Adega 2022 Cabernet Franc

Great wine to ring in 2026

Shelley Boettcher - Jan 4, 2026 / 4:00 am | Story: 591731

Photo: Contributed

Wine: Adega 2022 Cabernet Franc

Winery: Adega on 45th Estate Winery

Why drink it? Start the New Year off with some great Canadian wine. Maria Nunes and her brother Fred Farinha began Adega on their family’s farm in 2011. It was bought by the group that owns Gate 22 Winery in early 2025. Located on the edge of Osoyoos, as you’re heading toward Spirit Ridge, it’s a charming spot to visit, with many good things to taste.

Take this big but balanced Cabernet Franc, for instance. It’s a classic B.C. Cabernet Franc, with layers of juicy blackberry, raspberry and dark chocolate flavours and aromas, plus hints of pepper and dry sage, and a finish that goes on and on.

It’s also worth noting that it’s a 2022, which was a brilliant vintage throughout the valley. Although the photo shows a cork closure, it’s now under screwcap to guarantee freshness.

Pair with: Sticky ribs, a burger or lamb kebabs.

Price: $33

Music pairing: Paradise by Sade

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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.