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2019 Blasted Church Hatfield’s Fuse

2019 Hatfield’s Fuse

Wine: Hatfield’s Fuse, 2019 (white blend)

Winery: Blasted Church, Okanagan Falls

Why drink it? Exciting things are coming to Blasted Church. A blend of 11 different grapes grown across the southern most parts of the Okanagan Valley, each one harvested and cared for individually before congregating together in the bottle. The nose begins with a soft sermon of stone fruits, notably ripe peaches, before spiced floral notes move in. On the palate, lemon, lime and Granny Smith apple provide a fresh window to a mid-weight richness, and the finish is a balanced breeze of citrus and the tiniest bit of sweetness, reminiscent of candied lemon peel.

Pair with: A discussion about the “wax-wash-auto” label featuring a red-winged angel (a Seraphim?) guiding a horse through a car wash. Or maybe a creamy chicken pot pie, fettucine alfredo, or a cod or halibut burger with a spicy tartar sauce.

Price: $20

Music pairing: Car Wash, Rose Royce



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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. 

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