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Category Archives: Pinot Noir
Some Top BC Wineries to Visit: Tasting in the Similkameen and Okanagan Valleys
We have some lovely friends who have moved recently to the West Coast. They’re trying to get to know British Columbia – so we decided to take them to some of the best spots. That’s how we spent a week … Continue reading
Posted in BC, British Columbia, Cabernet Franc, cabernet sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon / Blends, Chardonnay, Gamay, Marechal Foch, OTHER, Pinot Noir, RED, red wine, ROSE, Rousanne, Sangiovese, Sauvignon Blanc, Washington State, WHITE
Tagged BC wines, Canadian Wines, chardonnay, Clos du Soleil Winery, Echo Bay Winery, fume blanc, Kelsey Rufiange, Lake Skaha, Little Farm Winery, OK falls, Okanagan Valley, Oliver, Orofino WInery, Osooyos, Pinot Noir, red wine, Similkameen Winery, travel, travel to BC wine country, wine, wine-tasting
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Top Wine Picks: Notes from Recent Tastings
What a terrible problem to have – too many wines, shrinking drinking windows, and not enough time made to write about them or catalogue the tasting notes clogging up my phone. Here is a synopsis of some of the better … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Chardonnay, France, Furmint, Hungary, Oregon, OTHER, Pinot Noir, RED, Tokaji, WHITE
Tagged Burgundy, champagne, france, French wine, hungarian wine, hungary travel, Oregon wine, Pinot Noir, pinot noire, the eyrie vineyards, tokaji aszu, wine, wine-tasting
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Pinot Noir, Clone Collection Dijon 777, CODE Wines, Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley VQA, British Columbia, Canada, 13% abv., 2022
I had wanted to visit CODE Wines for some time. They’re relatively new to the Okanagan, BC wine scene, but they landed in it with accolades and awards, and I’d heard nothing but wonderful reports of them and the quality … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, Chardonnay, OTHER, Pinot Noir, RED, red wine, Shiraz / Syrah, WHITE
Tagged BC wine, Canadian wine, chardonnay, Code Wines, hands on winery, Harlee and Shay Code, Ok Falls wine, okanagan valley vqa, Pinot Noir, small winery, syrah, travel, wine, wine-tasting, winery
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Volunteer Wine Tastings: Enriching Lives Through Shared Experiences
This past summer, I led a couple of tastings for residents at my mom’s long term care community. It may be long term care, but everyone who attends is interested and active and wants to learn more. It’s terribly gratifying … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Chardonnay, Croatia, France, Italy, OTHER, Pinot Noir, Posip, Verdicchio, WHITE
Tagged Burgundy, Harvest 2025, long term care, Maison Perron de Mypont, Michel Briday, volunteer, wine tasting
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Watching the 2025 Harvest at Le Romanée-Conti – Chardonnay, Gerard Boyer, ‘Aux Gravains’, Savigny-les-Beaune, Premier Cru, Bourgogne, France, 2023, 13% abv., 35 Euros (C$58)
Doubters of global warming will continue to rail against obvious signs, but while I was in Burgundy for Harvest 2025, it was hard to ignore the facts about the effects. This year was extremely hot, and there were vineyards being … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Chardonnay, France, OTHER, Pinot Noir, RED, WHITE
Tagged Aux Gravains, Bourgogne, Burgundy, CDN, chardonnay, Cotes de Nuit, DRC, europe, france, French wine, Gerard Boyer, Nuit saint George, red wine, Romanee Conti, travel, travel in burgundy, travel in france, white wine, wine, wine-tasting
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Meeting a 5th Generation Vigneron in Meursault, France – Domaine Millot-Bernard
In August 2025, I took a ten day solo trip to Burgundy during the harvest. A year prior, I’d made a friend who connected me with his family. I returned during harvest to experience as much as was possible in … Continue reading
Posted in Aligote, Burgundy, Chardonnay, France, Gamay, OTHER, Pinot Noir, RED, Shiraz / Syrah, WHITE
Tagged Aligote, Bourgogne, Burgundy, chardonnay, domaine mallot-bernard, emilien mallot, france, passetoutgrains, Pinot Noir, PTG, red wine, syrah, travel, white wine, wine, wine-tasting
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Pinot Noir, Les Épenotes, Premier Cru, Maison Evenstad, Beaune, Burgundy, France, 13.5% abv., US$110
One of the tasting experiences during my day in Burgundy was at Domaine du Château de la Crée in very tiny Santenay. The Château dates back to 1431, and its main building was burned down during the French Revolution. Santenay … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, France, Pinot Noir, RED
Tagged beaune, Bourgogne, Burgundy, chardonnay, Cote d'or, france, Grace Evenstad, Ken Evenstead, Les Épenotes, Maison Evenstad, pinot noir, Pinot Noir, Premier Cru, Santenay, wine
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Pinot Noir, Walraven Vineyard, Domaine Anderson, Anderson Valley AVA, California, 14.5% abv., 2019 US$70
Travelling down the highway from Mendocino on our way to Truckee, California, I yearned for a tasting at Domaine Anderson. We’d been to the Anderson Valley several years prior, but had visited their sister winery, Roederer at that time. Domaine … Continue reading
White Pinot Noir, Eclipse, Tenbrink Vineyards, Tolenas Winery, Suisun Valley AVA, Fairfield, California, 2022, 14% abv., US$37
This is pretty cool and happening stuff. While Pinot Noir grapes have been pressed and used forever as part of sparkling wines and blends, it’s rare to find white versions as still wine. This is the wine that won winemaker … Continue reading
Pinot Noir, Clone Collection Dijon 777, Code Wines, Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley, BC, 2020, 13.5% abv. C$34
Owners Shay and Harlee Code decided in 2016 to purchase land in Okanagan Falls on which they planted Viognier, Syrah, several clones of Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay grapes. In 2021, they made the full time move once their home and … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, OTHER, Pinot Noir, RED
Tagged BC wine, Canadian wine, Code Wines, Dijon 777, Harlee Code, okanagan, Okanagan Falls, red wine, Shay Code, Upper Bench
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