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Another excellent meal at Journey Restaurant at @a Another excellent meal at Journey Restaurant at @azhadivineyards 🍷🍽️ Journey continues to be one of our favourite winery dining experiences in the Okanagan, combining creative dishes with wines grown and made right at the estate. We started with the Grilled Octopus, served with tomatillo, pepitas & sesame mole verde, salsa verde, tostada crisps and charred lemon — a terrific match with Azhadi’s bright, refreshing Riesling. For the mains, the beautifully tender Saffron & Apricot Lamb Shank brought together warm Persian-inspired flavours of ras el hanout, apricot, saffron and tomato. The Tamarind Glazed Lingcod was another standout, with orzo, turmeric-roasted cauliflower, Riesling-soaked golden raisins and a barberry lemon butter sauce. And we certainly didn’t skip dessert! The Velvet Chocolate Crémeux was rich and decadent, while the Saffron Rose & Pistachio Gelato provided a lighter, fragrant finish. Along the way we enjoyed Azhadi Sparkling Rosé, Riesling and Pinot Noir — a lovely reminder of how well these wines work at the table. Journey does a particularly nice job of bringing together Persian influences, Okanagan ingredients and estate wines. Another memorable evening at Azhadi Vineyards. 🍷 Read our full Azhadi Vineyards article and wine tasting notes on BCWineTrends.com. #AzhadiVineyards #JourneyRestaurant #BCWine #BCWineCountry #OkanaganWine #OkanaganDining #VisitSouthOkanagan #OliverBC #WineAndFood #BCWineTrends
🥂 Narrative XC Sparkling — now with a 0.5% option 🥂 Narrative XC Sparkling — now with a 0.5% option Okanagan Crush Pad is taking its first step into the non-alcoholic wine category with the release of Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5, joining the popular original Narrative XC Sparkling. The new wine has an interesting story behind it. Following the devastating 2024 winter freeze and resulting zero crop, Okanagan Crush Pad chose not to simply bring in grapes from another region. Instead, the team used the opportunity to experiment with new beverage styles, including lower-alcohol options. One of those experiments was Orchard + Field, a 5% apple wine made with haskap and other berries. Its success helped encourage OCP to explore another increasingly important category — wine for people who are reducing or eliminating alcohol but still want something thoughtfully made for the dinner table. 🥂 Enter Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5. The new dealcoholized sparkling builds on one of Narrative’s most successful wines, XC Sparkling, which itself began life as an experimental small lot before growing to more than 2,000 cases annually. Chief winemaker Matthew Dumayne says the key is starting with quality wine before removing the alcohol. Preserving as much texture, balance and drinking pleasure as possible. 🍾 Narrative XC Sparkling — the original 🥂 Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5 — the new dealcoholized alternative For now, this is very much a trial. The winery has produced just 200 cases of Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5, available for $27.99. Okanagan Crush Pad is actively asking wine lovers for feedback before deciding where to take the idea next. I’m looking forward to tasting these side by side. It should be fascinating to see how closely the 0.5% version captures the character and enjoyment of the original XC Sparkling. Could this be the beginning of a bigger BC non-alcoholic wine category? 🥂 @narrativewinery #BCWine #OkanaganWine #NarrativeWine #OkanaganCrushPad #NonAlcoholicWine #DealcoholizedWine #BCWineCountry #DrinkBCWine #SparklingWine #Okanagan
🍕🍷 Pizza night with @township7 Interlude Red 2024 🍕🍷 Pizza night with @township7 Interlude Red 2024 — 91 Points. An easy-drinking blend with vibrant aromas of red berries and spice. Juicy red cherry and ripe strawberry flavours mingle with gentle spice, while soft tannins develop a light grip towards the juicy finish. A relaxed, fruit-forward red that paired nicely with tonight’s pizza. The blend takes an unusual turn: 42% Pinot Noir / 29% Cabernet Sauvignon / 20% Merlot / 9% Syrah. Crafted in Naramata from Washington and California grapes following the devastating 2024 Okanagan freeze, then aged for 18 months in French and American oak. Sometimes, all you need is good pizza and a glass of wine. 🍂 #Township7 #InterludeRed #BCWineTrends #PizzaAndWine #WinePairing
