Media and Accolades

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July 12, 2010
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Painted Rock Estate Winery's 2007 Red Icon and 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon win 2010 Lieutenant Governor's Award for Excellence In BC Wines!
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July 11, 2010
John Schriener on wine - Lieutenant Governor's 2010 wine excellence winners
Ten wineries emerged as winners in this year's competition for the Lieutenant Governor's Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines with Painted Rock winning two of them...
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June 30, 2010
Wine Garage TV hosted by Mike Nierychlo
Painted Rock Winery's John Skinner stops by the Wine Garage!
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May 25, 2010
John Schriener on wine - A preview of Painted Rock's 2008 Red Icon
The first wines released last fall by Painted Rock Estate Winery - reds from 2007, a Chardonnay from 2008 - were widely acclaimed by restaurateurs and wine critics...
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April 30, 2010
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Painted Rock Estate Winery awarded "Best of Varietal, Merlot" at the 2010 Okanagan Spring Wine Festival along with finalist awards for all its other wines.
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November 17, 2009
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Painted Rock Estate Winery gets scores of 90 Points and above from Natalie MacLean.
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Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drink Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. Natalie is also the author of Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass. For more details on this book and to sign up for the newsletter, visit www.nataliemaclean.com

October 22, 2009
John Schriener on wine - Painted Rock makes a strong debut...
Read John Schriener's latest article on Painted Rock.
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October 13, 2009
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Painted Rock Estate Winery awarded 'Best New Winery' at 2009 Okanagan Fall Wine Festival
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October 11, 2009
Okanagan Fall 2009 Wine Festival
Okanagan Fall Wine Judging Competition results announced. Record entries create industry buzz and judges award 25 gold medals
Painted Rock chosen Best New Winery
Okanagan Wine Festivals

October 03, 2009
The Vancouver Sun
BC Wine of the Week - Painted Rock Red Icon 2007. Look for a big spicy, peppery, blackcherry nose with cassis, barnyard, mocha and vanilla aromas...
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September 06, 2009
Tasting Notes by Anthony Gismondi
2008 Painted Rock Chardonnay
2007 Painted Rock Merlot
2007 Painted Rock Syrah
2007 Painted Rock Cabernet Sauvignon
2007 Painted Rock Red Icon