Noble Ridge sparkling, The Fizzy One

Noble Ridge The Fizzy One

Allison Markin - May 2, 2021 / 4:00 am | Story: 332677

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Wine: The Fizzy One (sparkling), non-vintage

Winery: Noble Ridge, Okanagan Falls

Why drink it? Frizzante often goes hand-in-hand with fun. A blend of Viognier and Pinot Gris, skin contact with the latter provides a light and delicate peachy hue in the bottle. Pink grapefruit dominates the aromas, along with ripe stone fruits and fresh orchard blossoms. The palate is a pleasant and refreshing mix of rhubarb pie and gooseberries, and bright citrus on the finish. The winery's The One bubbly is for a serious celebration, think engagement party. The Fizzy One is for the next day when you still want to celebrate, but are sitting around gossiping in comfy jeans.

Pair with: Your favourite takeout salmon or tuna poke bowl, veggie or shrimp Pad Thai, a variety of tempura. Great with gourmet pulled pork perogies, followed by a rare dessert of a strawberry and sparkling wine flavoured white chocolate Kit Kat bar.

Price: $22

Music pairing: Edgar's Prayer, Jamie Dornan and Amy Keys (movie soundtrack: Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar)

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About the Author

As a kid, Shelley Boettcher often found herself in the back seat of a pick-up, exploring the back roads of the Okanagan Valley with her parents. They’d occasionally leave her and her brother in the car while they stopped at mysterious addresses to buy wine. They would emerge, clearly happy, as they stuck a box or a few bottles in the vehicle. Then they would continue on their journey.

But it wasn’t until a trip to Spain in 2000 that Shelley herself fell in love with wine. She came home from the holiday and promptly told her editor she wanted to become a wine writer.

And she did.

An award-winning food and wine writer and editor, Shelley holds her master’s degree in journalism and her advanced WSET certification, as well as her level 2 International Sommelier Guild certification. A wine columnist for the Calgary Herald, she spent a decade as CBC Radio’s national syndicated wine columnist and she has written three books about wine, including two that were Canadian bestsellers. Her byline has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world, including the New York Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and Postmedia newspapers across Canada.

Shelley has travelled throughout many of the world’s wine regions and countries, including Niagara, Oregon, Washington, California, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Australia, Germany, Argentina and the Republic of Georgia. A few years ago, she even tracked down and visited a winery in Denmark.

Shelley has also served as a professional wine judge regionally and internationally, including the Okanagan Wine Festivals, Vinitaly and the Chianti Classico Consortium. For more than a decade, she has been a restaurant wine list judge for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, too. She still teases her parents for sparking her love for wine, especially BC wine.

And her favourite? Whatever she's drinking at the moment.

You can follow Shelley on Instagram @shelleyboettcher or Twitter at @shelley_wine.

If you have a BC wine you’d like to suggest, email Shelley at [email protected] with the name of the wine and a short note about why you enjoyed it.