2025
2025
La Frenz 2025 Freedom 75 Vineyard Clone 21B Riesling
Canadian White
Freedom 75 Vineyard sits on the Naramata Bench at about 1,500 feet, with a westerly aspect, sandy-loam and alluvial soils, and broad day-to-night temperature shifts during ripening. The site spans sixteen acres, thirteen of them planted, and average rainfall is about thirteen inches. Riesling is among the varieties established there, and Clone 21B supplies this bottling.
Vivezza Vineyard 2025 Ortega
Canadian White
Pear, honey, apple blossom and lemon zest appear alongside floral notes. Bright acidity, a long clean finish and stone-fruit character are also present. Thirty-year-old vines grow on slopes overlooking Victoria. Whole clusters are pressed, fermentation takes place in stainless steel, and the wine is lightly filtered and gently sulphited at the family’s Salt Spring Island winery.
Anthony Buchanan 2025 Pinot Gris Rouge
Canadian Red
Made entirely from Pinot Gris, this very small-batch skin-contact wine spends two weeks on its skins and has a juicy character. Fermentation relies on indigenous yeast naturally present in the vineyard and cellar, with minimal sulphite additions. Gentle cellar techniques avoid enzymes, added tannins, manipulation products and temperature control. The wine is unfined and receives little to no filtration.
Over the Fence Winery 2025 Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Wild strawberry, watermelon and raspberry appear in a fresh, dry rosé. The palate brings vibrant red-berry flavours, crisp acidity and a refreshing citrus lift. Syrah and Merlot make up the blend. The fruit-forward, clean style comes from the Okanagan Valley. The winery is based in Osoyoos, and this bottle was one of seven releases drawn from the same harvest.
Bernabeleva 2025 Navaherreros Garnacha
Spanish Red
Strawberry, raspberry, violet, white pepper, herbs and balsamic notes appear with earthy, mineral and iron tones. The wine is made entirely from Garnacha grown on granite in vineyards between fifty and ninety years old. Grapes were harvested by hand, and fermentation took place with native yeasts in wood and concrete, with more than thirty-five days on skins. Ageing included eleven months in French oak and six months in stainless steel.
Kumeu River 2025 Village Chardonnay
New Zealand White
Lively lime and lemon aromas meet flinty mineral character, fig and white peach. The mid-palate is weighty, with peach ripeness and crisp mineral acidity. One quarter was fermented in old French oak barriques and three quarters in stainless steel, leaving little oak influence. The wine was made from Chardonnay grown in Auckland and bottled under screw cap.
Fauvette 2025 Côtes de Provence Rosé
French Rosé
Pale lychee in colour, this rosé offers white flowers and exotic fruit. The palate is fresh and generous, with a complex aromatic range, balance and minerality. Cinsault and Grenache form the blend. The wine comes from Provence under the Côtes de Provence appellation and is bottled at twelve and a half percent alcohol. It can accompany aperitifs, grilled dishes or white meat.
Vivezza Vineyard 2025 Epicure
Canadian White
Salted citrus and tropical fruit appear with a vibrant balance of fruit and minerality. The white grape is one of the disease-resistant varieties selected for British Columbia’s coastal climate. The winery is family-owned and operated on Salt Spring Island, where its estate vineyard was established after more than two decades of research into varieties suited to the region.
Pindarie 2025 Small Block Fiano
Australian White
White peach and nectarine appear in a medium-bodied, dry profile. The palate is expressive and textural. Grapefruit and preserved lemon linger on the finish, with a vibrant line of acidity. Made entirely from Fiano, the wine comes from a single estate-grown vineyard in the Barossa Valley. The variety is grown on the Western Ridge, where the producer has matched it to a warm, dry climate. Alcohol is 12.5 percent.
Lightning Rock 2025 Chahal Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
Canadian White
Citrus pith, green mango, crushed rock and a light herbal tone appear in an acid-driven profile. Salty passion fruit, pear, lime and aloe gel are also present, with crisp, bright character. Fruit comes from Chahal Vineyard on the Summerland Bench in the Okanagan Valley. The wine is dry and carries 12 percent alcohol. Production for the release was completed in Summerland.
