of floral and spice, good acidity and loads of smoked/savoury flavours and a chewy finish.
A very meaty, dense wine.

$14.99

88 points winescores.ca

See more wines from SA here... 


 Hoping for a crisp, refreshing glass of Mother's Day?
 The Winery of Good Hope Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch South Africa, 2008

WOGH chenin A fresh, easy drinking version of the South African Chenin Blancs I am such a fan of.
Peaches and grapefruit, honeysuckle and tangerine peel aromas. Crisp and a bit creamy on the palate with a hit of sweet spice and a suggestion of creme brulee...

$13.99

89 points winescores.ca

More wines from SA... 


 Change is good...
 Winds of Change Chardonnay South Africa, 2007

WOC Chardonnay Winds of Change refers not only to the change in the political climate, as quoted from Harold MacMillan in 1960 but also from the Fair Trade and certified organic product in the bottle.
A tasty wine with aromas of melon, lemon-butter spice and minerals. It's smooth, softly rounded and fresh on the palate, citrus, vanilla and hints of spiced honey.

$14.99

88 points winescores.ca

More wines from South Africa... 


 Birds of a feather...
 Saxenburg 'Guinea Fowl White', Coastal Region, South Africa, 2007

Saxenburg GF white A blend of Chenin Blanc and Viognier this interesting white is appealingly aromatic with peachy/pear and floral aromas, citrus and spiced butter with mineral undertones. Softly rounded and ripe on the palate with buttery flavours, oak spice and citric fruits with just a hint of peach skin. Great minerality and acidity with a slightly weighted texture.
Would pair nicely with sweet, creamy yams spiced up a bit.

$18.99

89 points winescores.ca

More great deals from South Africa... 


 M&M in a blend...
 Bellingham Merlot~Malbec, South Africa, 2006

Bellingham Merlot Malbec Merlot....with a touch of Malbec.
I was impressed by Bellingham's sometimes unique blends when I tasted them in South Africa last fall.
Aromas of blueberry, black cherry, leather and plums and earthy/savoury smoked notes. Supple in the mouth, earthy/savoury flavours are prominent rounded out by spiced berries and cherry. A solid, well-made wine with fine, dusty tannins on the finish.

$17.99

89 points winescores.ca

More wines from South Africa... 


 Golden red
 Golden Kaan Shiraz, Western Cape South Africa, 2007

Golden Kaan Shiraz Plums and smoky dark fruits, loads of pepper and savoury undertones of herbs and seasoning salt. Smooth and juicy in the mouth, primary black fruit and pepper then again savoury takes hold - earthy, spicy and smoky flavours linger...
Good value - pair with rich meat or hard cheeses

$12.99

89 points winescores.ca

More from South Africa 


 Fresh off my palate
 A Birthday Party for Tinhorn Creek

tinhorn creek new labels Mid-day on a warm spring day in Vancouver I hopped onto a small jet heading toward a much cooler Okanagan Valley with a handful of Vancouver wine trade. The irony of course, that a generally warmer area like Oliver and the Golden Mile should be warmer and sunnier made me hesitant to leave the sudden spring we had finally received.

But the trip would be worth the chill in the air because Tinhorn Creek had plenty planned to introduce us all to a new label, a new logo and best of all a birthday party, mountainside. A mountainside that we hiked up, over the snake fences and past the bear wires and the deer fences...
From Tinhorn Creek's Golden Mile location, just south of Oliver BC, we trekked while Ken and Sandra Oldfield introduced us to some of the local fauna of the region. They have been working with The Land Conservancy to ensure the region is protected - and that means snakes too. Hand in hand with conservation, is sustainability...

Read about it here... 


 Retail/Agents Partners Program
 New menu feature - Affiliated Retailers

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By partnering with WineDiva.ca and WineScores.ca readers will know where to find the wines they read about on my websites. Are you in British Columbia, Alberta...?
Readers and wine lovers will be able to simply click the link on each individual review for the closest store to them.
Agents can sign up individual stores to support a product and wine stores can list all my reviewed wines (on both sites)...and more! Your store name will appear each time that wine is searched and each time it appears in a newsletter page or in my "sure bets - food and wine pairing".
With 650,000 hits per month on my combined sites - a lot of people are looking for where to buy wine!

Check it out! Under Agents and Retailers on my left hand menu (WineDiva.ca & WineScores.ca) is "Affiliated Retailers" private wine stores and cellar doors and all over BC are listed - is your name on that list?
If you are interested in having your store name and location attached to my reviews email us at: marketing@winediva.ca

read more here... 


 The Tasting Room
 

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"...The Tasting Room is the radio version of an audio blend, a Meritage for the soul."
Terry David Mulligan and his guests discuss food, wine, viticulture...

Listen across Canada each Saturday to hear Wine Diva's weekly wine reviews.

The Tasting Room - is on Saturday...
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and now...
Vancouver 5-7pm on "The Buzz" am 1410 (formerly CFUN)
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