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Gismondi tasting notes & reviews Anthony Gismondi | August 8, 2017  | gismondionwine.com 91 Points – Micro Cuvée Pinot Noir 2015 “The Micro-Cuvée is best of the bunch most years, although rivalled by the Old Block in 2015. There is only 110 cases of it, all grown at McLean Creek Road. The Micro Cuvée is […]

John Schreiner on wine: Okanagan Falls Wineries Tasting April 5th, 2017 95 Points ~ Meyer Micro Cuvée Pinot Noir 2014 “This wine is made by choosing the best block and best clones from the McLean Creek Vineyard and then selecting the best barrels to produce 110 cases. This was aged 11 months in French oak […]

“Digging the Dirt in British Columbia” by Tina Gellie, Decanter Magazine March 2017 We were thrilled to hear about this upcoming story in UK’s Decanter Magazine on BC Wines and we are so excited to be included in Tina Gellie’s “10 Picks from Okanagan & Similkameen”. Tina featured our 2012 McLean Creek Road Pinot Noir […]

This week on Gismondi on Wine – “Top Ten: Next World Pinot Noirs” includes our 2014 Reimer Vineyard Pinot! 92 Points, Anthony Gismondi “East Kelowna is home to this juicy, spicy, alive pinot noir. The nose is mix of jasmine and super ripe black cherries. The attack is sweet pinot with silky, round, juicy, soft fruit […]

Thrilled to see two of our Pinot Noirs in Anthony Gismondi’s recent “Top Ten BC Wines of 2016” list! The full article is available online at gismondionwine.com 93 Points ~ Micro Cuvée Pinot Noir 2014 “Only 110 cases of Micro Cuvée were made, all grown at McLean Creek Road. The fruit was picked from the 6th […]

We are thrilled to receive these great scores and reviews from John Schreiner in his recent blog post! 95 Points ~ Meyer Micro-Cuvée Pinot Noir 2014 “This wine is made by choosing the best block and best clones from the McLean Creek Vineyard and then selecting the best barrels to produce 110 cases. It will […]

This week on Anthony Gismondi’s tasting notes he reviews our 2014 Tribute Series and 2015 Okanagan Valley Chardonnay! 91 Points – 2014 Tribute Series Chardonnay Old Main Road, Naramata BC “The fruit was hand harvested October 30th at 24 brix from the sixteen-year-old, silty/clay loamy Naramata-based Old Main Road Vineyard that faces north.

This weekend in The Vancouver Sun, wine writer and Wine Align judge Anthony Gismondi featured our wines in his article titled “B.C Pinot Noirs snapping up Burgundy’s heels”. The almost full page spread in the August 5th paper talks about the recent article in UK’s Decanter Magazine “The Best Pinot Noirs in the world (outside […]

In advance of BC Day, Treve Ring highlights the Top 10 Scoring BC Wineries from the 2016 National Wine Awards of Canada. Treve Ring & Anthony Gismondi’s chose a selection of their favourite wines that were tasted at Gismondi on Wine over the past year including our 2014 McLean Creek Road Chardonnay. 90 Points “This wine is […]

The results from the 2016 National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC) were released this week and we are honoured to be named #5 winery in Canada, #3 winery in BC and #3 small winery in Canada! The National competition was held this June in Penticton, and the wines were judged over five days by 21 judges from across […]

In the recent edition of UK’s Decanter Magazine, Decanter’s consulting editor and world renowned wine writer, Steven Spurrier, writes about his visit to BC and showcases 18 BC wines! Steven says “For me, wine is all about the three P’s: the place, the people and the product. British Columbia ticks all three boxes with exuberance, elegance […]

Each year, our Tribute Series Chardonnay is named after a western Canadian for an outstanding achievement in their field. Janice and I donate $5,000 towards a not-for profit foundation, endowment, scholarship or charity of that person’s choice as a way of encouraging or honouring the legacies of these Canadians. For our 2014 Tribute Series we […]

A nice review of our 2014 Gewürztraminer in Anthony Gismondi’s weekly reviews! 89 Points “This is a fun-style Gewürztraminer that comes off a block of 22 year-old fruit that faces the setting sun. The nose is mix of lees and litchi fruit, orange flecks and spicy. The attack presents mostly dry with just a hint […]

The April edition of the UK’s Decanter Magazine has just been released and we are so thrilled and honoured to be mentioned in their cover story “Pinot Noir: the world’s best (outside Burgundy)”. Our 2013 McLean Creek Road Pinot Noir was listed as highly recommended alongside 29 other Pinot Noirs from around world. It was […]

We had the pleasure of hosting esteemed wine judge and writer for Wine Align, David Lawrason, earlier this month and enjoyed the opportunity to share our new 2014 wines with him. David reviewed and wrote up a few of our new wines and we’re thrilled to have received over 90 Points on most of the […]

We are thrilled to see another great story about BC wines in the newest edition of California’s SOMM Journal. Wine enthusiast, Steven Spurrier covered the first part of his trip to BC in his article “The Best of British Columbia” in the Oct/Nov issue. We are pleased to see this follow up story “The Best […]

We are thrilled to see our Marks and Spencer Pinot Noir mentioned again in London’s The Guardian on this list of six wines to watch out for in 2016! David Williams says “No surprises that the only UK supermarket that has not had an existential crisis at the rise of Aldi-Lidl is also the first […]

Excited to see our 2013 Gewürztraminer on Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson’s list of “Top Wine Picks – Post Holiday Budget” in his MyWineCanada blog this week! Here’s what he’s saying about this wine: “I’m the third MWC blogger to chime in on this wine and, like fellow scribes Jake Skakun and Michelle Bouffard, have nothing but good […]

Thrilled to be written up twice this week in two UK newspapers recommending our wine for Christmas! Earlier this week in UK’s Daily Express Jaime Goode recommends our Marks and Spencer Pinot Noir as a perfect last-minute buy! David Williams also recommends our Pinot in his article “Wines to Treat Yourself with over Christmas” in […]

Thrilled to be on this list of “10 exciting discoveries” in Ian D’Agata’s article last week in UK’s Decanter Magazine! “Canada is on the verge of breaking out big time on the world wine map” says Ian D’Agata, “and not just for their sweet wines”. If you missed the full story “Canada Can” in the […]

We are very excited to announce that our Marks & Spencer Pinot Noir, made exclusively for Marks & Spencer in the UK, has just hit the shelves! Earlier this year we had the pleasure of working with Marks & Spencer winemaker Belinda Kleinig who selected this fine Pinot Noir for it’s purity and layered complexity. […]