Category Archives: Riesling

White Wedding, Hidden Chapel Winery, Sauvignon Blanc – Viognier – Riesling, Oliver, Okanagan Valley, BC, 2011, 12.6% abv.

Posted on December 26, 2012 by winellama

Purchased in summer 2011 during a foray to the Okanagan Valley, we hit a few wineries and picked this one up along the way. It’s a pale lemon and has light legs with  stronger than average aromas of lychee, pink grapefruit, … Continue reading →

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The Doctors’, Riesling, Marlborough, New Zealand, 2010, 8.5% abv, C$19

Posted on October 8, 2012 by winellama

This winery was featured at a tasting sponsored by the New Zealand Consulate in Vancouver, 2012 and bought a bottle the next day at the local liquor store. Clear with a pale lemon-green core moving to a thin water white rim … Continue reading →

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NK’MIP Cellars, Riesling, British Columbia VQA, Okanagan Valley, 2010, 13% abv, C$19

Posted on August 18, 2012 by winellama

We arrived at Spirit Ridge in Nk’mip and as soon as the kids were happily ensconced at the pool, I pretty much ran to the winery. There was a $7 fee per participant for the (enjoyable) winery tour. I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Skillogalee, Riesling, Clare Valley, Southern Australia 2011, 12% abv (C$22)

Posted on July 31, 2012 by winellama

Riesling is a specialty of the Clare Valley which lies north of Barossa and Adelaide in Southern Australia. It was settled by German immigrants – and much of their influence persists to this day in terms of place names as well as … Continue reading →

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