The Farm wines

The Farm Chardonnay 2020 (Twenty Mile Bench, $25): Bright, light straw in colour; toasty, spicy, apple bouquet; medium-bodied, dry, apple and peach flavours with a nutty finish. Beautifully balanced with lemony acidity. (90)

The Farm Pinot Noir 2020 ($27): Medium ruby colour; lifted raspberry nose with oak spice; medium-bodied, dry, lean and sinewy, raspberry and sour cherry flavour. Volnay-style. (90)

The Farm Pinot Noir Neudorf Vineyard 2019 ($55): Ruby with a tawny hue; raspberry nose with tealeaf and tobacco notes; medium-bodied, dry, elegant, well-balanced, nicely integrated oak. Lovely mouth-feel. (91)

The Farm Pinot Noir Mason Vineyard 2019 ($50): Ruby with a tawny hue; raspberry nose with oak spice; medium-bodied, dry; richer mouth-feel than the Neudorf and a shade deeper in colour; black raspberry flavour. Great length. (92)

Lakeside Cellars wines

Lakeside Cellars’ Lakeshore vineyard is perched on the east shore of Lake Osoyoos in the southern Okanagan Valley.

Lakeside Cellars Bubbles 2021: Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc under crown cap. Pale straw colour; frothy (“forced carbonation”), slightly grassy nose of green plums; light-bodied, crisply dry with green apple and grapefruit flavour, finishing on a saline note. (88.5)

Lakeside Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2021: Pale straw colour; grassy, green plum nose; medium-bodied, crisply dry; grapefruit and passionfruit flavours carried on zesty acidity. (91)

Lakeside Cellars Portage White 2021: A blend of 53% Sauvignon Blanc 16% Pinot Gris and 31% unoaked Chardonnay. Light straw colour; spicy, leesy, apple and grapefruit bouquet; medium-bodied, dry; flavourful, green peach and grapefruit flavours; beautifully balanced. (90)

Lakeside Cellars Rosé 2021: 100% Cinsault. Pale salmon pink in colour; lightly floral, redcurrant bouquet; medium-bodied, dry, ripe red berry fruit flavours with zesty acidity, finishing on a saline note. (90)

Lakeside Cellars Portage Red 2018: A blend of 43% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Franc, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon. Opaque purple in colour; cedary, toasty, smoky nose of black plum with oak spice; medium to full-bodied, dry, oaky, plum and blackberry flavours with ripe tannins and lively acidity. (88.5)

Lakeside Cellars Cabernet Franc 2018 (Golden Mile Bench, southwest Oliver): Dense purple in colour; cedary, toasty, spicy, earthy-herbal nose with vanilla oak notes; medium to full-bodied, dry, with savoury, red pepper, red plum and redcurrant flavours and mellow tannins. (89)