Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-27th-2017-4th-annual-bc-pinot-noir-celebration%2F&linkname=May%2027th%2C%202017%20%E2%80%93%20%E2%80%9C4th%20Annual%20BC%20Pinot%20Noir%20Celebration%E2%80%9D" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-27th-2017-4th-annual-bc-pinot-noir-celebration%2F&linkname=May%2027th%2C%202017%20%E2%80%93%20%E2%80%9C4th%20Annual%20BC%20Pinot%20Noir%20Celebration%E2%80%9D" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-27th-2017-4th-annual-bc-pinot-noir-celebration%2F&title=May%2027th%2C%202017%20%E2%80%93%20%E2%80%9C4th%20Annual%20BC%20Pinot%20Noir%20Celebration%E2%80%9D"></a><br> <br> The SHOW<br> Without-a-doubt one of the most anticipated wine events of this summer is the 4th Annual BC Pinot Noir Celebration to be held at the beautiful Linden Gardens in Kaleden, just South of Penticton. Saturday August 19th. A one day event from 3-10PM.<br> <br> <br> They have room fir 350 guests and are expecting 34 BC wineries.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ALL pouring their best Pinot Noir. With food from Joy Road Catering,<br> Mike Bernardo from Vij’s group, Matt Batey (formerly from Mission Hill now The Nash in Calgary) and Alex Sielmann from Frog City Cafe. Its a celebration because BC is showing signs of becoming a Pinot destination. For example they poured 13 Pinot noir year one, 16 in year two, 26 in year three and 34 this year.<br> <br> Guests today include Vikram Vij, JAK Meyer (Meyer Family Vineyards) David Patterson (Tantalus). Kurtis Kolt (Georgia Straight) Mike Bernardo (Vij’s Group)<br> Make your plans and check the link. <a href="http://www.bcpinotnoir.ca">bcpinotnoir.ca</a><br> <br> <br> Jane Ferrari- Yalumba<br> <br> <br> When pressed, Jane describes herself as the Yalumba storyteller and what a story she brings this time.<br><br> Jane will introduce all of us to The Caley. Its not often I’ll bring you the story of a $500 bottle of wine but this wine is very special.<br> It`s The Caley.<br> <br> Fred Caley Smith was a man in possession of green thumbs, inquisitive eyes and tired feet.<br> In 1893 he set out on a two-year journey that would take him through Europe, North America, the Middle East and Indian subcontinent in search of new markets for the wines and canned fruits produced at the Barossa estate established by his grandfather and still known today as Yalumba.<br> Fred’s pen was perceptive and prolific, but even more valuable than his journalism are the letters he sent home at a rate of one every couple of days for the entirety of his trip.<br> The letters tell tales of how the wines of colonial Australia were finding their way in the world, of the latest developments in horticultural practice and how a thoughtful and curious young man engaged with a world that couldn’t have been more different from the small Barossa town of Angaston to which they were sent.<br> They were compiled, bound and stashed away in the family archive at Yalumba, where they gathered dust until they were recently called into service to help launch the most ambitious wine Yalumba has produced in its 168-year history.<br> The wine is called The Caley, not just in honour of the adventurous Fred but as a reference to the path Yalumba has travelled to this point and the direction in which it’s headed.<br> Australia’s oldest family-owned winery is many things,...
