← Back to Stories

Interview with Grape Radio

Oct 2013

Listen to our interview with Eric Anderson and Jay Selman from Grape Radio as we discuss details on the wines of Canada’s Okanagan Valley.

Lately on Instagram

Let’s Celebrate Syrah International Day ! As you

Let’s Celebrate Syrah International Day ! As you may know, we love Syrah ! We cultivate half a dozen plots that show totally unique and different traits of this grape.
Severine has created 3 cuvées (assemblage) to showcase the different characters of this noblest of noble grape varieties : Syrah Violette, our elegant and floral side of Syrah, Syrah Classique showing the more savoury, spicy, gamy side of Syrah. and The Equinoxe Syrah is our attempt to build a Syrah that best describes our region.
Let’s have a glass of Syrah tonight ! #okanaganwine #syrahlover #bcwine

It’s time to remove old branches! Pruning season

It’s time to remove old branches! Pruning season is on and weather won’t stop Jody’s team to get ready for next year.
Isn’t it a great way to enjoy this snowy day ? #pruning #viticulture #teamwork #okanaganvalley #bcwine

The great white north. A serene place we are lucky

The great white north. A serene place we are lucky to call home. #southokanagan #bcwine #bcwinecountry #oliver #osoyoos

When winery patrons become friends and part of our

When winery patrons become friends and part of our extended family. #Bcwine with a view.

Old vine cab franc from the heart of the golden mi

Old vine cab franc from the heart of the golden mile. Our la feuille d’or vineyard with its fluvial fan soil origin, awesome slope and heavy souls grows grapes that are arguably the most structured and deep. #bcwine #okanagan #goldenmile

Part 2: kids get to help with crush and score some

Part 2: kids get to help with crush and score some fresh juice before the cellar walkthrough and the science/art of winemaking talk. #bcwine #okanagan #osoyoos #oliver

Part 1. Immensely proud of @syvino2019 for her inv

Part 1. Immensely proud of @syvino2019 for her involvement in school and community level. Severing says: “I have had this project at the back of my head for a long time now. Ava (her daughter and namesake of our white Rhône blend) is in grade 6 french immersion and I thought it would be fun for them to have a deeper look at the industry that support a big part of the valley’s economy and incorporate that in their curriculum. The whole idea is that they start with picking the grapes and follow the life of a berry to the bottle. The ultimate goal would be that they participate into the design of the label (only a very few cases made) and the profit of the sales go to the class for their year end graduation. That parts needs to be confirmed and studied a bit more.
I will do a few hours over the next two years (on some days off) in the classroom in French to support the project. I did this in France with the kids from the school village and it ended up being an awesome learning and fun opportunity and the kids and parents loved it.
So in short, the kids will be arriving by bus at 9 am tomorrow morning and leaving at 10:20. I will have small 30 lbs picking bin ready and sheers. I will do a little safety speech, they will pick the Viognier front block or part of it and then we will watch the processing of the Roussanne grapes. #bcwine #okanagan #winecountry #desertwinecountry #osoyoos #oliver cc @bcwineinfo @bcwinetourism @kurtiskolt @michaelawine @nealmclennan @trevering @anthony.gismondi

Talk about taking sand to the beach. Thanks to Jea

Talk about taking sand to the beach. Thanks to Jean Baptiste Ancelot for his love of Le Vieux Pin In his book: “wine explorers: le 1er tour du vin du monde”. We were all hands on deck with harvest, but severine’s mom and dad were kind enough (also too excited) to make the trip down to Paris to speak to the wines and pour in our behalf. #bcwine #okanagan #bestofbc #desertwinecountry cc @bcwinetourism @bcwineinfo

Now that’s Rousanne with capital R. We live and

Now that’s Rousanne with capital R. We live and die for this noblest of noble varieties. Chuck full of character with huge aging curve. No harvest date set yet. #bcwine #okanagan #desertwinecountry

This just in. Eagle bluff (entrance to OK falls fr

This just in. Eagle bluff (entrance to OK falls from Oliver and across from McIntyre bluff) home to our now 25 year old pinot noir destined for Vaila rose. Maybe Artakama natural pinot too. Capture by @bigjod

Busy busy busy. Harvest time energy and ambiance i

Busy busy busy. Harvest time energy and ambiance is infectious. Seriously amazing harvest. Can’t say one negative thing. Clean pristine fruit with bang on flavors and analytics. #bcwine

Meet the faces behind crush 2019. Laure, Clemence,

Meet the faces behind crush 2019. Laure, Clemence, Emilien and Danielle. Missing Julie here. Danielle is our vineyard eye and helps with maturity check. Emilien coming from France and several years working at chateauneuf du pape is cellar hand. Laure also from France, hails from champagne where they have a family grower business. Clemence hails from the racing area of Le Mans with an enology degree and vast international harvest experience. Julie too has vast travel experience and is one hell of a Baker also. #passion #winerylife #vineyardlife

So this happened the other week. A little fun befo

So this happened the other week. A little fun before another labour intensive harvest ahead. First vertical tasting of Syrah cuvée violette dating back to the inaugural release of 2011. #bcwine #okanagan #syrah

Last night’s breathtaking view brought to you by

Last night’s breathtaking view brought to you by Mother Nature and captured by @alexanderrusso #okanaganisawesome

Roussanne vines at Sev’s vineyard. Look at that

Roussanne vines at Sev’s vineyard. Look at that wild sky! #northoliver #winecapitalcanada #okanagan #greatwhitenorth #wethenorth

One of the biggest wine nerds around (biggest comp

One of the biggest wine nerds around (biggest compliment in the world of wine). Alex is always excited to geek out on wine with you and talk philosophy, pleasures in life and more. Come by the tasting room and see him in action. You are in for a treat.