Medium, clear lemon-gold. Pineapple-petrol on the nose with just a hint of sweetness; tempting to say it’s got a sage quality that I recognize from the interior of British Columbia (I grew up in Kamloops; Joie is in the Okanagan valley). Nice balance of sweetness and acidity on the palette, with tropical fruit and stone fruit notes. Very good to excellent; Joie is fast becoming my favourite BC producer. About $27 at Kitsilano Wine Cellar.

Light lemon-gold appearance. A bit of sweetness on the nose with notes of petrol and grass. Fine sweetness on the palette with excellent acidity and a slate-mineral quality. Very good. About $33 at Kitsilano Wine Cellar. See Bassermann-Jordan.

Clear, deep gold colour. Oak-nut nose with hints of melon and grass. Dry, medium body with good acidity, but a slight disappointment on the palette. A little one dimensional, dominated by oak with citrus-pineapple notes. Nice finish. $25 at Kitsilano Wine Cellar. See Castle Rock Winery.

Clear, pale gold-silver appearance. Light oak vanilla nut nose. Lemon and green apple notes on the palette with just a tasteful hint of oak that lets the flavour dominate. Strong acidity and good length. A good wine, if a bit overpriced at $25, once more from Kitsilano Wine Cellar. See Olivier Leflaive.

Clear, medium gold appearance. Nose is slightly sweet with ripe fruits, along with slate and slight petrol qualities. Wonderful on the palette, with a great balance of sweetness and acidity, and complex stone fruit notes. Excellent. About $25 at Kitsilano Wine Cellar. See Balthasar Ress.

OK, I’m on a Riesling kick. Clear, medium lemon appearance. Subtle pineapple, hay, and slight honey on the nose. Slightly sweet, basic Riesling on the palette with perhaps too much of a yeasty quality; did a search and found tasting notes that suggest I may have got a slightly “off” bottle; had the same bubbles forming as mentioned in that review. Not complex or sophisticated but enjoyable enough. Good. See Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler. $20 at Marquis Wine Cellars.

My father bought me this bottle to celebrate the completion of a year at Vision Critical. Clear, medium lemon-gold appearance. Very nice pronounced slightly sweet grapefruit on the nose with a hint of earth or petrol. Complex sweet apple-honey characteristics on the palette: fruity with good body and good length with wonderful evolving flavours. Excellent. About $35 at Kitsilano Wine Cellars. See Scharzhof Wine.

Medium-gold appearance with a nice grapefruit-honey nose. Off-dry with balanced acidity and medium body. Grapefruit and apple with a bit of the grassy Riesling flavour. Very good. Just $18 at Kitsilano Wine Cellar. See Balthasar Ress.

I remember drinking a few bottles of Bonterra when I lived in the Bay Area in the late 1990s. The appeal was the organic grapes, but I remember thinking the wines came up a bit short. However, I’ve become a little more serious (dare I say sophisticated?) about tasting in the years since. This one has a clear, medium lemon-gold appearance and an appealing, clean, medium vanilla-butter nose with hints of oak and grass. Dry with good acidity and medium body. Tasteful oaking lets the flavour of the grapes shine, and as with organic produce it seems the flavour is more apparent or more real. Citrus, oak, and slightly nutty on the palate. Very good! About CDN$23.

Clear, pale, almost silver appearance. Clean, straightforward straw-floral nose. Dry, simple lychee palate with medium body and good length and finish. Very nice, especially for the price. Tinhorn Creek Winery.