🍂 Four Reds for Autumn 🍷 As the days get shorter a 🍂 Four Reds for Autumn 🍷 As the days get shorter and the Okanagan settles into autumn, it’s time for the kind of wines that belong beside a warm kitchen, a harvest dinner, and something slowly roasting in the oven. I’ve been tasting the four new Township 7 2024 Interlude reds — Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Interlude Red. The series was born from the devastating January 2024 freeze, when Township 7 sourced premium fruit from trusted growers in Washington and California, then brought it back to Naramata to make, age and bottle the wines in BC. 🍁 Interlude Cabernet Sauvignon — Full-bodied and dark, with black cherry, cassis and a touch of dark chocolate. Think ribeye or a charred burger on a crisp fall evening. 🍂 Interlude Merlot — Blackberry and black cherry with baking spice and earthy notes. A natural autumn match for mushroom risotto or grilled beef. Tech-sheet-Interlude-Merlot-2024 🔥 Interlude Syrah — Blueberry, blackberry, peppercorn and earthy notes, combining juicy Sonoma fruit with the darker, structured character of Washington Syrah. Bring on the ribs and fall comfort food. 🍒 Interlude Red — The easy-going member of the quartet: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah, with cherry, ripe strawberry, subtle spice and a juicy finish. Four very different reds, one unusual vintage — and all arriving at exactly the right time for autumn drinking. 🍁🍷 #BCWine #Township7 #Interlude #BCWineTrends #OkanaganWine #FallWine #AutumnWine #RedWine #WineAndFood #WineLovers
🍇 BC Wine Harvest 2026: An Early but Complicated V 🍇 BC Wine Harvest 2026: An Early but Complicated Vintage Harvest 2026 is moving fast across BC wine country — but it’s far from a uniform story. 🍇 Record-early picking at several Okanagan vineyards 🍷 Promising fruit from Kelowna to the Similkameen 🍇 Merlot is now coming in, while the late reds are still hanging 🔥 Serious smoke-related losses for some Summerland wineries 💰 Growing concerns about crop insurance and grapes looking for buyers From Tantalus finishing its earliest estate harvest ever to SpearHead deliberately waiting for more Pinot Noir ripeness, 2026 is shaping up as an early, promising — and remarkably uneven — vintage. 👉 Read our early look at the 2026 BC wine harvest — link in bio. #BCWine #BCWineTrends #Harvest2026 #OkanaganWine #OkanaganHarvest #SimilkameenWine #NaramataBench #CanadianWine
🦃🍷 Five BC wines to pour with Thanksgiving turkey 🦃🍷 Five BC wines to pour with Thanksgiving turkey Turkey may be delicate, but once you add stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce and roasted vegetables, there’s a lot happening on the plate. Here are five recently tasted BC wines I’d happily put on the Thanksgiving table: 🥂 Lunessence 2025 ESV Brut Riesling — 92 Points Bright, lively and a great way to start the celebration. @lunessencewine 🍾 Lightning Rock 2024 Dry Lake Vineyard Chardonnay — 90 Points Beautiful texture and balance for turkey, stuffing and gravy. @lightningrockwinery 🍷 Stoneboat Reserve Pinot Noir 2023 — 91 Points Red fruit and earthy notes make Pinot Noir a classic partner for the whole Thanksgiving plate. @stoneboatvineyards 🌸 Seven Directions 2025 Estate Grenache Rosé — 93 Points At $42, this is the special-treat bottle — a serious Similkameen rosé for a special dinner. @bottegawinestudio 🍋 Monte Creek 2024 Living Land Riesling Organic — 90 Points Fresh, aromatic and $23.99 — an excellent choice when you need a few bottles around the table. @montecreekwinery And there’s no reason to choose only one. 🥂 Start with bubbles, pour white or rosé with the turkey, and have Pinot Noir ready for the red-wine crowd. Full story and tasting notes at BCWineTrends.com. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍷 #BCWine #BCWineTrends #ThanksgivingWine #ThanksgivingDinner #WinePairing #OkanaganWine #SimilkameenWine #SummerlandStrong #BuyBC #DrinkBC
