Seen In Vancouver #250: Clever Apologia For An Unruly Garden

I’m technically in Naramata, but this garden sign outside a friend’s home on The Bench was just to awesome to leave alone…

Famed Oscar Wilde Play To Be Performed “Amongst The Vines”

A tidy package of wine was dropped off at my home today from the good folks at Naramata’s Township 7. I immediately stashed away their ‘07 Merlot and ‘07 Syrah, but have just popped their ‘09 Sauvignon Blanc after a chill in the fridge. It’s a lovely caramel wash of fruit salad, which I’ve paired with the closest things on hand: asparagus wrapped in wild boar proscuitto and some cookies that my wife just baked.

While I appreciate the bottles very much, what really caught my attention was a letter that was included from the proprietor, Mike Raffan. In it, he detailed what sounded like a terrific series of evenings, dubbed Wilde at the Winery. From August 27th to mid-September, Township 7 will be playing host to Twisted Tree Theatre and their performance of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, which just so happens to be one of my favourite plays.

The players will be acting in an “open air setting amongst the vines,” he writes in his invitation, which is about as sweet a tease as I can think of, as we’re leaving for Naramata late tonight to steal all the food on offer at tomorrow’s Okanagan Feast of Fields.

Sadly, we’re returning on the night of the 27th, so we’ll have to miss the opening night performance. But that doesn’t mean you have to. If you’re up there enjoying the last licks of summer, take a look with a picnic and a bottle of your own. Tickets for these memorable nights are going for just $20.

The View From Your Window #37

Reader “K.K.” | Naramata Bench | The Okanagan Valley, BC | 7:45pm | SHARE YOUR VIEW

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“Nichol Vineyard” Of Naramata Joins The Scout Community…

Nichol Vineyard is now a proud member supporter of Scout. We will be publishing their news and press releases on our front page and hosting a page for them in our list of Wineries & Breweries. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support of our little website. Click ahead to read on or jump directly to their Scout page. Read more

The View From Your Window #33

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Elephant Island Orchard Wines Joins The Scout Community

Elephant Island Orchard Wines is now a proud member supporter of Scout. We will be publishing their news and press releases on our front page and hosting a page for them in our list of member wineries and breweries here. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support of our little website. Click ahead to read on or jump directly to their Scout page. Read more

La Dolce Vita At Yew With LaStella Wines & VSO Violinist

News from Scout supporter LaStella

Vancouver, BC | Join us on Wednesday June 9th at 7pm at YEW Restaurant in the beautiful Four Seasons Hotel for a celebration of La Dolce Vita. We have collaborated with the culinary team at YEW as well as Mrs. Robin Braun of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) to pair each of our wines with a dish and a solo violin piece that captures the essence of the name given to each of our wines. Read more

Kelowna’s RauDZ Regional Table Celebrates Asparagus Season…

News from Scout supporter RauDZ Regional Table

Kelowna, BC | Spring and asparagus are an inseparable pair and it appears a cause for real celebration. If you Google ‘asparagus recipes’, a whopping 3,230,000 recipes are at your fingertips. Poems are written about it, grown men dress up in asparagus costumes to signal the season and there is even a Kick “ass”pargus fun/run held in Michigan. Asparagus is celebrated around the world with festivals in Qatar, South Africa, California, Germany and now Chef Butters at RauDZ Regional Table in Kelowna is honouring this inspirational sign of spring with an Asparagus Celebration of his own. Read more

Naramata Vineyard Might Need Therapy Following Court Fight

Some drama on the Naramata Bench…

Forget about the Super Ego blend, the personality clash and sour grapes at this Naramata vineyard sound like they required a psychiatrist instead of B.C. Supreme Court.

Nevertheless, after a nasty two-year battle, it was Justice Eric Rice who stepped in last week and ousted one of Western Canada’s leading oenophiles and gave his partners control of the property he bought to fulfil a lifelong dream of becoming a winemaker.

The justice said the other substantive issues in the sour litigation must be resolved at a trial — the bouquet around some of the evidence leaves a little too much barnyard on the palate.

Sorry for the puns. The Vancouver Sun can’t help itself.

The “Best Of The Bench” Dinner At Naramata Heritage Inn & Spa

News from Scout supporter Naramata Heritage Inn & Spa

Naramata, BC | As the sun beats down longer and the ground warms, so does our desire to showcase all we can accomplish here on the bench. Get out of the ordinary for a spell and join us for our tenth annual Best of the Bench multi-course dinner this Friday, April 30th. Executive Chef Thomas Render and Wine Bar Manager Quentin Kayne have created a memorable meal paired with select wines from the 2010 Naramata Bench Winery Association’s spring release. Read more

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