Orofino Clone 239 Riesling
$33.99
Owners John and Virginia Weber both grew up in Southern Saskatchewan. Virginia worked as a nurse and John taught High School. Life settled and things were good until they met the Similkameen Valley in 2001. The desire to try something new, their love of wine and the beauty of the Similkameen convinced them to purchase a vineyard and move from Saskatchewan to Cawston. They quickly fell in love with the area and its burgeoning wine industry. Today they have 19 years of experience making wine in the region and produce some of the valley's best.
Spearhead Golden Retreat Pinot Noir
$51.99
Spearhead Winery is located on the benchlands of South East Kelowna. Their focus is on premium quality wine produced from grapes from estate-grown vineyards and from selected Okanagan Valley vineyards. The hand-harvested grapes are sorted at the winery and fermented in small lots. They grow Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling. Approximately 80% of 15 acres of vines is comprised of Pinot Noir including four different Dijon clones, 2 California heritage clones and Pommard. This combination of plantings enables their winemaker to select from the different characteristics exhibited by these clones to create a harmonious, complex Pinot Noir from our home vineyard. They also draw from several other vineyards in the Okanagan including Golden Retreat in Summerland and Coyote Vineyard in West Kelowna.
The vineyard and winemaking teams are led by Grant Stanley. A highly respected BC winemaker, Grant has been at the helm as Winemaker/General Manager for a few years now and he has transformed their winemaking program. His commitment to showcasing specific terroirs of the Central Okanagan Valley is evident in the ‘single vineyard’ program they have developed for Pinot Noir bottlings. These wines display the unique attributes of the Okanagan vineyards that they were sourced from. They also produce Pinot Noir blends which combine the characteristics of different vineyards, including their benchmark Cuvee.
Amrut Kurinji Single Malt
$114.99
Kurinji was a neat little surprise when we were tasting our way through the Victoria Whisky Festival. Our good friend Ashok pulled this out and poured a dram, with a big smile on his face. It was easy to smile along. This is a ridiculously pretty little sipper. Easy going and very charming. The label says Batch 1, so hopefully we see more editions in the future.
46% abv
Vallein Tercinier Pet Champ 1958 Cognac
$699.99
This 65 year old Petite Champagne Cognac was bottled for Heads & Tails by Vallein Tercinier at 48.4%. A sister cask to this one got 93pts from Serge @ Whisky Fun.
Revel Oud Blanc
$18.49
Black Fox Haskap Gin
$58.99
Talisker NAS Special Releases 2023
$189.99
Mid-level peated malt from western Isle of Skye. This non-age stated Talisker seems to be a variant on Port Rhuighe, but cranked up to 59.7% abv. This one should be an absolute powder keg!
Roseisle 12 Year Special Release 2023
$194.99
This whisky was featured on Day 23 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
This is the first bottling we have ever seen from Roseisle, and a well-matured Distillery Bottling, at that! Matured 12 years in First Fill Ex-Bourbon and Refill Casks.56.5% ABV.
Producer Description
“At Roseisle Distillery, whisky making is a masterful merging of simple elements to create a stunning single malt that soars with profound flavours. Notes of sweet vanilla smoothly sail through this lofty expression, from which rise deep, luscious flavour notes of rich, sticky stewed fruits.”
Mortlach NAS Special Releases 2023
$449.99
This is an NAS bottling of Mortlach, but with the price, we have to assume it has a bit of age behind it. The whisky was bottled at 58% after finishing in ex-Kanosuke Japanese Whisky and ex-Pinot Noir Casks.