Category Archives: TInhorn Creek

One Picture. Two Scraps of Paper.

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Sandra Oldfield

One Picture I took this picture of Tinhorn Creek employees on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 9:00AM. It was the hardest and the greatest picture I have ever taken. The shutter clicked just before I shared the news with them … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Sandra, TInhorn Creek | 43 Comments

How Happy is the Little Stone

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Sandra Oldfield

How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn’t care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, … Continue reading →

Posted in Grapes and Wine, Local, TInhorn Creek | Tagged British Columbia, dickinson, golden mile bench, Grapes, Oliver, stone, sub appellation, wine | 1 Comment

A Wee Return to Natural?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Sandra Oldfield

The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged – keep on – there are divine things, well envelop’d; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell. ~Walt Whitman The vineyard we … Continue reading →

Posted in Eco Sustainability, Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek | Tagged Chardonnay, draba verna, drip irrigation, grape, grapevine, irrigation, overhead irrigation, sagebrush, sustainability, Tinhorn Creek, vine, vineyard | 8 Comments

What’s a Good Day?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Sandra Oldfield

Been so long since I’ve blogged but I’ve given up the guilt many year ago, so onward and upward. Today I had a good day. What’s a good day for me? Well, I can tell you, days like this … Continue reading →

Posted in Grapes and Wine, Personal Sandra, TInhorn Creek | Tagged barrels, estate, Gewürztraminer, grabe, sabbatical, Tinhorn Creek, vineyard | 2 Comments

19th Time’s a Charm

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Sandra Oldfield

Today’s is the eve of my 19th vintage at Tinhorn Creek. Technically, it might be my 181/2 vintage since my husband brought in the grapes in 1994 when I was finishing my studies at UC Davis–but I was on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Grapes and Wine, Health and Safety, TInhorn Creek | Tagged 2012, Grapes, harvest, okanagan, Safety, vintage, weather, wine | 7 Comments

12 Gauge v. 12 Bottles

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Sandra Oldfield

As some of you may have heard by now, I have been involved in the FreeMyGrapes fight to get Canadians access to Canadian wines. To that end, I purchased a 12 gauge shotgun online from Saskatchewan last week to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek | Tagged BC, C311, canada post, freemygrapes, ILLA, wine | 8 Comments

#CabFrancTuesday #West and #East

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Sandra Oldfield

In 2010 I followed ONE Chardonnay vine in front of my home for the entire growing season (April until harvest in Fall). I called it #ChardyTuesday because once a week on Tuesday I would tweet the progress I had seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek | Tagged 2012, cabernet, cabernet franc, CabFrancTuesday, clusters, franc, Grapes, niagara, niagara-on-the-lake, okanagan, Tinhorn, Tinhorn Creek, vine, vineland, vines, vintage | 2 Comments

The F-ing Bird

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Sandra Oldfield

I am trying to find balance. Balance between running a business and the idea of being a steward of the land it sits on. Recently, I am fighting a war against nature…specifically the Northern Flicker. It’s a bird. More specifically … Continue reading →

Posted in Eco Sustainability, Grapes and Wine, Local, TInhorn Creek | Tagged barrel, barrel cellar, bird, flicker, northern flicker, okanagan, stucco, Tinhorn, Tinhorn Creek, wine, winery | 19 Comments

Agriculture Water not an Essential Service?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Sandra Oldfield

>>UPDATE: April 9, 2012 the water flowed!! << Let’s start with some facts: We grow grapes We live in a desert–less than 10 inches average of precipitation per year Grapes need a minimum of 20 inches of precipitation minimum to … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek | Tagged essential service, farmer, Grapes, irrigation, vines, vineyards, water | 2 Comments

BCWineChat is Born

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Sandra Oldfield

A spirited conversation on twitter last week about sub appellations in the British Columbia wine industry was the kick off for a new one hour weekly chat on twitter called BCWineChat. The chat, hosted under the twitter hashtag #BCWineChat, is held … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek | Tagged BC, BCWineChat, British Columbia, canada, Canadian, chat, CoverItLive, Grapes, restaurants, retailer, vineyard, wine, winegrapes, winery | 4 Comments

2012 Concert Series Finalized

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Sandra Oldfield

The bands for the 2012 Canadian Concert Series have been finalized this week and it should be quite a rip-roaring time to be had by all. The bands are all from right here in British Columbia. Here’s a taste of each … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, TInhorn Creek | Tagged acres of lions, canada, Canadian, concert, concert series, dancing, redeye empire, said the whale, the boom booms, Tinhorn, Tinhorn Creek, wine | Leave a comment

Close to Home

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Sandra Oldfield

I returned home from the grocery store and decided to head right back out with my camera. The snow had fallen two nights ago and I knew I did not have to venture too far off our hill to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Eco Sustainability, Local, TInhorn Creek | Tagged antelope bush, haystack, land conservancy of BC, ponderosa pine, poplars, smooth sumac, snow, south okanagan, Tinhorn Creek | 7 Comments

Dance this Mess Around

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Sandra Oldfield

I am looking for your ideas for a band for our end of season concert next year (September 2012). If you have been to our concerts before then I do not need to explain to you how seriously fun they … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, TInhorn Creek | Tagged bands, canada, Canadian, concert, dance, music, Tinhorn Creek | 9 Comments

#getabackbone

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Sandra Oldfield

Vineyard Manager Andrew Moon extolling the virtues of Cabernet Franc. For all you Tinhorn Creek Cabernet Franc fans out there, you “get it” already.

Posted in Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek | Tagged Andrew Moon, BC, cab franc, cabernet franc, Grapes, Tinhorn, Tinhorn Creek, vineyard, wine | 9 Comments

Moving Day

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Sandra Oldfield

I am moving to a new office building. I have been living in “the hole” (lab/shared office/cellar command centre) since 1996. 15 years of no windows (unless you count the Bill Gates kind), a door you have to close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Sandra, TInhorn Creek | Tagged martini, moving, Office, wine, winery | 7 Comments

#ChardyTuesday in the Rear View Mirror

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Sandra Oldfield

In April 2010 I started a twitter account and fell in love with the immediacy of it and the way it engages people. I wanted to show people what I see every day living on our estate vineyard property, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Grapes and Wine, TInhorn Creek | Tagged #ChardyTuesday, Chardonnay, Grapes, Tinhorn, winegrapes | 8 Comments