Anthony Gismondi: B.C. wine for the week of Aug. 18, a bottle to cellar and calendar items

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Blasted Church celebrates its 20th anniversary on Aug. 20 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Okanagan Falls winery.

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Tickets to The Seven Deadly Sins bash are $150 and available online. There will be live music by Jon Bos, The DJ Lady of the Mist will be spinning tunes and Entertainment by Cosmic-Co-Motion will be in attendance too.

Wine and small bites will feature Shucked Oyster Co, Purdy’s Chocolate, and creations by winery chef John Burke. Finally, there will be prizes for the night’s best costumes.

H2 Kitchen + Bar at The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, is launching a new Supper Series for August and September from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Sunday.

You can complement your Sunday Supper Series meal with a bottle of carefully selected wine for only $45 each. You can also savour H2’s new premium southern cocktails, inspired by the same generations-old traditions and intensely flavourful recipes as BBQ meats.

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In keeping with the evening’s relaxed yet celebratory spirit, the Sunday Supper Series also features live music from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Weather permitting, performances take place outdoors on the patio of the hotel’s expansive courtyard.

August dinners feature a porchetta carvery; in September, it is beef Wellington. For more information and reservations, go online to H2 Kitchen + Bar.

B.C. wine of the week

Hillside Heritage Series Syrah 2019, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 

$32 I 90/100

UPC: 626990053538

Naramata grown and raised, this 20-year-old Syrah comes off Hidden Valley Vineyard, located just south of the winery above the Naramata Highway. The style is decidedly relaxed and dry with firm acidity, and a bony Rhone bent. It opens with a raft of black raspberry and spicy clove with more savoury hits along the way. Elegant and refined, it is a Syrah for contemplation and gastronomy, and best of all, it comes in at 11.8 per cent alcohol. I love this juicy, fresh style, so alive it speaks to some exceptional terroir. Good value too.

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Wine for the Cellar 

CrossBarn by Paul Hobbs Pinot Noir 2018, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California, USA 

$37.24 I 90/100

UPC: 897941000271

Paul Hobbs’ 2018 is a blend of 70 per cent estate fruit and area vineyard with what appears to be a fraction of new oak, something Hobbs has been pursuing for some time now. The freshness is apparent, as is the bright, juicy strawberry, rhubarb, and bramble fruit that is an authentic reflection of the true Sonoma Coast. A small bunch of stems is added to the ferment, after which it is all aged in comes from multiple sites on the Sonoma Coast and saw a touch of stems and nine months on lees in French oak. A delicate undercurrent of citrus acidity and flecks of minerality round out an enjoyable Pinot Noir. Salmon, anyone?