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Another excellent meal at Journey Restaurant at @a Another excellent meal at Journey Restaurant at @azhadivineyards 🍷🍽️ Journey continues to be one of our favourite winery dining experiences in the Okanagan, combining creative dishes with wines grown and made right at the estate. We started with the Grilled Octopus, served with tomatillo, pepitas & sesame mole verde, salsa verde, tostada crisps and charred lemon — a terrific match with Azhadi’s bright, refreshing Riesling. For the mains, the beautifully tender Saffron & Apricot Lamb Shank brought together warm Persian-inspired flavours of ras el hanout, apricot, saffron and tomato. The Tamarind Glazed Lingcod was another standout, with orzo, turmeric-roasted cauliflower, Riesling-soaked golden raisins and a barberry lemon butter sauce. And we certainly didn’t skip dessert! The Velvet Chocolate Crémeux was rich and decadent, while the Saffron Rose & Pistachio Gelato provided a lighter, fragrant finish. Along the way we enjoyed Azhadi Sparkling Rosé, Riesling and Pinot Noir — a lovely reminder of how well these wines work at the table. Journey does a particularly nice job of bringing together Persian influences, Okanagan ingredients and estate wines. Another memorable evening at Azhadi Vineyards. 🍷 Read our full Azhadi Vineyards article and wine tasting notes on BCWineTrends.com. #AzhadiVineyards #JourneyRestaurant #BCWine #BCWineCountry #OkanaganWine #OkanaganDining #VisitSouthOkanagan #OliverBC #WineAndFood #BCWineTrends
🥂 Narrative XC Sparkling — now with a 0.5% option 🥂 Narrative XC Sparkling — now with a 0.5% option Okanagan Crush Pad is taking its first step into the non-alcoholic wine category with the release of Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5, joining the popular original Narrative XC Sparkling. The new wine has an interesting story behind it. Following the devastating 2024 winter freeze and resulting zero crop, Okanagan Crush Pad chose not to simply bring in grapes from another region. Instead, the team used the opportunity to experiment with new beverage styles, including lower-alcohol options. One of those experiments was Orchard + Field, a 5% apple wine made with haskap and other berries. Its success helped encourage OCP to explore another increasingly important category — wine for people who are reducing or eliminating alcohol but still want something thoughtfully made for the dinner table. 🥂 Enter Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5. The new dealcoholized sparkling builds on one of Narrative’s most successful wines, XC Sparkling, which itself began life as an experimental small lot before growing to more than 2,000 cases annually. Chief winemaker Matthew Dumayne says the key is starting with quality wine before removing the alcohol. Preserving as much texture, balance and drinking pleasure as possible. 🍾 Narrative XC Sparkling — the original 🥂 Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5 — the new dealcoholized alternative For now, this is very much a trial. The winery has produced just 200 cases of Narrative XC Sparkling 0.5, available for $27.99. Okanagan Crush Pad is actively asking wine lovers for feedback before deciding where to take the idea next. I’m looking forward to tasting these side by side. It should be fascinating to see how closely the 0.5% version captures the character and enjoyment of the original XC Sparkling. Could this be the beginning of a bigger BC non-alcoholic wine category? 🥂 @narrativewinery #BCWine #OkanaganWine #NarrativeWine #OkanaganCrushPad #NonAlcoholicWine #DealcoholizedWine #BCWineCountry #DrinkBCWine #SparklingWine #Okanagan
🍕🍷 Pizza night with @township7 Interlude Red 2024 🍕🍷 Pizza night with @township7 Interlude Red 2024 — 91 Points. An easy-drinking blend with vibrant aromas of red berries and spice. Juicy red cherry and ripe strawberry flavours mingle with gentle spice, while soft tannins develop a light grip towards the juicy finish. A relaxed, fruit-forward red that paired nicely with tonight’s pizza. The blend takes an unusual turn: 42% Pinot Noir / 29% Cabernet Sauvignon / 20% Merlot / 9% Syrah. Crafted in Naramata from Washington and California grapes following the devastating 2024 Okanagan freeze, then aged for 18 months in French and American oak. Sometimes, all you need is good pizza and a glass of wine. 🍂 #Township7 #InterludeRed #BCWineTrends #PizzaAndWine #WinePairing
