 The view from Hester Creek Winery March 2024. Daring Greatly with 2022 GSM from BC's Award Winning Hester Creek WineryYou might say 2022 GSM from Hester Creek Winery is beguiling. It's profile and complexity fans of Meryl Streep in the Devil Wears Prada. The ruby hue is classic, the sensory profile is full of attitude red, black and blue fruits with a floral backdrop and peppery spice and the dry, textured finish. Its a nod to expertise and a great vintage, like the persona of Miranda Priestly. This daring and bold idea from a British Columbia winery, challenging established wines of France, Australia and even Washington State, is audacious. It's a new style for BC and it's cultivated by the changing climate and clever winemakers. Here is the story about an exceptional wine experience from Hester Creek Estate Winery and their new and daring release of 2022 GSM - Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre.
Women in Wine? Sustainability?The three pillars of "sustainablity" are: People (social), Planet (environmental) and Profits (economics). Without respect, understanding of application and attention to outcomes for all three, simultaneously, we have nothing.  A few years ago, Cassandra Anderton and I started talking about the lack of women principals attending the Vancouver International Wine Festival. We would review the list of 150 attendees with difficulty because there were so few women on the roster. Sadly even in 2024, the list hasn't grown longer. It's hard to find the data on women participating in the industry, but at a conference in Italy, it was stated that 2% of the Italian winemakers are women. That number seems very low. The numbers are higher in the "new world" of wine. This realization inspired us to continue to reach out and interview women who are principals or winemakers in both BC and abroad. This year, because of the wonderful connection I have with Lucila Plana of Patagonia Imports, I met Marica Bonomo of Monte del Fra, a women who is no stranger to the wine world and being a leader in it.
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