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Visit to Kismet Estate Winery, Oliver, B.C.

Visiting Kismet Estate Winery, Oliver, B.C.

Kismet Estate Winery was founded in 2013 in Oliver, British Columbia by Sukhinder and Balwinder Dhaliwal. They immigrated from Punjab, India in the 1990s and spent over two decades successfully growing premium grapes for other top Okanagan wineries. Kismet is a Punjabi and Sanskrit word meaning "destiny" or "fate". Many of the winery's wines are named after spiritual laws of destiny to reflect their journey. The family now farms close to 600 acres in the South Okanagan, using only the top 10% of their estate-grown fruit for their 100% VQA portfolio. In 2023, Manpreet Dhaliwal (Sukhi's daughter and Balwinder's niece) took over as head winemaker. She’s believed to be the first South Asian female winemaker in Canada. For more information about the winery, please visit their website at https://www.kismetestatewinery.com/

Wines I Drank in June 2026

July 2026 Update and Wine Recommendations at B.C. Liquor Stores

Thank you all for continuing to view my channel. I am now offering membership to my channel. This is mostly because I believe that all wine review 3 years and older are basically no longer valid. So although the historical information about the winery is still relevant, the tasting notes are not and they may have been significant changes at the winery. As such, I have decided to archive all videos that are older than 3 years and make them available exclusively for members. Members will also get a sneak preview of upcoming videos and because I want to make sure my members feel they are getting something for their money, I will try to produce a members only short or video at least every 2 months. Don't want to hard sell this and I will still be making videos for non members but there are some topics that I might cover for a smaller audience. Shoutout to my first 5 members: JohnWelseyHarding, opelbogger, MykolaMaystrov, joshuaharton5219 and archeryyates6619 As my viewers and

Visiting Tinhorn Creek Estate Winery & Tasting

Tinhorn Creek was established in 1993 by the Shaunessy and Oldfield families. It is one of the premier estate wineries located in the Golden Mile Bench sub-appellation in Oliver, B.C. It was purchased in 2017 by Andrew Peller Estates, a large Canadian wine company. For more information about the winery, please visit their website at https://www.tinhorn.com/

Limited Edition World Cup Scarf from Wines of BC

Thrilled to receive my limited edition @winesofbc World Cup scarf! From now until July 19, @winesofbc is running a challenge: Choose your favourite location, anywhere that feels like your BC; Capture a photo or video with a BC wine glass front and centre; Post your photo or reel using #ThisIsOurBC and @winesofbc and follow @WinesofBC. Your photo/video may be featured by @winesofbc and you could win a limited-edition Wines of BC football scarf. Only 200 of these scarfs were made so get your posts in early! Go Canada Go! #thisisourbc

Veuve Clicquot 1982 Cave Privee Champagne

Veuve Clicquot 1982 Cave Privee Champagne Review

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin is a Champagne house founded in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot. At that time is was called Clicquot champagnes. He retired in 1801 and left the business to his son Francois Clicquot, who has just married Barbe Nicole Ponsardin in 1798. In 1805 Francois died of typhoid. He was 30. His brother, Philippe wanted to liquidate the business but Francois, wife, Barbe Nicole, now a widow (or “Veuve”) decided to run the business. In the 1800s most businesses were run by men and at the time of Francois’ death Barbe Nicole was only 28 years of age with a young daughter. At that time, the Napoleonic Code prohibited women from working, voting, earning money, or entering schools and universities without the consent of their husband or father. But widows were the only women in French society allowed to run their own business. Despite incredible backlash, she proved to the male members of family that she was capable of running the business by completing an apprenticeship cour

Portfolio Tasting of Haywire Winery + Winery Tour

Haywire Winery was purchased in 2005 by Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie. It was originally growing fruit but they replanted their Switchback Vineyard site with Pinot Gris grapes in 2006. It was originally named Okanagan Crush Pad, but it was rebranded to Haywire Winery in 2023. There are 3 other labels owned by the winery but Haywire would be the flagship label. Haywire is known for championing minimal-intervention, texture-driven wines. No oak (other than neutral oak) is used for the wines. I was pleased to visit the winery and taste the following wines: Haywire 2018 The Bub Haywire 2023 Pinot Gris Haywire 2022 Chardonnay Haywire 2022 Pinot Noir Haywire 2025 Merlot King Family Vineyard Narrative 2022 Rose For more information about the winery, please visit their website at https://haywirewinery.com/

Happy Father’s Day!

Trophy Wine Lunch Featuring Chateau L’Evangile

Special Lunch With Subscriber and Friends Featuring Chateau L'Evangile Vertical

This was a special lunch with my subscriber and friends. I donated a bottle of Chateau L'Evangile 1961 to the Bacchanalian Wine Gala Auction and made a special offer to my subscribers: if a subscriber bought the bottle and was prepared to open it with me, I would treat them + 3 friends to dinner + serve them the 2005, 2017 and 2018 L'Evangile. In addition, I would give them a 1 oz pour of the 1840 The Rebel Madiera. Well....a subscriber did buy the wine at auction and took up me up on my offer. He also brough a mystery wine from Brazil and another attendee brought a Pol Roger 2004 Cuvee Winston Churchill. Pretty fun lunch!

Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2005

Tasting Wines at Haywire Winery, Summerland, B.C.

Switchback Vineyards - Haywire Winery

Summerland Waterfront Resort - Great Base for Wine Trips. See discount code in description

Summary of my tasting at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards. Full review to follow

Summary of my tasting at Haywire Winery, Summerland. Full review to follow

Chateau Haut Brion 1986

First Growth Bordeaux Wine Review: Chateau Haut Brion 1986 (Pessac Leognan)

Chateau Haut Brion's (pronounced "O Brie On") name is derived from the Celtic term Briga, which means a rise or mount of land. Grapes have been grown at the vineyard since 1426. The earliest mention of the winery in literature is 1521, when it was known as Aubrion. It is probably the oldest continuous winery in Bordeaux. In 1525, the winery was given as part of the dowry when the daughter of the Mayor of Libourne married Jean de Pontac. Jean constructed the chateau on the winery in 1549, which still stands today. In 1666, the de Pontac family opened Pontac's Head, a tavern in England to sell and promote their wines. So when wines were classified in 1855, Haut Brion was well known and as such, was the only wine outside of the Medoc region included in the 1855 classification system. The winery was purchased in 1935 by Clarence Dillon, He died in 1979 but his granddaughter (Jean Dillon) took over management of the winery. She married the Prince of Luxembourg. In 2008, the curre

Day 1 of My Summerland/Oliver Wine Trip

Day 1 of My Summerland/Oliver Wine Trip. Staying at Summerland Waterfront Resort. Having the Haywire Winery Waterfront White wine made with Chardonnay grapes. If you book the resort’s Sunset Sips & Snacks Getaway Pacakge, you will get a complementary bottle of one of the exclusive Haywire wines produced for the resort and a charcuterie board @Summerland Resort @haywirewine

Bling, Bling: Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades

1855 Classification Primer

I know I previously did a much more detailed video on the 1855 Classification System. But with my new collaboration with Wine, Watches & Whiskey, I am going back to do some basic wine knowledge videos for that channel. So I thought I would give you a short version of my previous videos, which I have also included at the end of this video.

Glenmorangie The Original 12 Year Old Highland Scotch Review