Fragrant, delicious, bright.
From the rocky, calcium rich soils of the Black Sage Bench region in the Southern Okanagan Valley, this fragrant Stoneboat Pinot Gris offers fragrant lifted yellow apples and stone fruits, creamed honey and spring blossoms. The palate is a delicious mirror of the nose; weighty and bright with a musky character and juicy finish.
Pair this wine with pastas in mushroom sauce, strong cheeses, chicken salad or salmon.

©copyright 2018 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - April 5th, 2018

From the rocky, calcium rich soils of the Black Sage Bench region in the Southern Okanagan Valley, this fragrant Stoneboat Pinot Gris offers a fruit cup of lychee, pears, rose water and orange blossoms, honey, mineral and lime aromas. It is dry and racy with oodles of grapefruit, stonefruit and green pear flavours. It has a slippery texture and very good persistence.
Pair this wine with pastas in mushroom sauce, strong cheeses, chicken salad or salmon.

©copyright 2013 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - July 9th, 2013

From the rocky, calcium rich soils of the Black Sage Bench region in the Southern Okanagan Valley, this delicious Stoneboat Pinot Gris is 80% tank fermented and 20% fermented in neutral oak barrels.
A delicious white with fantastic concentration. On the nose it presents spiced creamed pears, honey and white grapefruit and white blossoms atop classic Gris undertones of earth and mushroom. The palate is tangy and leads with flavours of pear, nectarine and citrus. The finish is zesty and lengthy.
Pair this wine with chicken in mushroom sauce, mushrrom risotto, chicken salad or salmon.

©copyright 2011 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - November 1st, 2011

Stoneboat, on the Black Sage Gravelbar in Oliver, is now owned by Rudy Verhoeff and Kyla Richey, former professional volleyball athletes. They also own Valley Commons, is a winery established in the District Wine Village in Oliver in 2021. Both wineries fall under the Verhoeff Group of Companies, which is headed by Paul Verhoeff, Rudy's father. The family also owns a flooring company, a brewery and restaurants in the Fraser Valley.
This reserve Pinot Noir has a classic Old World character, which suggests aromas of tar and roses, rhubarb and carrot tops, spice, forest floor, cranberry and cedar. It has a silky entry with notable structure and plenty of earth, juicy red berry and tealeaf flavours.
©copyright 2025 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - May 28th, 2025

Precise, juicy, tangy. Juicy rhubarb and tangy red berries, succulent spices and forest floor with cedar chips and dried roses, appear on the nose. It has mouthwatering acidity and pristine fruit; a savoury underbelly of spice, tealeaf, bacon fat and cocoa flavours rolls across a lengthy finish. Very good balance and precision with impressive structure.
Pair: roasted beets, smoked salmon, pork belly, squash ravioli, mushroom risotto.
©copyright 2018 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - April 4th, 2018