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This is the weekend we welcome summer -
although we've been feeling the sun and
sipping those patio wines for more than a
month now. To make sure you always have
options for you summer sipping satisfaction I
will keep my Summer Sippers page link
on WineDiva's front page all summer
(and adding wines continuously) so it's
always easy to access...
As the summer progresses I'll be adding more
to my ongoing series on Australia - more on
McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Barossa (and
Eden) as well as Yarra Valley on
WineScores.ca so stay tuned for
that!
In this week's newsletter I have
a linked a great page from
WineScores.ca on half a dozen
producers from around the world - all have
visited Vancouver this month to share their
wines - link below...
And here is a new Vancouver food blogger you
may find
of interest, Let's
Talk About Food, Cathy L. posted a lengthy
interview with me - even I was surprised an
how much I was yammering on...
This
week on The Tasting Room Radio I
review the newest releases from the BC
winery, Black Hills...
Cheers & Happy
Father's day
Daenna
P.S. Don't forget to
follow me on Twitter - TheWineDiva and join
my Facebook Group Wine Diva!
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Tastings - June 2009
Boekenhoutskloof, Caliterra, Morande, Stag's Hollow, Latour and Some Young Punks...
Boekenhoutskloof could be the most
tongue-twisting winery
name in the world to pronounce for
non-Afrikaans speaking wine drinkers, but
this four syllable word has a simple meaning.
It translates to "ravine of the boekenhout",
boekenhout being the name of a local birch tree.
Of course knowing what it means won't make it
easier to pronounce initially, nor will it
prevent you from rolling it off your tongue,
time after time, when you finally do master
it....
My Dutch father would pronounce it
book-en-howds-kloof (or something that
sounds like that ) so I'll stick with what
dad says....
It's been a while since I have seen Stag's
Hollow co-owner Larry Gerelus.
It may be more than a decade actually. When
my husband first moved to Vancouver - back
when traveling to Okanagan Wine Country for
the Thanksgiving long weekend was not so
common - in 1996, we made our first trip to
the Okanagan. It was adventure for us and
also a new adventure for Larry and his wife
Linda Pruegger who had only established their
Stag's Hollow winery...
I first wrote about Some Young Punks
'Passion Has Red Lips for CityFood in 2007.
Sadly, I missed them during a recent trip
down under to Clare so I'd not tasted the
wines for a while. Since I had, the 'Young
Punks' from Clare Valley Australia have added
to their colorful repertoire of low brow
literature/pulp fiction labels and ingenious
blends.
The front man for the recent Vancouver visit,
Dr. Colin McBryde (aka Col Punk), in
recuperation from his new status as baby
daddy, introduced me to his other babies...
Read about them all here...
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Coming next: Summer is Australia and
always new
wine reviews...
Don't
forget to visit
winescores.ca
and winediva.ca for new wine reviews
every
day!
Pink and Cheeky...
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