LotM for October
It’s that time of year again for another Label of the Month. This month’s label is brought to you by my stoopendously funny girlfriend Shaina inspired by her recent trip to Kelowna, BC. Blasted Church Vineyards is another in the line-up of “modern wineries,” by which I mean keen, out-of-the-box marketing strategies applied to a product becoming increasingly commoditized. In an attempt (successful I might add) to differentiate themselves, Blasted Church have developed seriously fun labels in line with their dynamite church theme. From their website: The plan called for...
Read MoreKelowna, BC – Land of the VQA
We’re off for some Labor Day adventures Canadian style. Do they even celebrate Labor Day in Canada? So, it’s me, the queen of mum, the Fiddler in the Valley, and John Cleese on our way to the Canadian border in the Okanogan Valley. The whole time I had imagined the Canadian wine country made of ice wines to be covered in snow and ice, I was completely surprised to find that it was nearly exactly the same as the rest of the mountain deserts of eastern Washington. The only difference, perhaps only to a trained eye, might be the density of evergreen trees and lava formations...
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