The Glass House Estate of British Columbia

The Glass House Estate is one of the best wineries to follow in British Columbia.. It offers 21 wines for sale in of British Columbia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Glass House Estate wines in British Columbia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Glass House Estate wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Glass House Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Glass House Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of pot-au-feu, original mafé with okra or whiskey paupiettes.
On the nose the red wine of Glass House Estate. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Canada's west-coast benchmark, wine heartland in the Okanagan Valley. Semi-desert continental climate, marked temperature swings: signature Pinot Gris (pear, honey, spice, round palate), fresh, fine Pinot Noir (cherry, undergrowth), precise Chardonnay and taut Riesling in the north. Hot south for dense Cabernet Sauvignon, round Merlot and peppery Syrah. Also exceptional Icewine (Vidal, Riesling).
8 VQAs including Okanagan and Vancouver Island. ~4,000 ha.
How Glass House Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of jambalaya (louisiana), baked whole salmon or summer tuna quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Glass House Estate. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.
Full-bodied, exotic whites, rich and heady, with moderate acidity, showing opulent aromas of lychee, rose, mango, ginger, pink grapefruit and gentle spice. Made as aromatic dry, moelleux late-harvest and liquorous sélection de grains nobles. Star of Alsace AOC (one of the four noble varieties) and signature of Alto Adige (Tramin), Palatinate and Germany. A pink mutation of Traminer.
How Glass House Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, fried rice with shrimp and chicken or potato cakes.
Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).
How Glass House Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Aromatic, fresh dry whites with a pale hue, a supple palate and preserved acidity, with delicate notes of light muscat, citrus, white flowers, apple and florals. Thirst-quenching, drink young. Very early-ripening variety suited to northern climates: a quiet star of modern English wines, also grown in the Pacific Northwest and Anjou. Hybrid created in 1857 by Moreau-Robert in Anjou (madeleine royale × précoce de Malingre).
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Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.