2018 Liquidity Dividend

Allison Markin - Sep 26, 2021 / 4:00 am | Story: 346811

Photo: Contributed

Wine: Dividend, 2018 (red blend)

Winery: Liquidity, Okanagan Falls

Why drink it? A blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot, the name of this bold red reflects the winery’s finance-themed name. Take some time with this wine to try identify the aromas and flavours from each grape. Blackberry and dark currants on the nose, coupled with some dark chocolate, and pencil shavings if you rest the wine in a glass, then give it a good swirl. Black fruits come through on the palate, some earthiness and vanilla are expressed thanks to French oak treatment. Full bodied and a bit bold, the finish is rich. Another year or two and the tannins will relax just enough.

Pair with: A meatier dish on a cool day. Steak, almost any lamb dish, even a good, hearty meat pie or a thick stew. A mix of bold cheeses as an appetizer or snack, both hard and soft. For fun, gather dark (not milk), chocolate of varying intensities and see which pairs best.

Price: $35

Music pairing: Taking Care of Business, Bachman Turner Overdrive

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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.