Uncovering a Secret to the Canadian Wine Industry’s Success
Canada's French Connection is a major advantage for its wine industry.
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3 Canadian Wines for Every Type of Dad
Sometimes the hardest person to shop for just needs a nice drink.
NUVO has rounded up three fantastic Canadian wines that can appeal to any type of dad.
Bar Cart: Chronos Syrah 2020
Drinking this emblematically Okanagan wine helps fight fires in the region.
Fans of the Okanagan are sure to like the 2020 Chronos syrah, a rendition of what is quickly becoming the region’s emblematic red grape crafted with love by winemaker Lynzee Schatz.
Bar Cart: Tinhorn Creek Blanc de Blanc 2018
A Canadian champagne dupe.
The Okanagan Valley’s Tinhorn Creek winery may be roughly 8,000 kilometres away from Champagne, but its Blanc de Blanc from the 2018 vintage might convert even the most ardent champagne drinker to a different bubbly.
Lailey Winery’s Remarkable Stonebridge Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2020
Rescued from an abandoned vineyard.
Wine producers constantly stress the need for high-quality grapes to make excellent wines. Yet one of the most extraordinary and delicious wines made in Ontario in the last few years originated in a vineyard that had been abandoned for the season because the grapes were ruined by birds, fruit flies, and rot.
Red Barn Winery at Jagged Rock
The winery forging the Okanagan Valley’s future by embracing its past.
Red Barn Winery at Jagged Rock is a repurposed barn deep in the vineyards where guests see how vines are tended and wine is made.
Bar Cart: Cedar Creek Pinot Noir Rosé 2022
Ring in rosé season with this cult classic from the Okanagan Valley.
This rosé is a feast for the eyes well before it is for the palate, its glowing pale-pink hue speaking to the flavours it contains.
The Spirit of Experimentation Is Rife at the Okanagan’s Red Rooster Winery
Winemaker Elaine Vickers channels her past to make the wines of the future.
Elaine Vickers, the winemaker at the Naramata Bench’s Red Rooster Winery, brings an uncommon occupational history to the world of wine.
The Rise of Private Wine Stores
Pop-ups that became permanent.
But some entrepreneurs saw an opportunity to open wine stores. If a bottle of wine could be sold with a meal, they reasoned, a bottle of wine could be sold with a bag of chips.
