CedarCreek Riesling

Allison Markin - Mar 31, 2019 / 5:00 am | Story: 252841

Photo: Allison Markin

Wine: Riesling 2018

Winery: CedarCreek, Kelowna

Why drink it? A tiny portion of this bright Riesling was fermented in French Oak, giving it a nice, subtle roundness. This is a grape that needs some attention in the vineyard so the sugars and acidity are balanced, then the wine expresses its citrus notes mixed with hints of granite on the nose as this one does. If you’ve avoided Riesling because it’s too sweet, you’ll find this one a delightful option. “Juicy acidity”, as the winery describes, but with flavours of lime and fresh grapefruit, and a refreshing finish. It’ll be interesting to taste this wine in a year or two.

Price: $19

Pair with: Lends itself to almost anything spicy, as it will calm down the heat from hot curries, spicier dim sum, or chili chicken bites. Tempura with a hot dipping sauce of soy sauce, sesame oil and mirin. Or just chill a bottle and enjoy after a Saturday of setting up the patio for summer.

Music pairing: April Will Come, Simon & Garfunkel

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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.