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2019 Inniskillin Okanagan Estate Riesling

Inniskillin Riesling

Wine: Okanagan Estate Riesling, 2019

Winery: Inniskillin

Why drink it? Riesling can run the gamut from dry to sweet, and the winery’s ice wine version is always a stunner. What to expect from the table version? A balance between fruit forward notes and drying acidity, with a hint of sweetness. The aromas mix a bit of typical Riesling petrol with apricots and ripe peaches right off the orchard. The flavours begin with lime and grapefruit citrus elements for some fresh acidity, then ease into some green melon. The finish is longer than expected as the citrus blends some crispness with a touch of residual sugar.

Pair with: Go slightly retro with melon slices wrapped in prosciutto, or a fruit salad for an afternoon snack with a glass of wine. A slightly sweet BBQ chicken pizza will do for takeout one evening, as will almost any flavour of chicken wings.

Price: $13

Music pairing: Wastin’ Gas, Dallas Smith



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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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