Blasted Church-
Story: when the town needed a church, they decided to move one in from a nearby dead mining town. The story goes that they figured the easiest way was to blow the church to smithereens with dynamite. They called in a local demolition man “hatfield”(hence their blend, hatfields fuse) who blew it up, then they carried it miles to the next town. They have my vote for the best marketing in the entire okanagan, their bottles are beautiful, tell an interesting story, and now the local puppet maker has made them little models of the entire story for their bottles. The winery itself is also amazing, pool included. We spoke with the daughter of the owners here as well, and she was well educated about the wines and the story. There is also a good tale of a marketing genius, because when the owners bought this winery it was called some illegible name like “prnken hill”, they hired a redesigner, who promptly found a local story about the nearby church, relabeled the winery and more than quadrupled wine sales.
Wines:
Hatfield's Fuse- a wicked blend and a nice wine. I feel like I shouldn't be rating this winery because I like the labeling so much that even if the wines were shit I'd try and get you to buy them. But seriously the wines are really good and I encourage their purchase and consumption. Please party responsibly.
Syrah- Oddly I got lots of vanilla all over this wine, from nose to palate that's all I got, not complaining, just lots of vanilla.
Gewurz- Quaffable on a summer patio.
I again tried some other stuff but neglected to take tasting notes. I seriously would wear a shirt designed by whoever makes the labels for this winery. Even their sign is wicked cool.
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