GOODS: Painted Boat Resort Readies For 4th Annual Sunshine Coast Mushroom Fest
September 27, 2012
Painted Boat is located at 12849 Lagoon Rd. in Madeira Park, BC | TF: 866-902-3955 | www.paintedboat.com
The GOODS from Painted Boat
Sunshine Coast | Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts’ Sunshine Coast property, Painted Boat Resort, is excited to be a part of the 4th Annual Sunshine Coast Mushroom Festival. The Restaurant at Painted Boat will be hosting an evening on October 20th at 6:30pm that will feature a mushroom-themed supper created by Calgary’s Divino Wine & Cheese Bistro chef John Donovan. Each course will be paired with wines from Laughing Stock Vineyard in the Okanagan. Tickets are $90 per person, and pre-registration is required. The evening’s highlight promises to be speaker Daniel Winkler, author of Beloved Edibles from around the World. Get all thed etails after the jump… Read more
CORKAGE: On Violent Pump Overs & Raiding The Cellar At Laughing Stock Vineyards…
November 21, 2011
by Amorita Bastaja | At the start of the month I headed up to Naramata, just outside of Penticton, for a weekend visit to Laughing Stock winery. The owners, David and Cynthia Enns, greeted my husband Scott and I with wine in hand and the threat of work in the vineyards. A tour by David was perfectly timed, as a violent pump-over was taking place on the newly harvested Malbec. We leaned cautiously over the railing to look into the open-top fermenters (a face full of carbon dioxide rising is not a good idea). The Malbec hadn’t yet reached its capacity. The fermenting grape juice was being sloshed over its cap (the stalks and skins that sit on top due to rising gas) through a large tube. It bubbled and foamed, exhibiting amazing purple colour.
The frequency of a pump over is dependent on the wine-maker… Read more
GOODS: Private Blends Launched By “Top Table” Wine Directors And “Laughing Stock”
September 14, 2011
Top Table's partnership with Laughing Stock Vineyards produces two uniquely blended wines
The GOODS from CinCin, Araxi, West, & Blue Water Café
Vancouver & Whistler, BC | Top Table’s four wine directors—Araxi’s Samantha Rahn, Blue Water Cafe’s Andrea Vescovi, CinCin’s Sarah McCauley, and West’s Owen Knowlton—are excited to debut their inaugural wine label, Director’s Blend, a duo of personally blended wines produced by Laughing Stock Vineyards in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.
Augmenting the extensive international wine cellars at each restaurant, the 2009 Director’s Blend Red and 2010 Director’s Blend White are now available exclusively at Top Table restaurants and represent the first vintages of an ongoing project. Learn more after the jump… Read more
Laughing Stock ’07 “Blind Trust Red” Combo Kept Under Wraps
July 6, 2009
Laughing Stock Vineyards releases their '07 Blind Trust Red and '08 Chardonnay
News From Scout Supporter Laughing Stock Vineyards
The sunshine has arrived on the Naramata Bench and so have our latest releases including:
Blind Trust Red 2007 | Just like a financial trust where executors have full discretion over the assets, our winemaker has full discretion over the wine blend so you’ll just have to trust us. HOWEVER, if you are really curious about what’s in the bottle, the assets are kept under wrap and seal (just peel back the capsule to reveal the blend). So we challenge you to blind taste the Blind Trust…without peeking. Read more
Laughing Stock Links Wine Price To TSX
February 12, 2009
David and Cynthia Enns like to say that they wake up every morning with the goal of not living up to their winery’s name “Laughing Stock”. Things must have been running too smoothly for too long because they have decided to put their reputations on the line once again.
Their latest brave/foolish adventure is linking the price of their soon to be released Portfolio 2007 to the much-maligned TSX. If you purchase Portfolio futures at $35 per bottle (the early bird special price versus the usual $39 on release) you enter the TSX lottery.
For every 500 points the TSX drops by the time the wine is released in September 2009, Laughing Stock will give you back $1 per bottle or donate it to charity (not the banking sector) – their own little vine-ancial stimulus package.
I happened to be at the winery a couple of days ago and tasted some barrel samples of the 2007 and it is showing the usual high quality that Portfolio has come to represent. The futures go on sale Feb 17th and with this deal, there is little to lose. If the markets do continue to decline, you may well need a drink.
Ed. note: That’s Rhys and Cynthia in the photo at the 2008 Naramata Unfiltered Sommelier Bootcamp. I think they might be trying to yell at the vines or something. I remember that being a particularly inebriating day…
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Rhys Pender is a wine educator, freelance wine writer, wine judge and consultant to the industry. Visit his company Wine Plus+ online at www.wineplus.ca.
