I’ll summarize the wine review below - the whole article can be found at http://johnschreiner.blogspot.com
Rocky Creek Ortega 2009. This German-developed white has now proven its worth when it comes to yielding good wines in cool climates. This wine begins with an inviting aroma of gooseberries and herbs. On the palate, there are flavours of citrus [...]
http://www.straight.com/article-325554/vancouver/bakers-dozen-pinot-gris-pick
from Jurgen Gothe
Rocky Creek Pinot Gris 2009 ($17.90)
Just released by the Vancouver Island winery that’s making waves, this is a resoundingly pink PG. They describe it as having a golden/salmon colour; I say it’s Mateus pink. Act quickly to access this head-of-the-class wine, since they only made 220 cases. Very dry and steely, with a [...]
Yet again, Rocky Creek Winery is receiving accolades for their hand-crafted, sustainable, island grown estate wines. In the short time since they started in 2005, Rocky Creek Winery has won the most awards on all their wines made from locally-grown grapes.
Winemaker Mark Holford remarks “It’s a great indication of the consistency of our wines. We’ve [...]
It’s been an eventful week. Results from two major wine competitions came in, adding 7 more medals to our total of 25 now.
We won a gold for our Pinot Gris 09. Second year in a row for this wine, and third year out of four.
We won silver for our Ortega 09. Third year in a [...]
Just a quick note to let you know that the results from the Northwest Wine Summit have been posted.
Katherine’s Sparkle won a silver medal,
Ortega 2009 won a silver medal,
Pinot Gris 2009 won a bronze medal &
Wild Blackberry 2008 won a bronze medal
There were over 1100 wines entered this year, and represent the best in the Pacific [...]
So trellising is the support structure that the grape vines (and blackberries) rely on to hold up all that fruit.
Installing the trellising is the single biggest priority this spring, as we expect to have a small crop this year, which would be impossible without the support.
Well, we’re making great progress, all the line posts (inside [...]
Yes, my biggest fear regarding the unusually warm early spring came about this week. Two nights of frost, and our vines in various stages of budding out.
The first night was just a slight frost - a little whitening on some of the grass, but nothing spectacular. However this was enough to cause some damage on [...]