This season the team at the Sonora Room Restaurant has been focused on interpreting the region’s produce while crafting their wine-friendly menus and delivering “the essence of wine country dining” to visitors from everywhere. The 2015 crew is solid with Chef de Cuisine Damian … [Read more...] about A Super Chef Team At Burrowing Owl
Wine Regions
Spend A Day, And Maybe A Night, In The Desert with Black Hills
It’s not your typical desert setting. Lounging poolside beneath the shade of a beautiful patio whose vista encompasses what seems to be the whole of the region’s tablelands. However, the Wine Experience Centre at the prestigious Black Hills Estate Winery is anything but ordinary … [Read more...] about Spend A Day, And Maybe A Night, In The Desert with Black Hills
Celebrate Local Food This Fall At Hester Creek
Wine touring in Oliver is both exhilarating and, at times, overwhelming. Canada’s Wine Capital offers no shortage of exciting destinations just waiting to be discovered, but one of the community’s most memorable experiences is to be found at a winery you’re likely already … [Read more...] about Celebrate Local Food This Fall At Hester Creek
Membership Has Its Privileges At Desert Hills
Driving Oliver’s Black Sage Bench Road to Desert Hills Estate Winery is always fun. I’m excited - it’s my first visit since the Toor family released their 2010 Syrah and Mirage, opened their patio and made their paved driveway and parking lot expansion. I opened the wine … [Read more...] about Membership Has Its Privileges At Desert Hills
C.C. Jentsch Cellars – Wins Platinum Medal for Syrah
Although a relatively new winery, C.C. Jentsch Cellars’ winegrower Chris Jentsch and winemaker Amber Pratt (pictured) are now seeing their hard work recognized, not just by many happy customers, but also on the larger stage at awards competitions. Amber’s 2013 Syrah, her first … [Read more...] about C.C. Jentsch Cellars – Wins Platinum Medal for Syrah