 Dunham & Froese named #2 Winery in Canada!
In December a friend of ours who purchases wine for Mike Wiegele Heli Skiing happend to pick up the new Wine Report 2008 by Tom Stevenson and gave us a call when he found us listed. This report is an extensive world wide recommendation and rating of wineries.
Tom Stevenson assembles a team of regional experts that compile a variety of top 10 lists along with detailed information on vintages. Tony Aspler who was the Regional writer for Canada and has been a wine writer for 30 years listed Dunham & Froese as the #2 New and Up Coming Producer to watch in Canada!
Along with our 2006 Pinot Blanc recieving a Gold from the Okanagan Wine Festival a Double Gold from 2007 Platinum Judging of Wine Press Northwest this was a great finish to a great year.
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 First Event of 2008
Kirby and I poured at the the 13th Annual Liberty Merchant Taste of BC held in Vancouver. This was a great event and proceeds benefit Children's Hospital Oak Tree Clinic. We were happy to recieve a Bronze Medal for our 2005 Merlot at the event!
Photo credit: Jackie Connelly Photography |
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 Dunham & Froese joins SOWA
The South Okanagan Winery Association (SOWA) consists of 20 wineries from the communities of Oliver and Osoyoos. SOWA represents this niche region that has attracted intrepid grape-growers, savvy wine makers, and diverse international personalities. The member wineries and vineyards adopt, evoke and express the namesakes of the land, landmarks and personalities.
In Feburary we participated in the first annual SOWA Kitchen Party. The party was hosted in at Midland Appliance’s Kingsway showroom East Vancouver. The wineries showcased limited releases and specialty wines alongside nibbles and bites from some of Vancouver’s top restaurants. As an Association, we were able to raise $3000 from this event that has gone to support The Osoyoos Desert Society. They are a non-profit organization of volunteers whose mission is to raise awareness and to protect the Antelope brush community in the South Okanagan. For more information on their cause visit their website at www.desert.org.
SOWA is going to be hosting some very fun and exciting events so sign up for our e-newsletter and we'll keep you posted. |
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 From Vine to Bottle
Bottling is the day when our winemaker, Kirby has to set down his artistic brush and say it's finished. The week or so leading up to bottling Kirby has a few sleepless nights and spends hours at the winery tasting and analysing.
More time was spent this year because we have added two premium blends created from exceptional fruit! The grapes for both the red blend and white blend are from the infamous Black Sage and Osoyoos area.
This is our Amicitia (ah-mee-CHEE-tee-ah) series. The name is Latin for friendship and represents not only the harmony of the blend but continues to represent the great friendship that Kirby, Crystal, Shelly and Gene have.
Photo Caption: Amicitia Red coming off the bottling line. |
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 Only 600 cases released!
Our wines were sold out from the winery by the end of December 2007 which included the 3 Dog Red that we had only released in the fall!
We want to make sure our e-newsletter members are included in the first wave of this years’ release opportunity.
We currently have released our 2007 Pinot Blanc, 2007 Rose, 2006 Merlot, and our brand new 2006 Red and 2007 Amicitia Blends. Please visit our website for tasting notes and order form and get your requests in today. We will ship directly to you or if you prefer to pick it up from the winery during the Okanagan Wine Festival we can your selection packaged up and waiting for you.
Photo Caption: Wile guarding the 2008 releases. |
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Our tasting room will open for the Okanagan Spring Festival.
11am to 5pm
So stop in and see us!
www.dunhamfroese.ca
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