Tarynn Liv Parker, editor and creator of The Field Guide has created a new Okanagan "winetable" book, that celebrates our beautiful young wine region. In 168 pages and elegant hardcover full of landscapes, portraits and winery vignettes, she captures the essence of the valley and its wine culture.
The Field Guide Journal
Okanagan Provisions - Gift Collections curated by The Field Guide - Launches!
100% from under the Okanagan Sunshine, Okanagan Provisions is The Field Guide's answer to all your gift giving, from corporate gifts to wedding and personal gifts. They are great "Okanagan Pantry" starters for newcomers to the valley as well as the newly moved or just the food and local taste lover in your life.
"Les Mis" at Culmina Family Estate Winery, Oliver BC
In July at Culmina Family Estate Winery we enjoyed an exclusive preview of the Arts Club Theatre Company's production of Les Miserables, while dining with the Triggs family who served their portfolio of wines with Joy Road Catering fare...
Tamara Richardson, Entomologist, Crop Saver Extraordinaire
On a photo shoot with Tamara Richardson, resident bug specialist in the Similkameen Valley. Shes a good part of the reason organics and natural farming methods work so well in the Similkameen Valley's vineyards and orchards...
Meet B.C.’s passionate pinot noir producers at third annual celebration
Meet B.C.’s passionate pinot noir producers at third annual celebration BC Pinot Noir Celebration tickets on sale It was for the love of pinot noir, and over a pint of beer, that three local wineries were inspired to launch the annual BC Pinot Noir Celebration. Today, the three reflect...
Continue ReadingThe 8th Annual Winemaker’s Cup at Big White Ski Resort
The 8th Annual Winemaker’s Cup at Big White Ski Resort Kelowna, B.C. The organizers of the Cellar-Tek Winemakers Cup announced today additional details for the eighth annual festival. The Festival was created and organized as a non profit partnership between Cellar-Tek, Black Hills Estate Winery, and Big White Ski Resort....
Continue ReadingJoieFarm Winery, a Canadian, family-owned business, announces an organizational change, and a new ownership structure.
JoieFarm Winery, a Canadian, family-owned business, announces an organizational change, and a new ownership structure. Effective February 23, 2015, Co-Founder Michael Dinn will be selling his ownership interests in JoieFarm, and will be leaving the organization to join friend and colleague Brian Berry as a partner in Revelry Import Company,...
Continue ReadingThe 8th Annual Cellar-Tek Winemaker's Cup Set As Our Stage for a Special Announcement
The 8th Annual Cellar-Tek Winemaker's Cup Set As Our Stage for a Special Announcement Announcing our Media Sponsorship of the 8th Annual Cellar-Tek Winemaker's Cup at Big White is a great joy, as it truly brings together two of my most loved activities. Wine and Skiing. What could be better? ...
Continue ReadingA few of Chef Butters favourite ‘Okanagan’ things
A few of Chef Butters favourite ‘Okanagan’ things This holiday season, Chef Rod Butters of RauDZ Regional Table and micro bar • bites has assembled a one-of-a-kind gift bowl for the foodies on your Christmas list. Butters has handmade and hand selected his ‘favourite Okanagan things’ to make your holiday...
Continue ReadingA story in pictures with Winemaker Matt Dumayne at Okanagan Crush Pad, Summerland BC
Okanagan Crush Pad is known for their concrete eggs - the vessels that age their award-winning Haywire Wine, their organic biodynamic vineyard practices, their contracted winemaking services for other brands, their innovative branding of wine for several successful wine producers, amongst other excellent accomplishments... So it makes perfect sense to me that they will be the first in the Okanagan to produce a wine from the world's oldest style of wine vessel - the amphorae.