Moon Curser Vineyards
3628 Hwy 3 E V0H1V6 Osoyoos, BC, Canada

It’s true. We closed for the winter with extremely limited stocks remaining. Get in the know and join our wine club for guaranteed access to our new releases come April and exclusive club releases! Our Highly Suspicious and In The Know Wine Club members can select the wines they want in their club shipments, receive 15% and 10% (respectively) discount on additional wine purchases, and enjoy free shipping on orders of 6 or more bottles. Yeah, we know; pretty sweet deal. Sign u...p. Become a member. Keep it a secret. www.mooncurser.com/Club

Do understand French? If so, we have a radio broadcast for you to enjoy en français! Our Border Vines and Malbec was featured by Sommelier Gosselin on Envol 91 FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba. And if you don’t understand French, well.kittens! ... https://soundcloud.com//dis-moi-ce-quon-boit-moon-curser-1

Happy weekend! It’s a winter wonderland in Osoyoos

Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year from our entire motley crew of shady characters at Moon Curser Vineyards! Cheers to 2022 - may it be filled with good news, joy and laughter. We’re looking forward to bringing even more Moonlit to the scene in the new year!

Pretty neatPhotographer Spends 10 Years Capturing 48 Stunning Colors of the Moon. Which colour is your favourite? We Moon Curser’s love the darkest moons https://mymodernmet.com/colors-moon-marcella-pace/... by Marcella Giulia Pace - greenflash.photo

From our family to yours, we would all like to wish you a peaceful and happy holiday season!

We hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas Eve & those who got our Moon Curser Advent calendar have enjoyed guessing the wines from our hints, unwrapping & revealing and sipping the wines inside. Make sure to join our wine club, or sign-up for our newsletter to hear early about our special releases like #MoonCurserAdvent. Happy holidays!

Hard to believe there’s only 4 shopping days left till Christmas! In case you’re wanting to smuggle more gifts under the tree but want to hide from the shopping malls...Moon Curser Vineyards electronic gift certificates are available on our website. www.mooncurser.com/product/Gift-Cards&

We will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 21 - Jan. 2. You may see a suspicious looking winemaker or two lurking about the property over the holidays, but no one else - we have very little wine left (2019 Border Vines only) and while you can place an order online, please note that all orders received after today will be shipped after January 3rd.

And it starts....#MoonCurserAdvent! We don't want to ruin the surprise here for anyone who hasn't unwrapped their first bottle yet, but we included cryptic clues as to the character of the wine provided at the bottom of each bottle. Need to peek and risk joining Santa's bad list? We understand - look for the envelope inside your box that reveals and explains ALL of the clues. We hope you enjoy unwrapping and counting down the nights to Christmas with a surprise wine each day!

Did you check out Terry David Mulligan's interview with our owners Beata and Chris Tolley from earlier this year? Chris & Beata so enjoyed chatting with Terry. He is such a terrific supporter of BC wine and we were delighted to be one of his Tasting Room Radio sponsors for 2021! It also features our neighbours & industry colleagues: Paula Cooper who’s worked for C.C. Jentsch Cellars and Lakeside Cellars and Dan and Carol Scott of Lariana Cellars. ... https://www.mulliganstew.ca//september-18th-2021-the-5th-/

Looking for a gift for under the tree (or vine) this year? Although our wine stock is extremely limited - Border Vines 2019 only left. Don’t forget to check out our Gift Giving page for Riedel Moon Curser branded magnum glasses, gift cards and t-shirts. www.mooncurser.com/Contraband/Gift-Giving... In order to ensure timely delivery during the busy pre-holiday season, please place your holiday orders before Dec 8th for Eastern Canada, Dec 13th for Prairies and Dec 15th for BC (rural areas excluded, please allow more time).

The weekend is here, which means #CabernetFrancDay is near! It’s tomorrow. What are you planning to celebrate with? Although we don’t have a single varietal Cabernet Franc to bust out, it’s often been a part of our Border Vines blend - 15% for the 2019. Border Vines is Osoyoos East Bench grown, Bordeaux inspired: a Cabernet Sauvignon focused blend with Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carménère...no Merlot was harmed in the making of this wine. It's one of our stap...les and is more readily available in stores and restaurants across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, than our other small lot wines. You can also get it from the winery (open for sales only M-F 10-5) or online with free shipping on orders of 12 bottles of wine or more. Tasting Notes: The 2019 Border Vines is a dry, medium to full-bodied red wine with a medium ruby colour, and is our go-to for a versatile red wine with good depth, complexity of flavours and structure. Notes of cherry, raspberry and tomato leaf leap out of the glass on the nose. On the palate, this wine is mouth-filling with fantastic weight and good acidity to balance. The nose is complemented with flavours of cassis, sour cherries, vanilla and oregano. Malbec shines through a little more this year, along with the distinct floral notes of Petit Verdot. Excellent length and concentration of flavours in this vintage make it approachable straightaway. This wine will also reward those with patience, as it will benefit from aging in the bottle over the next five to eight years. #CabernetFrancDay #CabFrancDay #CabernetFranc #CabFranc

