Jancis writes Arnica works in the small BC wine industry and most of the producers mentioned in this article are her good friends. Kalala, Roche, Winemaker's Cut and Sperling are, or have been, her clients. Rhys Pender MW from Little Farm Winery and Jordan Kubek from Lightning Rock are subcontractors to her consulting business. But I asked her to write the introduction to my tasting notes because she knows the sources of the wines...
A suitcase of BC bottles
Jancis Robinson
& Guest contributor
Thursday 28 April 2022
Arnica Rowan tells the tale of how she satisfied Jancis’s curiosity about some favourite western Canadian wines. See also today's Throwback Thursday, also by Arnica.
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