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WINESPEAK: LA STELLA WINERY, LASTELLINA 2008
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Salt Tasting Room: Le Vieux Pin and LaStella Cellar Tasting October 27, 2009
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Outstanding in the Field
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North Shore News
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Confessions of a Winery Groupie, Part 1
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Monte Cristo Magazine September 2009 - Bare Essentials - Innovation at LaStella Winery
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The Costs of Youth, The Price of Quality: Building BC’s Wine Industry
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LaStella makes music in a glass
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A Taste of LaStella Wines
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WINESPEAK: La Stella Winery Lastellina 2008
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La Stella Maestoso Merlot, Okanagan Valley BC 2006 - 92 Points
Wine Scores Reviewed - May 14th, 2009 www.winescores.ca
Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada, the most important international wine competition in North America, took place from May 26th to 31st, 2009, at the Palace Royal Hotel. The jurors present at the event emphasized the outstanding quality of the competing products.
Maestoso Merlot 2006 (96 points) 1 of only 3 double gold’s and the only Canadian wine to win this honour.
Allegretto Merlot 2006 Silver medal
Lastellina Merlot Rosato 2008 Silver medal
2009 Best of Varietal Wine Awards
Okanagan Wine Festival
"Best of Class" Unoaked Chardonnay - Lastella Winery, Leggiero Unoaked Chardonnay
"Finalist" Blush/Rose - Lastella Winery, Lastellina Merlot Rosato
Old Wolrd Twist at La Stella - BC Wine Trainls, Spring 2009
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LaStella wins two medals at the Wine Access 2008 Canadian Wine Awards
The Wine Access 2008 Canadian Wine Awards saw a record 1000 entries from 5 provinces. 16 hand-picked judges representing 7 provinces blind-tasted their way through this selection, tasting each wine up to 4 different times. Finalists were tasted by all 16 judges who ultimately awarded 32 gold medals, 115 silver medals and 262 bronze medals
Results are as follows:
Gold Medal - LaStella 2006 Maestoso Merlot
Bronze Medal - LaStella 2007 Vivace Pinot Gris
La Stella - A Blend of Modernism with Elements of Tuscan Charm
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Lastella Winery Joins Urban Diner
We are happy to announce that Lastella Winery from Osoyoos has joined the growing Urban Diner community.
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'LaStella' opens as Osoyoos' newest Winery
Osoyoos' newest winery has been open for just over a month, but it's already attracting a lot of attention. LaStella Winery, owned by Enotecca Winery & Resorts, threw open the doors of its brand-new Tuscany-style facility on May 1 – and Wine Shop Manager Trena Kraft tells Destination Osoyoos that while it's not wide open yet for unscheduled wine tours, the winery is beginning to sell wine and is hosting increasing numbers of people for tastings.
Word is getting out about LaStella, which is located near Lake Osoyoos on the west side, just off 148th Avenue. This summer's edition of Wine Trails magazine includes an article describing the winery and its liquid fare, along with General Manager Anthony Buree. The article notes that LaStella's impressive architecture – including the main building with tower, a patio, wine shop and tasting room – features Venetian hand-blown light fixtures, Italian herringbone tile, and antique furniture. Wine Trails calls it "one of the prettiest wineries in the Valley".
Wines already available include Vivace (a Pinot Grigio), La Stellina (a Merlot rosé), and Allegretto (a Merlot). LaStella's flagship wine, Maestoso (a Merlot), will be available starting this fall. LaStella Winery can be reached at (250) 495-8180.
Best Kept Secrets of the Okanagan
Tiny new LaStella Winery (the sister winery of Le Vieux Pin, whose name means "Star" in Italian) barely has a door hinged on to its entrance yet, but even so, there are some amazing pieces of hardware currently being installed inside, including hand-blown Venetian glass light fixtures and a rare blue granite bar top that fairly glows with its satiny natural hue of navy blue. The wines are looking to be as selectively hand crafted. A complex berry-packed Cabernet Sauvignon named "La Sophia" with its intriguing but not unpleasant top note of fabric softener and fine, tight tannins on the back end, should be one of the more interesting first bottlings out of La Stella's cellar. There are other surprises in store as well, but if we tell you, the owners will have to kill us.
Stalking vineyard enemy No. 1
By Alexandra Gill - The Globe and Mail
Vineyard enemy No. 1 is the European starling, a non-native bird that travels in flocks of thousands. During harvest, they descend in doomsday-like clouds to feast on the fast-ripening grapes that are just now reaching their full sugar potential for making wine.
Falcons are the best way to control the starlings because they're natural predators," says Erich Jaster, vineyard foreman at Le Vieux Pin (and Lastella), a boutique winery in the South Okanagan now on its fourth vintage.
In Le Vieux Pin's first year, vineyard manager Harold Gaudy tried using cannons, but says the noise pollution weakened the nearby plants.
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