Charme de L’Île
“It’s easy-breezy and fun. Wine doesn’t always have to be cerebral, age-worthy, complex.” –Chris Turyk
A Match Made in Paradise: Island Cheese and Sparkling Wine
The sun is shining and the bubbly is flowing—it must be patio season! Pair a glass of Vancouver Island sparkling wine with a variety of locally made cheeses for a perfect summer afternoon.
Island Cheesemakers
BoMé Cheese: Bomecheese.ca
Haltwhistle Cheese Company: haltwhistlecheese.com
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks: morningstarfarm.ca
Natural Pastures Cheese Company: naturalpastures.com
Paradise Island Foods Inc.: paradise-foods.com
Salt Spring Island Cheese Company: saltspringcheese.com
Island Sparkling Wine
40 Knots Winery: 40knotswinery.com
Beaufort Vineyard and Estate Winery: beaufortwines.ca
Blue Grouse Estate Winery: bluegrouse.ca
Cherry Point Estate Wines: cherrypointestatewines.com
Church and State Wines: churchandstatewines.com
Coastal Black Estate Winery: coastalblack.ca
Emandare Vineyard: emandarevineyard.com
Hornby Island Estate Winery: hornbywine.com
Invinity Sparkling Wine House: invinity.ca
Kutatás Wines: kutataswine.com
Rathjen Cellars: rathjencellars.com
Rocky Creek Winery: rockycreekwinery.ca
Venturi-Schulze Vineyards: venturischulze.com
Vigneti Zanatta: zanatta.ca
Charme de L’Île Bubbles:
Averill Creek Vineyard: averillcreek.ca
Enrico Winery: enricowinery.com
Salt Spring Vineyards: saltspringvineyards.com
Unsworth Vineyards: unsworthvineyards.com
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Island Biome
Cheesemakers are working with high-quality dairy from animals that have access to a great diet and expansive land—and love and respect from their farmers.