8th Generation Vineyard 2025 Red One Merlot
Canadian Red
Merlot is presented without oak. This family-farmed and family-made red comes from a Summerland lakefront producer in the Okanagan Valley. Family winemaking spans generations on both sides. It is vegan and carries VQA status. The estate uses only British Columbia fruit and carries out cultivation, winemaking and bottling itself. Its vineyard practices are sustainable. Grapes receive gentle pressing before the pre-clarified juice is fermented.
Domaine de la Pépière 2025 La Pépie Cabernet Franc
French Red
Black cherry colour accompanies smoky crushed black olive, stone-like minerality, dark cherry, dry currant, black pepper and a medicinal note. The palate is dry and savoury, with rose petal, ripe tannins and juicy acidity. The finish is long and mouthwatering. Cabernet Franc comes from the Loire, and the wine is certified organic. Alcohol is stated at 13.5 percent.
Chateau Marmot 2025 Chardonnay Pét-Nat
Canadian Sparkling
Organically farmed Chardonnay from Cawston was fermented in stainless steel and bottled during primary fermentation. The wine was disgorged after five months on its lees in bottle, without additions or filtration. Ripe lemon and tropical fruit meet a dry, textured palate. Ambient fermentation, unfined and unfiltered bottling, and zero additives are also part of the cellar approach.
Nestor Winery 2025 Fileri Rosé de Gris Trifylia
Greek Rosé
Cherry, strawberry, blood orange, white flowers, spice and peach form a fruity, full-flavoured profile. The wine is made entirely from Fileri grown at 300 to 400 metres on clay-sand soils. One day of skin maceration precedes fermentation in stainless steel at fifteen to seventeen degrees. The wine then rests on its lees for several weeks.
Terravista 2025 En Terre Riesling
Canadian White
Grapefruit, blossom and stone fruit define the pronounced aroma. The palate is crisp and fresh, with a touch of residual sugar through the mid-palate balanced by acidity. Fruit from the Gold Digger and Boulders blocks was hand harvested, whole-cluster pressed and fermented separately for eighteen days at cool temperatures. The lots were aged in steel before blending.
Baglio Ingardia 2025 Èra Terre Siciliane IGP
Italian White
Grecanico Dorato forms this dry Sicilian white. Floral notes are joined by citrus peel and mineral character. The wine carries Terre Siciliane IGP status and certified-organic classification, with twelve and a half percent alcohol. The producer is based near Mount Erice in the province of Trapani and farms more than twenty hectares. The estate's origins reach back to the eighteenth century.
Scout Vineyard 2025 Skin Contact Riesling
Canadian White
Riesling from the organically farmed Stonehouse Vineyard in Oliver is destemmed and fermented spontaneously on the skins for twenty-one days. The wine spends two years on its lees in neutral oak barrels and puncheons before unfined, unfiltered bottling with twenty parts per million of sulphur. Chewy tannins and bright acidity meet citrus peel, dried apricot, sea salt and cardamom.
Château Moncontour 2025 Vouvray Demi-Sec
French White
Chenin gives a pale-yellow colour with green tints. Citrus, white flowers, apricot and green apple accompany a rich, fresh profile. The palate is soft, round and sweet, with acidity and an almost dry finish. Fruit comes from the La Monaco plot on chalky clay soil. Fermentation lasts one month in temperature-controlled tanks. Maturation lasts three months with fining and regular racking.
Aasha Wines 2025 Little Monster Syrah Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Syrah forms this rosé release from a small vineyard, winery and close-knit team. Each bottle label is built around an important moment in the owners' lives, with stories ranging from romance and humour to pain and whimsy. The producer describes its wines as pure, honest and reflective of terroir. Its name comes from a Hindi word for hope, chance and prospect.
Wesbert Winery 2025 Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Bright strawberry, blackberry and redcurrant define this dry rosé. Fresh, mid-level acidity accompanies a lively palate, and the finish is easy and refreshing. The producer works with two vineyards on the Naramata Bench and follows a minimal-intervention approach intended to let the character of each growing season and the local terroir show clearly in the finished wines.