🍂 Four Reds for Autumn 🍷 As the days get shorter a 🍂 Four Reds for Autumn 🍷 As the days get shorter and the Okanagan settles into autumn, it’s time for the kind of wines that belong beside a warm kitchen, a harvest dinner, and something slowly roasting in the oven. I’ve been tasting the four new Township 7 2024 Interlude reds — Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Interlude Red. The series was born from the devastating January 2024 freeze, when Township 7 sourced premium fruit from trusted growers in Washington and California, then brought it back to Naramata to make, age and bottle the wines in BC. 🍁 Interlude Cabernet Sauvignon — Full-bodied and dark, with black cherry, cassis and a touch of dark chocolate. Think ribeye or a charred burger on a crisp fall evening. 🍂 Interlude Merlot — Blackberry and black cherry with baking spice and earthy notes. A natural autumn match for mushroom risotto or grilled beef. Tech-sheet-Interlude-Merlot-2024 🔥 Interlude Syrah — Blueberry, blackberry, peppercorn and earthy notes, combining juicy Sonoma fruit with the darker, structured character of Washington Syrah. Bring on the ribs and fall comfort food. 🍒 Interlude Red — The easy-going member of the quartet: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah, with cherry, ripe strawberry, subtle spice and a juicy finish. Four very different reds, one unusual vintage — and all arriving at exactly the right time for autumn drinking. 🍁🍷 #BCWine #Township7 #Interlude #BCWineTrends #OkanaganWine #FallWine #AutumnWine #RedWine #WineAndFood #WineLovers
🍇 BC Wine Harvest 2026: An Early but Complicated V 🍇 BC Wine Harvest 2026: An Early but Complicated Vintage Harvest 2026 is moving fast across BC wine country — but it’s far from a uniform story. 🍇 Record-early picking at several Okanagan vineyards 🍷 Promising fruit from Kelowna to the Similkameen 🍇 Merlot is now coming in, while the late reds are still hanging 🔥 Serious smoke-related losses for some Summerland wineries 💰 Growing concerns about crop insurance and grapes looking for buyers From Tantalus finishing its earliest estate harvest ever to SpearHead deliberately waiting for more Pinot Noir ripeness, 2026 is shaping up as an early, promising — and remarkably uneven — vintage. 👉 Read our early look at the 2026 BC wine harvest — link in bio. #BCWine #BCWineTrends #Harvest2026 #OkanaganWine #OkanaganHarvest #SimilkameenWine #NaramataBench #CanadianWine
🦃🍷 Five BC wines to pour with Thanksgiving turkey 🦃🍷 Five BC wines to pour with Thanksgiving turkey Turkey may be delicate, but once you add stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce and roasted vegetables, there’s a lot happening on the plate. Here are five recently tasted BC wines I’d happily put on the Thanksgiving table: 🥂 Lunessence 2025 ESV Brut Riesling — 92 Points Bright, lively and a great way to start the celebration. @lunessencewine 🍾 Lightning Rock 2024 Dry Lake Vineyard Chardonnay — 90 Points Beautiful texture and balance for turkey, stuffing and gravy. @lightningrockwinery 🍷 Stoneboat Reserve Pinot Noir 2023 — 91 Points Red fruit and earthy notes make Pinot Noir a classic partner for the whole Thanksgiving plate. @stoneboatvineyards 🌸 Seven Directions 2025 Estate Grenache Rosé — 93 Points At $42, this is the special-treat bottle — a serious Similkameen rosé for a special dinner. @bottegawinestudio 🍋 Monte Creek 2024 Living Land Riesling Organic — 90 Points Fresh, aromatic and $23.99 — an excellent choice when you need a few bottles around the table. @montecreekwinery And there’s no reason to choose only one. 🥂 Start with bubbles, pour white or rosé with the turkey, and have Pinot Noir ready for the red-wine crowd. Full story and tasting notes at BCWineTrends.com. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍷 #BCWine #BCWineTrends #ThanksgivingWine #ThanksgivingDinner #WinePairing #OkanaganWine #SimilkameenWine #SummerlandStrong #BuyBC #DrinkBC
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