Results from the West Coast Wine Competition have just been released, and Rocky Creek Winery on Vancouver Island was the only winery in the prestigious competition to receive a medal for its Blackberry wine. The wine received a Bronze medal in the large and highly competitive Fruit Wine classification. “Only 8 fruit wines were awarded [...]
We had our season opener yesterday. It was a beautiful day, and many of our old (and new) friends stopped by to help us start off the season right.
We had a great time, with many thanks to Bouma meats (great buffalo sausage), Hilary’s Cheese (love the Cowichan Blue), True Grain Breads and Organic Fair Chocolates. [...]
I was out checking our vineyard here in Cowichan Bay today, and checking in on my babies (grapes) when I noticed that some of the vines were really enjoying the hotter temperatures in the grow-tubes we have around them and had already gone through the wooly-bud stage and were actually in bud-break.
It’s such a relief [...]
It’s that time of year… time to clean up after a long (and snowy) winter.
Our vineyard is pruned, and will be tied-down next week. We’ve completed our outdoor projects for the upcoming season, and spent time cleaning up our garden beds.
The patio looks great, can’t wait to get some chairs on it and have a [...]