Enjoy Moon Curser's 'Twinkling TEMPRANILLO' Oh Tempranillo! You twinkle so bright. Very limited quantities remain of this 6 bottle collection which includes - three library releases (2015, 2016 & 2017) and three of our current release (and otherwise sold out 2019) of this delicious wine, all rich with earthy and savoury notes typical of this Spanish grape variety. $230 +applicable tax/deposit... Order here: www.mooncurser.com/wines

Local to Kelowna? Check out Skinny Duke's Glorious Emporium's Dine Around menu where they'd suggested our Syrah with Shanghainese "Lion's Head" Meatballs. Nom, nom!

It's -6c in Osoyoos right now (without the wind chill), safe to say Christian is elated to be filling the last barrel of our 2020 vintage!! See next photo for comparison to filling our Syrah 2020 on Friday, in tshirt weather!!!! And for more photos of filling Contraband Syrah 2020 today.

#RestaurantsAreFamily They certainly are our family. Help keep local restaurants in the picture. Dine-in. Pick-up. Delivery. Gift card. Take action and pledge your support. Visit @SupportRestaurants.ca #BCWine #MoonCurser #MoonCurserVineyards

Valentine’s Day is around the corner... ...and so we have some special cellar treasures on offer - have a look to see if you, and someone dear would enjoy these selections. Don't forget, our Complimentary Shipping offer (for orders of 6 bottles or more) is ongoing.... Six Bottles of ‘Something Old, Something New'... This set features six bottles of Moon Curser wine that give you a chance to enjoy some of the current favourites along with an opportunity to taste three library gems from the dark recesses of our cellar. 2018 Touriga Nacional 2018 Petit Verdot 2018 Dead of Night Three surprise library gems - see website for full details Limited quantities available. PRICE: $250.00 +applicable tax/dep (less 10/15% discount for Wine Club members if applicable) Six Bottles, Four Vintages of 'Dead of Night' Our flagship wine, 'Dead of Night', an intriguing blend of Syrah and Tannat is the perfect wine for a cozy winter date in. Each vintage captures an expression of the place, the unique growing season and the winemaking philosophy. Each bottle is a tiny time capsule that tells the story of how the ’10 harvest weather was textbook, or how the ’11 summer temperatures were a little cooler than normal and of how there will never be another wine quite like this one... 1 x 2009 Dead of Night 1 x 2010 Dead of Night 1 x 2011 Dead of Night 3 x 2018 Dead of Night Extremely limited quantities remain. PRICE: $300.00 +applicable tax/dep (less 10/15% discount for Wine Club members if applicable) For full details, go to www.mooncurser.com/wines

Continuing the idea of theming your meal to your wine, this Portuguese soup paired with our Touriga Nacional sounds like a fun winter pairing! IG Repost @okgnfoodcrush A dip in the temperatures calls for soup. This is caldo verde, to me the best and most accessible Portuguese dish you can make. It’s literally just potato, onion, garlic, collard greens, white pepper, water and Portuguese chouriço. Chouriço is the Portuguese take on chorizo, it’s got much less paprika, mo...re garlic, and is not cured but smoked. The Spanish version is still good for the soup, but if you can get the Portuguese do it. Crush it with the @mooncurservineyards Touriga Nacional, a grape that is key to dry reds and port making in Portugal. Even though the soup is simple, giving time for the flavours to meld from the chouriço makes them bold and hearty, ready to stand up to the intensely aromatic wine. This crushable pairing should warm you right up! See more

The weekend is coming....what are your #BCWineGoals? We love Kelsey Serwa's cross-country skiing with our Malbec 2018 and her cutie doggie Balooda! IG Repost @kelseyserwa I’m enjoying little breaks from the hustle and bustle, escaping for an afternoon cross-country ski with Balooda. We make sure to take a moment to stop, appreciate nature, sniff around and enjoy some full-bodied BC wine... #BCWineGoals

Happy Friday! We’re delighted that next Friday Nov 20, our Dolcetto will be featured at Naramata Inn’s Meet the Misfits dinner! Join Wine Director Emily Walker as she shines the light on some lesser known grape varieties being produced beautifully in British Columbia. Enjoy the local expression of each grape alongside its more famous international counterpart, both matched with a Naramatian interpretation of the wine’s traditional menu pairing. $150/person (+tax & 18% gratuity). See link for full details https://naramatainn.com/events/

