How do you follow up an amazing banner year for a winery? For Eau Vivre Winery, winners of a Lieutenant Governor’s award for their Pinot Noir last year, it will start with amazing ...
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2012 was a “really awesome year” for Forbidden Fruit Winery, according to owner Steve Venables. “We released our first mystery wine, ranked the Peoples Choice #1 Winery to Visit, ...
For George Hanson, nothing is ever done “half-way”. This has always been the case for the way he makes wines at his winery, Seven Stones in Cawston. Extremely high quality wi...
Sara and Troy Harker have been named BC’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2013 by Lieutenant Governor Judy Guichon and Canadian OYF president Derek Janzen in January. Since 2006, the...
The year 2012 will be a memorable year for Eau Vivre Winery in Cawston. Not only was it presented with one of the biggest prizes in BC wine making - a Lieutenant Governor’s Award f...
This will be a bit of a construction site,” Seven Stones Owner/Winemaker George Hanson tells me. If you are planning a return visit to Seven Stones Winery in the coming spring, you...
Those are almond trees”, says Virginia, “we have 5 on the property.” That’s Virginia Weber of Orofino Vineyards in the Similkameen Valley, wife and partner of John Weber. To...
With information at our fingertips, it’s increasingly more difficult to find something as yet undiscovered. In the BC wine world, the Similkameen Valley was once undiscovered except for the f...
The little country road twists and turns, winding an inviting path from the highway above to the idyllic riverfront below. By the time you leave the pavement and pull up in front of the tasting roo...
In a place where time seems to have stopped, there is an understated and charming tasting room. Inside, you’ll find the smiling face of George Hanson – and a sincere “welcome to S...