Scout Vineyard 2025 Orange
Canadian White
Epicure, La Crescent, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris and Riesling make up the blend. The wine receives between seven and twenty-one days of skin fermentation, then spends six months in qvevri and neutral barrels before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Brisk acidity meets citrus, citrus peel, gentle tannins, savoury character and black tea, with only a small sulphur addition.
Kutatás 2025 Sauvignette
Canadian White
Apricot, lavender and nectarine skin shape this skin-contact orange wine. Sauvignette is also known as Epicure, and the wine comes from Salt Spring Island. The estate vineyard slopes gently south over mixed coarse soils and a deep sand deposit. At the winery, most wines ferment spontaneously and are bottled unfined with minimal sulphite additions. Alcohol is 12.5 percent.
Anthony Buchanan 2025 Skin Contact Riesling
Canadian White
Riesling from Kaleden in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is made in a skin-contact orange-wine style. The Buchanan family focuses on organic and regenerative farming practices. In the cellar, fermentation relies on ambient yeast naturally present in the vineyards and winery. Enzymes, added tannins and other products used to manipulate wine are not part of the approach.
Le Vieux Pin 2025 Vaïla Pinot Noir Rosé
Canadian Rosé
Pale salmon colour accompanies strawberry, rhubarb, grapefruit, mineral and earthy notes, with bright red fruit. The wine is dry and made entirely from Pinot Noir grown in the Okanagan Valley at Skaha Bluff, Okanagan Falls and Oliver. Grapes spend twenty-three hours on the skins. Gentle pressing is followed by six months in stainless steel. Alcohol is 12.5 percent.
A Sunday in August 2025 Pinot Gris
Canadian White
Watermelon-candy fruit meets a fresh, rounded texture in this Pinot Gris, which includes a dash of Gewurztraminer. The fruit comes from Kelowna in British Columbia and is organically farmed. Natural fermentation follows five days of maceration, and élevage takes place in stainless steel. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, with low sulfur and nothing else added.
Foradori 2025 Lezèr Vigneti delle Dolomiti
Italian Red
Purple-violet in colour, the wine combines berries, plum, cherry and floral notes with a fresh, juicy and light profile. Twenty separately fermented lots are assembled, using vessels that include barrels, amphorae, stainless steel and cement. Crunchy acidity accompanies red-berry and black-fruit character. The wine is made in Trentino and carries the Vigneti delle Dolomiti designation.
Kumeu River 2025 Village Pinot Noir
New Zealand Red
Lifted red fruit aromas accompany a cool, round and fruity palate with chalky tannin and a dry, refreshing finish. The Pinot Noir comes from Rays Road in Hawke’s Bay, where wind-blown clay loess lies over limestone. Grapes were hand harvested, destemmed and crushed. Fermentation used indigenous yeasts, total cuvaison lasted two weeks, and maturation took place for seven months in tank.
Terravista Vineyards 2025 Verdejo
Canadian White
Nectarine opens the profile with delicate stone-fruit and floral notes. Ripe melon and fresh citrus accompany a textured, medium-bodied palate, while key lime gives the finish a dry, tart edge. The Verdejo was hand-picked in two lots, twenty days apart, then whole-cluster pressed. Fermentation used stainless steel and twenty-eight percent concrete. Lees ageing lasted five months, and alcohol is 13.4 percent.
Ursa Major 2025 Back from the Brink Nouveau
Canadian Red
Thirty-plus-year-old Pinot Noir from Windy Ridge Vineyard in Kaleden is combined with Gamay Noir from Naramata Bench. Whole clusters co-ferment in a closed stainless-steel tank and receive daily foot treading for one week. The process is semi-carbonic. Free-run juice is then racked to tank to finish fermentation. The red is hand-bottled by gravity without fining or filtration, with ten parts per million of sulphur added.
Rose Gold 2025 Côtes de Provence Rosé
French Rosé
Bright citrus, strawberry and cherry appear with minerality and clean acidity. The rosé is crisp and carries thirteen percent alcohol. Casey Barber founded the company in Texas and works with a collective of producers around Saint-Tropez and the surrounding Golden Triangle of Provence. Grenache is the stated variety, the wine is dry, and its country of origin is France.