Just thought I would update on how the vineyard is doing this year.
Despite perceptions to the contrary, it’s been a pretty great year so far weather wise.
We had a nice warm spell in mid-April, which brought along bud break by the first of May. Bud break is the first real indication of how things are [...]
Wow.
Our Blackberry won another medal. This time in the LA international wine & spirits competition. This competition is open to any winery in the world, and receives close to 4000 entries every year. Three blackberry wines won medals, two from the US and ours.
It’s a really awesome feeling knowing that our Blackberry can hold its [...]
Last weekend we managed to get our sparkling wine bottled. Our blend of Bacchus / Gewurtztraminer / Ortega was put in 75 cases of heavy, sparkling bottles with a little sugar & some encapsulated yeast.
What’s encapsulated yeast you ask? It’s a new development in the winemaking world, the yeast to be used for the secondary [...]
Rocky Creek Winery
1854 Myhrest Road
Cowichan Bay, BC V0R 1N1
May 28, 2009
For Immediate Release
You don’t have to go far for great wines…Try your own backyard!
People are discovering that you don’t have to go far to taste award winning wines. Local wineries are producing wines that bring home medals at prestigious competitions in Canada and Internationally. Across [...]