Great news from Scout supporter Joie Farm

JoieFarm is proud to announce that we are the proud recipients of not one, but two 2009 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards of Excellence in British Columbia Wines for our 2007 Reserve Chardonnay and our 2008 Riesling.

The Lieutenant Governor’s Awards of Excellence in British Columbia Wines is BC’s most prestigious and competitive wine competition as wineries are only allowed to submit their 4 best wines and they are judged in an open category, regardless of varietals, with a maximum of 12 wines in total being awarded in a given year.

The Lieutenant Governor’s Awards of Excellence in British Columbia Wines were established in 2003 by the then Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Iona Campagnolo, and the Government
House Foundation. The annual Awards recognize and honour the best wines made from 100% British Columbian grown grapes and produced within the Province.

The 2008 JoieFarm Riesling is currently available at better restaurants and private retailers throughout British Columbia. The 2007 JoieFarm Reserve Chardonnay will be released in early September 2009 and will only be available through our private mailing list as well as our existing restaurant and retail partners.

JoieFarm is owned and operated by Michael Dinn and Heidi Noble in beautiful Naramata, BC. JoieFarm is interested exclusively in the grape varieties of Alsace, Burgundy and Champagne which excel in the cool-climate, desert landscape of the Okanagan Valley.

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