Almost four months ago I moved to the Okanagan to immerse myself in wine country and see the ups and downs of the 2010 vintage intimately. Turns out I could of just followed along on Twitter!
Rob Van Westen of Van Westen Vineyards was so excited about veraison occurring in his Pinot Noir block today, that he’s going to post a photo of it daily on his @winegrower99 handle. Further south in the valley, winemaker Sandra Oldfield of Tinhorn Creek has been maintaining a #ChardyTuesday hashtag so people can keep tabs on her Row 1 Vine 3 Chardonnay grapes.
Rob’s Pinot photo is the one on the top left , Sandra’s Chardonnay photo from today is the one on the right.
I love this, and think it would be great to see more winemakers doing it!
While we’re talking BC wine and Twitter, the judging for the Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards is going on in Penticton right now, and you can follow how things are going by keeping up-to-date with the #CWA10 hashtag.
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August 17th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Hey guys,
While I am not a wine grower, I did used to work as a photographer and I’ve been documenting the growing season with monthly instalments on my blog at Winecountrybc.ca It isn’t the same vine every time, but more of a big picture thing. I’d love more wine makers to do this kind of thing more often too. Very interesting stuff. Anyways, love your blog, keep it up! Cheers!
Luke