Laughing Stock Vineyards
October 4, 2008
1548 Naramata Road | Penticton, BC
Tel: 250-493-8466
Email: info@laughingstock.ca
Web: www.laughingstock.ca
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The People Who Make It Happen
Owners | David Enns (Winemaker) & Cynthia Enns (Vineyard Manager)
About Laughing Stock Vineyards
Located on the picturesque Naramata Bench, Laughing Stock Vineyards is a serious enterprise with a lighthearted attitude. And with a name like Laughing Stock, we wake up everyday with the motivation of not living up to our name. Thus we aim to produce the highest quality small production wines from the burgeoning Okanagan Valley. What choice do we have? Founded by David & Cynthia Enns in 2003, Laughing Stock focuses on making a few wines well, including Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Portfolio, our flagship Bordeaux blend.
Breweries & Wineries
March 11, 2008
the following wineries are Scout supporters…
Blue Mountain
2385 Allendale Rd, RR#1 Site 3 Comp 4 | Okanagan Falls BC | 250-497-8244 | www.bluemountainwinery.com | Blue Mountain is a family run vineyard and winery located in the picturesque South Okanagan Valley…EXPLORE BLUE MOUNTAIN
CedarCreek Estate Winery
5445 Lakeshore Road | Kelowna | MAP | 250-764-8866 | www.cedarcreek.bc.ca | After over 20 years of wine growing experience, we believe that we have the right varietals planted in the right sites. We grow the…EXPLORE CEDARCREEK ESTATE WINERY
ELEPHANT ISLAND
2730 Aikins Loop | Naramata BC | 250.496.5522 | elephantislandwine.com | Fusing classic wine making processes with an unconventional line-up of fruits – Stella cherries, organic Bartlett pears, Goldrich apricots…EXPLORE ELEPHANT ISLAND
JoieFarm
2825 Naramata Rd, Site 5 Comp 4, Naramata BC | 1-866-422-5643 | 250-496-0073 | www.joiefarm.com | JoieFarm is owned and operated by Heidi Noble & Michael Dinn and is located on their farm on the beautiful…EXPLORE JOIEFARM
Laughing Stock Vineyards
1548 Naramata Road | Penticton, BC | Tel: 250-493-8466 | www.laughingstock.ca | Located on the picturesque Naramata Bench, Laughing Stock Vineyards is a serious enterprise with a lighthearted attitude….EXPLORE LAUGHING STOCK VINEYARDS
La Stella
8123-148th Avenue, Osoyoos, BC | 250-495-8180 | www.lastella.ca | LaStella was created to be the embodiment of the Tuscan way of life. For us, we are making more than wine. We are making our own fun…EXPLORE LA STELLA
Le Vieux Pin
34070-73th Street Oliver, BC | 250-498-8388 | www.levieuxpin.ca | Le Vieux Pin named after the majestic old pine tree on the northwest corner of our vineyard is situated on the East Bench of Oliver, in the South…EXPLORE LE VIEUX PIN
Mission Hill Family Estate
1730 West Bank Rd, West Kelowna, BC | 250-768-7611 | www.missionhillwinery.com | Located in the heart of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, Mission Hill Family Estate is a family-owned winery…EXPLORE MISSION HILL
Nichol Vineyard
RR1 S14 C13 -1285 Smethurst Rd, Naramata, BC | 250-496-5962 | nicholvineyard.com | Nichol Vineyard, known among Canadian wine lovers in the know, has been operating in Naramata Village in BC using…EXPLORE NICHOL VINEYARD
R&B Brewing Co.
54 East 4th Ave | Vancouver, BC | MAP | 604-874-2537 | rbbrewing.com | R&B Brewing Co. has always been, and will always be, just about as independent a microbrewery as you’ll come across…EXPLORE R&B BREWING CO.
Red Truck Beer Company
1015 Marine Dr, North Vancouver | 604-682-4733 | www.redtruckbeer.com | The Red Truck Beer Company is a Vancouver-based craft microbrewery. We make two signature beers: Red Truck Ale, a rich…EXPLORE RED TRUCK BEER CO.
Road 13
13140-316A Ave., Oliver BC | Toll free: 866.498.8330 | www.road13vineyards.com | Road 13 is the location of our winery and two of our vineyard sites: the Home and the Castle. Our land was first cultivated in…EXPLORE ROAD 13
Stoneboat Vineyards
7148 Orchard Grove Lane, Oliver BC | Toll Free: 888-598-2226 | www.stoneboatvineyards.com | Located along a winding country lane in Oliver, BC, on the rocky soils of the lower Black Sage Bench…EXPLORE STONEBOAT
Whistler Brewing Co.
1045 Millar Creek Road, Whistler, BC | 604-731-2900 | www.whistlerbeer.com | At the Whistler Brewing Company, we share a passion for creating unique, world-class craft brewed beers. Using traditional brewing…EXPLORE WHISTLER BREWING CO.
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