AWARDS and REVIEWS

Ortega

2011

2009




2007

2005

Bronze medal, Wine Access Magazine (Jan 2013 issue)

Gold Medal, All Canadian Wine Competition
“90 points … This wine raises the bar with Ortega, John Schreiner
intensely aromatic … excellent food wine”, Wilf Krutzmann
Bronze Medal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

Silver Medal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

Bronze Medal, All Canadian Wine Competition
“Starling Lane’s Ortega is one of Vancouver Island’s best.”
90 points. John Schreiner, AppellationAmerica.com

Star Ortega

2009



90 points … The 10 grams of residual sugar lift the mouth-filling peach  flavours”. John Schreiner.

“A delicious touch of sweetness with a fresh crisp finish”
.  Wilf Krutzmann

Pinot Blanc

2009


2007

2005

“89 points … The wine shows flavours of melons and apples and as a tangy, crisp finish that says, bring on the oysters”.  John Schreiner

Silver Medal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

“It would be hard to find a better wine for seafood.” 90 points. John Schreiner, AppellationAmerica.com

Pinot Gris

2009




2005

Bronze Medal, All Canadian Wine Championships
“90 points … On the palate, there are flavours of pear and citrus, John Schreiner

 food wine par excellence!”  Wilf Krutzmann

“This is exactly the sort of refreshingly edgy white that pairs with Vancouver Island’s abundance of fresh seafood.” 87 points.
John Schreiner, AppellationAmerica.com

Maréchal Foch

2009

2009

2008



2007

2006










2005


2004

Silver medal, Wine Access Magazine (Jan 2013 issue)

Bronze Medal Wine Access Magazine

Gold Medal, All Canadian Wine Championships
Ranked #2 -- top 5 BC Big Red Wines.  “It is a big full bodied mouthful of juicy goodness”, Rod Phillips  

Gold Metal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).
Silver Medal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

Silver Medal, All Canadian Wine Competition
"Quails' Gate and Lang are the best producers (of this
grape), but we can now add Starling Lane 2006 Maréchal Foch to the list." Jurgen Gothe, Georgia Straight, December 2007.

Bronze Medal, Canada Wine Awards, Wine Access Magazine

Silver Medal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).
"...the best Maréchal Foch that I have tasted over the past thirty years."  Sinclair Philip, Sooke Harbour House.
 
“ Wine like this explains why Foch has made a comeback.”
89 points. John Schreiner, AppellationAmerica.com

Maréchal Foch, Silver Medal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

Pinot Noir

2009

2009

2007

2006


2005

Pinot Noir-- Best in Category/Double Gold, All Canada Wine Competition.

Silver Medal, Wine Access Magazine, 2011

Silver Metal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

Bronze Medal, Canada Wine Awards, Wine Access Magazine
Bronze Medal Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

Gold Medal Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).

"The wine is bold, with good intensity of fruit flavours, with a finish that hints of spice and even chocolate." John Schreiner

Célébration Sparkling Wine

2013

2011

2010




2008




2007

Silver medal, Wine Access Magazine (Jan issue)

Silver Medal, Wine Access Magazine

Bronze Medal, All Canadian Wine Competition
“90 points … In a blind tasting you might mistake this for Champagne, with its toasty notes, its fruit, its fine bubbles and its long, long finish.”

John Schreiner, 2010.


Bronze Medal, All Canadian Championships
“Outside of the Piper Heidseick Champagne, the outstanding wine of the tasting was the Starling Lane Celebration Brut ... The wine is absolutely stellar.” Rod Phillips, Liquor Plus. December 2008.

Bronze Medal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon)

Port Victoria
Wild Blackberry







2008


2007




2006

 “90 points … Almost every island winery has a so-called blackberry port; this is one of the best”. John Schreiner.

Gold Medal, All Canadian Wine Championships
"The best Blackberry Port on Vancouver Island." Rod Phillips 

Bronze Metal, Northwest Wine Summit (Oregon).
Silver Medal, Canada Wine Awards, Wine Access Mag.,Jan 2008.

"The best Blackberry Port on Vancouver Island". Rod Phillips, CFAX Wine Show.

"It's my new fave in the catagory." Jurgen Gothe, Georgia Straight.

Gold Medal, All Canadian Wine Competition

Other winery awards

 

American Graphic Design Awards USA.
“...for excellence in communication and graphic design”

- Starling Lane Rack Card (2008)
- Starling Lane Wine Labels (2006)

Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
2007 "Annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award"
- to Starling Lane Winery

 

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