Posts Tagged ‘Canadian Wine’
Canadian Dessert – Nanaimo and Sparkling Wine
We’ve been exploring the wonderful food creations of Canada and we came across this little bite-sized dessert called ‘Nanaimo’. Nanaimo bars are a rich, easy, no-bake dessert made up of three glorious layers: chocolate; vanilla custard; graham crackers, walnuts and coconut. The delicious Canadian Dessert wouldn’t be complete on Glass of Bubbly without having an…
Read MoreCanadian Bubbly, eh?
Canada is at once large and small. If travelling along the Trans Canada Highway across the breadth of the country, east to west, you would cover 4,860 miles or 7,821 km. But it is also small when viewed in terms of the total global wine production volume (26.7 billion litres) where Canada represents only 0.3%…
Read MoreSummerhill Pyramid – Cipes Gabriel
Cipes Gabriel Made with 100% Chardonnay grown in Summerhill’s own vineyard in Kelowna, this wine sits en tirage for seven years. Cipes Gabriel is pure and clean with aromas of vanilla and lemongrass, flavours of pineapple, apricot, and biscuit, and a beautiful fine mousse finish. Extended en tirage aging produced a wine with creamy bubbles…
Read MoreSummerhill Pyramid – Cipes Ice
Cipes Ice Cipes Ice is an organic Pinot Noir cuvee, finished with an organic Pinot Noir Ice wine dosage. The Icewine lifts the red fruit flavours of the Pinot Noir. This wine has spent four years en triage. Demi-Sec Notes of strawberry, raspberry and blood orange with a creamy mousse and a crisp, clean honeyed…
Read MoreSummerhill Pyramid – Cipes Rose
Cipes Rosé 100% Pinot Noir cuvee grown at multiple vineyard locations around the Okanagan Valley that were planted and are maintained specifically for sparkling wine production to express a crisp, bright Style. 100% organic grapes. Notes of raspberry, strawberry, kiwi, blood orange, vanilla, almond, and white toast. Food pairing: Charcuterie, salmon, grilled chicken, duck, pork,…
Read MoreSummerhill Pyramid – Cipes Ariel 1998
Cipes Ariel 1998 A blend of 59% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, and 1% Pinot Meunier. Very rich and complex with notes of custard, vegemite, brioche, orange and lemon zest, ripe apple, dried apricot, nut, and ginger. The extended bottle aging has created deep autolytic notes and creamy bubbles. Rivals the best from France. Estate grown…
Read MoreSummerhill Pyramid – Cipes Brut
Summerhill Pyramid Winery, located in the Lakeshore district in Kelowna, BC, is Canada’s largest biodynamic and organic winery, producing more organic wine than the rest of the Canadian wine industry combined. In addition, Summerhill is Canada’s most visited winery and foremost producer of sparkling wine. Winemaker Eric von Krosigk oversees the portfolio of BC VQA…
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Summerhill Pyramid Winery is Canada’s leading sparkling wine producer. Since 1990, it has been the focus of Summerhill Pyramid Winery to produce Okanagan regionally styled traditional method sparkling wine. This focus has earned accolades at home and abroad, winning gold medals every year for the winery’s flagship Cipes Brut, and a gold medal and trophy…
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