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Isabella’s Poke • Pinot Gris ‘08
Golden Mile Bench
As the story goes, Isabella with her Scottish brogue and perfect Golden Mile-wide smile, became an overnight sensation with the miners and wranglers in Fairview, the mining townsite above present-day Oliver. Like our Pinot Gris, she tinkled the ivories with a light fruity air and her freckled nose hinted of pear, vanilla, the skin of new peaches and a little honeysuckle. We know all about that pleasant mouthfeel.
And Isabella liked nothing better than to share the poke of a miner from Veneto. She was, after all saving her gold to plant a small vineyard. In turn he taught her how well Pinot Gris paired with seafood and light creamy pastas while still allowing her to lace up that corset before making the grand entrance at the Big TeePee.
Rustico (rus.tic) “simplicity and charm considered typical of the countryside • a rustic country setting, country, pastoral • architecture with rough-hewn or roughened surface, deeply sunk joints”
Toasting the ranching, mining and farming history of Oliver and Osoyoos in the South Okanagan, Rustico Farm & Cellars is ideally located on a southwest corner of the famous Golden Mile Bench. Our old-vines (many 45+ yrs.) enjoy a premier text-book terroir allowing for the creation of a most unique boutique winery portfolio.
Come visit and enjoy Rustico’s heritage sod-roofed, hand-hewn log farmhouse and share the ambience of our antique-filled, old-barn-like tasting room, picnic and shaded gardens offering sweeping vistas over hundreds of acres of neighboring vineyards. Some say we’re Canada’s most romantic winery!
And yes… every drop is 100% pure Canadian wine from the South Okanagan.
