{"id":12416,"date":"2013-01-25T07:49:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=12416"},"modified":"2013-02-15T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T16:53:08","slug":"canadian-wine-community-gets-behind-and-into-bc-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/canadian-wine-community-gets-behind-and-into-bc-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian wine community gets behind (and into) BC wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"winery<\/a>Here’s a toast to the terrific team of wine reviewers who joined in a terrific\u00a0 wine tasting<\/a><\/strong> on Twitter last night. Their enthusiasm and positive energy came through in both their tweets and their reviews for these incredible BC wines (scroll down on the page for each wine to see their notes and scores):<\/p>\n

Mission Hill Reserve Chardonnay 2010<\/a><\/strong>, BC VQA<\/p>\n

Gray Monk Gew\u00fcrztraminer 2011<\/strong><\/a>, BC VQA<\/p>\n

Quails\u2019 Gate Chardonnay 2011<\/strong><\/a>, BC VQA<\/p>\n

Eau Vivre Pinot Noir 2008<\/strong><\/a>, BC VQA<\/p>\n

Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin 2008<\/a><\/strong>, BC VQA<\/p>\n

Mission Hill Quatrain 2009<\/strong><\/a>, BC VQA<\/p>\n

I raise my glass to an incredible team!<\/p>\n

\"Corinna<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Corinna Horton<\/strong>
\nGatineau, Quebec
\nTwitter: @thefoodgypsy<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: FoodGypsy<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Nina<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nina Syas<\/strong>
\nEtobicoke, Ontario
\nTwitter: @wineandfoodlove<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: Ninas Wine and Food<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dan Trcka<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @grapeselections<\/strong><\/a>
\nToronto, Ontario
\nSite: GrapeSelections<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"BeverlyPic\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Beverly Crandon
\n<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
\n<\/strong>Twitter: @winehobbyist<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Site: Wine Hobbyist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"July<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Gaby Israel<\/strong><\/a>
\nRichmond Hill, Ontario
\nTwitter: @wineGPCi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Holly<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Holly Bruns<\/strong>
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nTwitter: @WineOutLoud<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: Wine Out Loud<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Nita<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nita Boushey<\/strong>
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nTwitter: @TipMyTumbler<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: Tip My Tumbler<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Lori_Kilmartin\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lori Kilmartin<\/strong>
\nNorth Gower, Ont.
\nTwitter: @LoriKilmartin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"TravisO-150-pixels1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Travis Oke<\/strong>
\nGuelph, Ontario
\nTwitter: @TravisOke<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: Pull The Cork<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Courtney<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Courtney Flood<\/strong>
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nTwitter: @floodcourtney<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: Wine and Food For Every Day<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Mark-Britton\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mark Britton<\/strong>
\nToronto, Ontario
\nTwitter:@towineman<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: TO Wine Man<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sarah-Connolly\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sara Connelly<\/strong>
\nToronto, Ontario
\nTwitter: @SarconSara<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"SONY<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bethany Harpur<\/strong>
\nOttawa Ontario
\nTwitter: @2ndferment<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: 2ndFerment\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jason Solanki<\/strong>
\nRichmond Hill, Ontario
\nTwitter: @cono_sur<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: Vintage Wine Picks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Brad<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Brad Donoff<\/strong>
\nDundas Ontario
\nTwitter: @thewineguy0<\/strong><\/a>
\nwww.Facebook.com\/wine.guy.90<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Jane\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jane Staples<\/strong>
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nTwitter: @Bellovino\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Kaylea<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kaylea McCarron<\/strong>
\nPort Hope, Ontario
\nTwitter: @KayleaMcCarron<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: Kaylea M<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Joe & Delores Hache<\/strong>
\nPicton, Ontario
\nTwitter: iLuvWine\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>
\nSite: 365 Wines in 365 Days<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Susan Desjardins<\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a>
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nTwitter: @susanswine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dawn<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dawn Montgomery<\/strong>
\nOakville, Ontario<\/p>\n

Twitter: @DawnMontgomery<\/strong> <\/a>
\nSite: Dawn Montgomery Presents<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Note: All of my reviews are done independently and are not paid for by wineries, wine agents or wine associations. Like other wine writers, I am occasionally asked to moderate an in-person panel or online discussion, like this one, and I may or may not be paid for my time to do so. But facilitating a discussion is entirely separate from my actual reviews of the wines, which are done separately and independently. Here’s how I review wines, including what my scores mean, my tasting notes and my review process<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a toast to the terrific team of wine reviewers who joined in a terrific\u00a0 wine tasting on Twitter last night. Their enthusiasm and positive energy came through in both their tweets and their reviews for these incredible BC wines (scroll down on the page for each wine to see their notes and scores): Mission Hill Reserve Chardonnay 2010, BC VQA Gray Monk Gew\u00fcrztraminer 2011, BC VQA Quails\u2019 Gate Chardonnay 2011, BC VQA Eau Vivre Pinot Noir 2008, BC VQA Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin 2008, BC VQA Mission Hill Quatrain 2009, BC VQA I raise my glass to an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,8,29,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bc-wines","category-events","category-taste-wine","category-technology-wine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12416"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12774,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12416\/revisions\/12774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}