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2019 Township 7 Cabernet Franc

2019 Cabernet Franc

Wine: Cabernet Franc, 2019

Winery: Township 7, Penticton and Langley

Why drink it? Exclusive to the winery’s clubSEVEN members, this bottle is a good reason to join, or cozy up to a friend who’s already in the club. The grapes come from the southernmost tip of the Okanagan where the heat allows full ripening, producing an elegant, full-bodied cab. There’s just a touch of Merlot for added intrigue and complexity. Aromas of wild blackberries and bramble, with violets and white raspberries. The flavours are a little more savoury than the aromas, with spices, black licorice, and plums added to the berry elements. Decanting will open up the wine nicely.

Pair with: A good turkey burger topped with cranberry-maple sauce. Creamy roasted red pepper hummus with savoury crackers. Experiment with a feta cheese quiche with spinach, leeks, and roasted tomatoes on top.

Price: $44

Music pairing: Feels, Calvin Harris



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About the Author

As a kid, Shelley Boettcher often found herself in the back seat of a pick-up, exploring the back roads of the Okanagan Valley with her parents. They’d occasionally leave her and her brother in the car while they stopped at mysterious addresses to buy wine. They would emerge, clearly happy, as they stuck a box or a few bottles in the vehicle. Then they would continue on their journey.

But it wasn’t until a trip to Spain in 2000 that Shelley herself fell in love with wine. She came home from the holiday and promptly told her editor she wanted to become a wine writer.

And she did. 

An award-winning food and wine writer and editor, Shelley holds her master’s degree in journalism and her advanced WSET certification, as well as her level 2 International Sommelier Guild certification. A wine columnist for the Calgary Herald, she spent a decade as CBC Radio’s national syndicated wine columnist and she has written three books about wine, including two that were Canadian bestsellers. Her byline has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world, including the New York Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and Postmedia newspapers across Canada. 

Shelley has travelled throughout many of the world’s wine regions and countries, including Niagara, Oregon, Washington, California, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Australia, Germany, Argentina and the Republic of Georgia. A few years ago, she even tracked down and visited a winery in Denmark. 

Shelley has also served as a professional wine judge regionally and internationally, including the Okanagan Wine Festivals, Vinitaly and the Chianti Classico Consortium. For more than a decade, she has been a restaurant wine list judge for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, too. She still teases her parents for sparking her love for wine, especially BC wine.

And her favourite? Whatever she's drinking at the moment.

You can follow Shelley on Instagram @shelleyboettcher or Twitter at @shelley_wine. 

If you have a BC wine you’d like to suggest, email Shelley at [email protected] with the name of the wine and a short note about why you enjoyed it. 

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