News from the winery
Watch us on YouTube! (June 30th 2010)
On May 18th 2010 we bottled our white wines from the 2009 vintage. Armand Foisy, our vineyard manager, while working hard on the bottling line, saw some time to shoot a video.
More recently Shaw TV came out to shoot a short segment on Lillooet. We were featured in this segment.
Fort Berens Estate Winery Secures Financial Backing (May 30th 2010)
Fort Berens Estate Winery today announced that it has attracted the venture capital necessary to accelerate its business plans and build a new winery facility located in Lillooet, British Columbia. With the new funding, Fort Berens will commence construction of a new wine making operation and shop on its property to produce and sell wines from grapes grown on the winery’s initial twenty acre vineyard. The first crop of grapes is expected in the fall of 2011.
2009 Chardonnay released (May 25th 2010)
This wine made from premium Chardonnay grapes from the Black Sage Vineyard in the Okanagan, is our first wine made in Lillooet. The wine was fermented at a low temperature to retain most of the acids. It is a fruit forward wine with nice aromas of pineapple, white peach and a hint of oak. Enjoy this wine with salmon, chicken or pasta. Currently available at the winery and soon at restaurants and wine stores.
2007 Meritage wins Silver at the All Canadian Wine Championships (May 25th 2010)
We are very encouraged with this award while we work towards our own hand crafted wines from Lillooet. We want to thank everyone who has helped on this achievement.
We have a limited quantity of this (now award winning) wine left. Our Meritage is a blend of 80% merlot, 15% cabernet sauvignon and 5% cabernet franc. This wine aged for 22 months in French and American oak barrels. Enjoy it with BBQ steak, roast beef or aged cheeses. We have just bottled the Meritage 2008, which will be released in a couple of months.
Links to news stories about Fort Berens Estate Winery
July 1st 2010: Pique News Magazine
May 21 2010: Lillooet News
May 3 2010: Lillooet News
Nov 25 2009: Pique News Magazine
Oct 14 2009: Lillooet News
May 20 2009: Lillooet News
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