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Peekaboo. My next 2 #bcwine that I'm tasting are from the #Pinot grape. Can you name the winery and grapes for these wines? #bcwineries #bcvqa #coolclimatewine #drinklocalwine #buybcwine https://www.instagram.com/p/CK0HjKEhq6-/?igshid=1mw8kl5puvy2b

Welcome to Round 2 of my @evolvecellars and Cheese Pairing experience.  In the first round I compared Evolve Cellars' Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc 2018 paired with aged cheddar and brie cheese.  You can see the results on mywinepal.com. This time I'm comparing Evolve Cellars Pinot Gris 2018 with their Shiraz 2016.  I've added a cheese to the comparison, so I now have brie, aged cheddar, and gouda.  Again I will give you my wine tasting notes here, and I will expand the notes and discuss the cheese pairings on mywinepal.com. Evolve Cellars Pinot Gris 2018 - a bright medium intensity lemon colour in the glass.  It has a medium intensity nose with bright fresh stone fruit aromas mainly, with a lesser amount of citrus and a touch of honey later on.  It is off-dry, bigger and round with a viscous mouthfeel.  Bright flavours; mainly peaches with some citrus.  It provides a light acidic prickle on your tongue.  Some pepperiness in the wine that builds to the finish. A medium pls length with pepperiness, peach, citrus and some pith. Evolve Cellars Shiraz 2016 - this wine has a deep, almost opaque black garnet colour.  Legs evident on the sides of the glass with swirling. This wine has intense aromas showing smokiness, raspberries, meatiness, cranberries, sweet spices (clove and mace), red fruits, and black pepper.  It is off dry, medium acidity, fine medium intensity tannins, but bigger body and flavour intensity.  Semi-round mouthfeel.  A mix of black fruits, tarriness, very ripe raspberries and black berries, black plums and some jamminess.  It has prominent black pepperiness and is quite floral.  A touch of oak.  This wine has a medium plus length finishing with black plums, black pepper, mace spice and a touch of oak.  The tannins are there on the finish but are not drying. Stay tuned for my full wine and cheese tasting notes on mywinepal.com. #bcwine #bcwines #bcwineries #bwinecountry #bcwinery #luxury #bcvqa #bcvqa #somm #gourmetchef https://www.instagram.com/p/CHgRGlkhMHJ/?igshid=4qpthzom94lz

Do you like sparkling wine?  This one from Evolve Cellars is a delight to sip.  My short notes here, but full notes to come on mywinepal.com. Evolve Cellars Effervescence NV - Delightful ripe stone fruit and lees on the nose.  Small creamy, airy, tiny bubbles. Fresh acidity, not too strong. Slightly off-dry with crisp stone fruit flavours.  Very tasty. 👍 #mywinepalLikes #bcwine #bcwines #bcwineries #bwinecountry #bcwinery #bcvqa #bcvqaokanaganvalley #bcvqawine #somm #sommelier #sommlife #sommeliers #winelover #winelovers https://www.instagram.com/p/CHMI6ishWc-/?igshid=17x7yq98m4itw

To celebrate the US elections I decided to open this bottle of sparkling #bcwine. Can you name the winery and bottle? Tasting notes to come here and on mywinepal.com. #bcwineries #bcvqa #coolclimatewine #drinklocalwine #buybcwine #mywinepallikes https://www.instagram.com/p/CHJu-pXhjUs/?igshid=noi4frzv6bhh

Can you guess which BC winery wines I'm tasting today? One is a white blend and the other an Ortega. Bonus marks for guessing the region as well. Tasting notes tomorrow. #bcwineries #bcvqa #coolclimatewine #drinklocalwine #buybcwine #mywinepallikes #bcwine #bcfoodie #winesofbc https://www.instagram.com/p/CGoOJLvhe7y/?igshid=15jmdxlpzd554

Today I visited 3 wineries in #Kamloops today. The 1st winery was @harperstrail . Had a nice chat with Vicki Collett. Lots of online sales thanks to #covid19 . I picked up a mix of bottles from Vicki to review. I will post the wines and my reviews on IG and on mywinepal.com. stay tuned. #winelovers #wineblogger #bcwineries #bcvqa #coolclimatewine #drinklocalwine #buybcwine #mywinepallikes #bcwine #bcfoodie #winesofbc https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1cILmh60X/?igshid=18ylvwi6tlhhj

Thanks for @hatchwines @brickswineco #bcwine #bcwineries