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Episode 8 Show Notes Wine of the Week Jan 17-23, 2012: Pentage 2006 Barrel Femented Chardonnay This wine exhibits both the beauty and ugly side of the BC wine industry. The fact is that our local home grown industry is tiny in relation to California, South America or Europe. In fact I believe that the annual production in the tiny Italian region of Umbria more than doubles that of BC. So when there is a great vintage and a particular stellar wine from that vintage, demand is not restricted to our borders. The 2006 was by all accounts a great vintage for BC. You could go up and down the entire valley and find mind blowing wines. One in particular was found in the small winery on the Skaha Bench located just south of Penticton by the name of Pentage. The Pentage 2006 Barrell Fermented Chardonnay had gained some serious fans in Ontario and Quebec so much so that a request to ship to Quebec was made. You know the old saying as one door closes another opens, that is a perfect saying for this wine. For whatever reason this wine found its way back to BC and the Pentage winery. There isn’t a lot of space at the winery so the winery called a few partners and offered a great price to move the wine out of their warehouse to make room for this years wines. Fortunately we were lucky enough to jump on board and get 20 or so cases. The nose is rich and alluring with the aromas of baked apple, nutmeg and vanilla, while the palate bursts with fresh delicious apples, Bartlett pears and honeydew melons. This may all sound divine but the real magic, and why this wine could be fairly priced at $20 or higher, is the texture. This wine has not lost a beat. It is at once fresh with acidity but there are no harsh edges and a slight creamy-ness that is truly delightful. Get it while you can as this is a one time buy meaning that once it is gone there will be no more available to the market. BANG FOR THE BUCK SCORE: 8.15/$1 PRICE $14.99 +deposit PAIR WITH prawns and local crab, grilled chicken or roasted pork tenderloin with citrus salsa, fresh veggies and goat cheese. OCCASIONS Pot Lucks, Comfort food dinners, Casual get togethers . AVAILABILITY Only available in Private Liquor Stores on in very small quantities TASTE this wine at all 5 Liquor Plus locations on Saturday Jan. 21, 2012 from 3-5pm Liquor Plus Radio is hosted and Produced by Rod Phillips with technical assistance from Steve Jobs (RIP) via GarageBand, Mike & Cheryl DeWolfe and Mike Vardy. You can subscribe to Liquor Plus Radio by either going to our website www.liquorplus.ca clicking on View Community, then the LP Blog, and subscribing by RSS, Or you can subscribe through iTunes or at www.BluBrry .com. Liquor Plus Radio is sponsored by Liquor Plus. Liquor Plus has 5 Island Owned and Island Operated full service locations to serve you better. Liquor Plus Discover the Plus As always please let us know what you think as we know we can improve but need feedback to do that right. That’s all for now so take it easy and drink responsibly so we can all improve our quality of life… one sip at a time.