Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The scenery is beautiful--is the wine a good value for money though? On our recent trip to the Napa Valley, we found that the wines were pleasant enough but cost 2-3 times as much as Spanish wine of similar quality. We did buy a few bottles to take home, but frankly speaking, it was more as a souvenir--we certainly would not have bought those wines at those prices at home, proving that money always sits looser in one's pocket when on holiday. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Oct 4, 2012, at 6:37 AM, H&E Cummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > On our way back from Calgary we stopped to visit friends in Kelowna and > went wine tasting at several vineyards. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okanagan_Valley_(wine) > > BC wine has come a long way from my teenage years more than 50 years ago > when "Kelowna Red" was a sure > recipe for a hangover the next day. Most of the best wine is produced in > small vineyards without sufficient > volume to be sold through the BC liquor stores so you need to go to the > tasting rooms to taste and to buy. > > Here we are tasting in the Meyer's Family tasting room: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/YCPCHCw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/bq2do5k > > Here is the aptly named Blue Mountain Vineyard. It was surrounded by an > electric fence and in my quest for a good picture > I inadvertently touched the fence and the trip wire. The jolt stopped my > standard heart arrhythmia on contact and did no harm to the camera, > the Fuji X Pro 1. I only saw the yellow electrified danger signs > afterwards so intent was I on the photo. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/BluMtnVinyardW.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/95udvrz > > And within walking distance of our friends' house is the Mission Hill > winery and vineyards - one of BC's biggest and sold > everywhere because of the large volume produced. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/MissionHillW.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/d5v8djc > > We carried three cases in the car back to Pender - two for immediate > drinking and one for putting down for a few years. > > C&C always welcome > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >