A fresh everyday white with aromas of pear and bright citrus, honeysuckle and guava. There is a kiss of sweetness in the mouth with flavours of stone fruits, sweet spice and vanilla. Nicely weighted on the palate, very approachable. It is an easy-drinking and tasty white for chicken, seafood or smoky/earthy mushroom or smoked cheese.
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Wine Diva reviewed - May 15th, 2013

Perseus is named for the constellation Perseus, a mythical Greek warrior found in the northern sky.
The wines for this new Penticton-based winery are made by consulting winemaker, Tom DiBello.
It’s a wonderfully clean and refreshing style. Pretty spring blossoms aromas tango with honey and pear and exotic citrus. Crisp and juicy best describes the palate - it has a lovely purity of fruit and a bright finish that will partner well with salmon, crab cakes or washed rind cheeses.
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Wine Diva reviewed - April 29th, 2013

Expect classic Cabernet aromas here - black currents, grilled plums, brown spices with graphite, leather, smoked bacon and roasted bell peppers. A solid style with attractive cassis flavours layered with plum, leather, bittersweet cocoa and succulent spice. Very nice balance of fruit/tannins/acidity.
Think savoury and hearty cuisine - it's a wine for grilled meat, rack of lamb, crumbly hard cheeses or lentils with wild herbs and mushrooms.
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Wine Diva reviewed - March 28th, 2013

Charm and Old World typicity, this attractively priced (and organic) Pinot offers aromas of smoke, sour cherry, raspberry and beets greens atop sweet spices, saddle leather, anise and *sauvage aromas. The palate is silky with chalky tannins throughout. Juicy cherry and berry flavours finalize in bittersweet cocoa and fine spice. Nice restraint - chic.

Drink now or cellar up to 2016.
*wild/meaty or gamy and compost/forest floor notes.
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Wine Diva reviewed - March 19th, 2013

Ripe cherry and raspberry aromas, sweet and peppery spices, beet greens and leather atop forest floor. It's not a wimpy Pinot, it has good power and substance with gobs of sweet fruit layered with spice and savoury flavours. Silky and juicy in the mouth.
A wine for fattier cuts of meat, salmon or mushroom wellington.
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Wine Diva reviewed - March 19th, 2013

Made from 100% Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) in the charmat (or bulk) method, this Italian bubbly smells of summer berries . Expect red currents and strawberries with forest floor, fine spice and the mere suggestion of violets. It has a mouth-filling mousse with medium-sized bubbles. The palate follows the nose; it's earthy and toasty with red fruit and a hint of blood orange underneath.
A fairly simple style, good for appetizers, fried fish, soft cheeses or mushroom polenta.
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Wine Diva reviewed - March 19th, 2013

There is no restraint in this potent Pinot. Expect aromas of cherry and black raspberry, spiced dark cocoa and wild herbs with earthy, fresh turned soil undertones. The palate is smooth and quite plush with dark berry, cherry, toasted oak and spiced cocoa trailing on the finish.
A Pinot Noir for lamb, grilled portobello mushrooms, duck or beet risotto.
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Wine Diva reviewed - March 7th, 2013

Here's a tasty and quite satisfying Merlot, which offers black plum, black cherries and chocolate, vanilla and sweet spice notes - very plush and ripe on the nose. The palate has an earthy quality; flavours of dusty plums and cherry are layered with a good dose of cocoa. It still has some good grip on the finish and bittersweet chocolate flavours linger.
Pair with a wheel of Camembert and crusty bread, grilled meats or hearty mushroom pastas.
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Wine Diva reviewed - March 6th, 2013

Lake Breeze's Seven Poplars Pinot offers fresh berry and red cherry aromas, vanilla, crushed purple flowers and faint earthy/forest floor undertones. The palate is smooth with sweet spice and juicy fruit, cocoa and cedar. Nice acidity here. A delicate style suited to fish and creamy mushroom risotto or creamy cheeses or a classic BLT.
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Wine Diva reviewed - February 8th, 2013

This southern red blend of Syrah, Grenache and Carignan leads with chocolate and briary berries, then rolls into wild herbs (garrigue), spice and savoury undertones. It's quite an earthy wine with spice and bitter chocolate flavours that trail across the finish. A solid dinner red with good balance.
Pair with duck breast, lamb roasts, cheese, hearty stews.
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Wine Diva reviewed - February 6th, 2013