There is so much surplus red wine in Portugal, it’s flooding the streets. That’s one way of describing the incredible scene that unfolded in a small town where millions of liters of wine recently overwhelmed the roads. Roughly 2.2 million liters of wine poured out of two burst tanks. A viral video from the scene …
The Final Tasting A workshop to promote interest by winemakers in creating sparkling wine by the traditional method was developed in 2020. Led by an experienced winemaker, it began with the picking of Chardonnay grapes at low sugar content. The following year the grapes were successfully fermented into a dry still white wine that formed …
The question regarding the impact of sulfites in wine has been discussed for years. This article gives a rather even-handed review of the topic. I believe our winemakers are at or below that mentioned for commercial wines. See the article at Sulfite in Wines.
At the November 2021 Saanich Sommeliers Club meeting, we welcomed Savannah Robinson as our Program Speaker. The presentation found here covered her experience with ‘all things’ wine. Savannah studied at the Sommelier Factory in Toronto and Passed her Certified Sommelier examination with the Court of Master Sommeliers in the summer of 2019. She gained hands-on …
It was a busy morning October 2, 2021 when club members headed to Central Saanich to pick up our our orders of California grapes from Flying Fish Winery. It was a bee hive of activities! Sommelier club members accounted for just a small percentage of those picking up and processing grapes. With the grapes …
It was a beautiful Fall day when members of the Saanich Sommeliers picked grapes for Symphony Vineyards. Hard work, with a delicious payoff coming later!
Friends, family and of course Sannich Sommelier members were gathered on October 9th 2019 to harvest Pinot Gris grapes at Quails Crossing and Symphony Vineyards. Many hands make light work, and beautiful sunny weather made it very enjoyable. To top it off everyone was spoiled with a tasty lunch and some of Symphony’s finest wines. …
The Saanich Sommeliers hosted a great wine competition in January of 2019. With 134 entries from 5 wine-making clubs in BC, judges evaluated some amazing wine and awarded 108 medals (10 Gold, 47 Silver and 51 Bronze).Check out the results of the competition here – And congratulations to all medal winners! After the judging, the …
with Rick and Mary Homer OUR BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO WINE EXPERIENCE CONTINUES: PODERE LE RIPI (Montalcino) (www.podereleripi.it) (tel: +39 0577 835641) It is truly an adventure (and at times a little scary) getting to this winery . . . but if you have the chance to get there, you should! Please be sure to phone …
with Rick and Mary Homer OUR BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO WINE EXPERIENCE: For those of you unfamiliar with Brunello, you may be interested to know: Brunello di Montalcino is a red DOCG Italian wine produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 80 km south of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. …
with Rick and Mary Homer Part 3 As we continued our drive winding through the Chianti region, the third winery we visited was: AZIENDA AGRICOLA ALTIERO Via San Cresci 58 – Loc. Montefioralle 50022 Greve, Chianti Italy Tel: +39 055 853780 E-mail: info@altieroinchianti.it Website: http://www.altieroinchianti.it/contacts/ Altiero in Chianti is another smaller family-run winery. Paolo Baldini …
…with Rick and Mary Homer As we continued our drive winding through the Chianti region, the second winery we visited was: AZIENDA AGRICOLA MONTEFIORALLE Via Montefioralle 49 Greve, Chianti, 50022 Italy tel: +39 055 853 538 E-mail: info@montefioralle.wine Website: www.montefioralle.wine Facebook.com/montefioralle Azienda Agricola Montefioralle is a small family-run Chianti Classico winery. The vineyards, the …
Rick Homer and I were recently in the Chianti region of Italy where we had the fortunate opportunty to taste some of the Chianti region’s better wines. Our first stop on this adventure was to: VIGNA MAGGIO Via Petriolo 5, Greve in Chianti, 50022 Tel: +39 055 854661 website: www.vignamaggio.com Vigna Maggio is a large …
Results of the Saanich Sommeliers Wine Competition held Saturday, January 20 can be found on the BC Amateur Winemakers Association web site here. Congratulations to all medal winners.
31 Saanich Sommeliers members and friends spent a lovely Sunday visiting 3 wineries in the Cowichan valley south of Duncan. We had a great day with excellent tours and tastings – congratulations to all involved in the organization. The following gallery has a few photos to commemorate the day. Contributed by Robin McNeil