Learn a bit about "Sipping Some History in the South Okanagan" in this fun article by Tania Tomaszewska in Seaside Magazine. https://issuu.com/seasidetimes/docs/seaside1120forwebsite/62 Courtesy of our neighbours Spirit Ridge

Happy Friday! We had a river of Syrah this week.....jealous? This river of Syrah was coming out of the tank and going into the press. #BCHarvest #BCHarvest2020 #BCWine

The last bin of our grapes from this harvest was tipped today!! A huge thank you to our entire vineyard and cellar crew for all the hard work you do!!! Our crush pad crew stopped for a group photo....one bin from the finishline #BCHarvest #BCHarvest2020

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Moon Curser! Thank you for all the support you've shown us and #BCWine, especially this year. We have so much to be grateful for.

Today we hosted Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country's Pig Out Trails with a socially distant self-guided vineyard walk and poured our Moonlit Frizzante 2019, Petit Verdot 2018, Petit Verdot 2012 and Touriga Nacional 2018 throughout the vineyard. Oliver Eats Ltd. made Chocolate Sauerkraut Baby Cakes with Cracklin Candy (Capicola Ham, Sauerkraut, Chocolate Cake) and a Apple Chutney with Pork Tart. Pig Out-ers, we hope to see you in our Tasting Room this weekend if you weren't on our trail. We'll be pouring and selling our Petit Verdot 2012 and 2013 while supplies lasts. Give us a call to book a tasting appointment if you don't have one yet. 250-495-5161 #PigOut2020 #PigOut #PigOutTrails #UncorktheSun

Happy Halloween! In the dead of night tonight there's a full moon and we fall back an hour due to daylight savings. Talk about a packed night! Tomorrow is our last day of tastings this season. Give us a call to book a tasting, 250-495-5161. Walk-ins are accepted if we have space. Nov 2nd onwards we'll be open for sales only, M-F 10am-5pm.

We Moon Cursers actually hide out on Halloween with so many people about at night to foil our smuggling plans, but especially this Halloween because there's a rare full moon on Halloween night! Damn you moon for lighting my run...... See Richmond News article on the Halloween Hunter's Blue Moon here https://www.richmond-news.com//rare-blue-moon-to-appear-on... Getty Images See more

Did you know that the second week of October is #DrinkLocalWineWeek? What will you be drinking? Our FREE shipping on orders of 6 bottles or more is ongoing if you want to stock up. Our Tasting Room is open until Nov 1 if you are in our area, give us a call to book an appointment 250-495-5161. Or of course stop by your local liquor retailer or restaurant and ask for Moon Curser. Check out our Conspirators page for list of retailers and restaurants that carry our wines. https://m.mooncurser.com/Contraband/Conspirators

What a beautiful fall day! Our guests walked by our vineyards to our Tasting Room in The Hideout and saw this view.... We were using our overhead sprinklers for watering our Viognier vines today. We don’t usually use our overhead irrigation because of the risk of mildew. We only use it at the end of the season, once the fruit has been picked, if time permits. #BCHARVEST2020 #BCHARVEST #HarvestFacts

There's gold in them there hills....it's no fairy tale. In the Monashee Mountains, North Okanagan, Milosz Mielniczuk recently found gold! See Castanet News article for video and full story https://www.castanet.net//Vernon-geologist-makes-gold-silv... Milosz Mielniczuk #BCWine #BCGoldMining #GoldFever

Felt a bit like the 2017 harvest processing in the snow today.....except oh wait, that was November 9th and our last day of processing! #earliestsnowfalleverrecorded #theysay #FarmLife The s(n)how must go on! #BCHarvest #BCHarvest2020 #BCWine

Fall can be a great time to plan a bike ride through wine country. We, along with many other wineries were featured in the "Let's Go Biking in the Okanagan and Beyond." book that features 140 different bike routes across the Okanagan. Print books are available at local bookstores and bike shops (at DoubleOBikes) or order online https://www.letsgobiking.net/book/okanagan-and-beyond/ @okanaganvalleyvagabonds and be sure to check out their backpacks for cycling! #supportlocal...business #biketouring #winetrail #hike #bikelife #cycle #sip #okanaganvalley #osoyoosbc #winery

How fast do you think you could pick grapes? Our crew was picking Malbec up at our Moon Curser Vineyard today #BCHarvest #BCHarvest2020

We're open 2 more weeks for tastings. We hope to see you soon! Give us a call to book a tasting, 250-495-5161. Nov 2nd onwards we'll be open for sales only, M-F 10am-5pm. Or should we say smuggling only?

We've got Arneis on the crush pad today! In this photo a bin of hand-picked fruit gets tipped and hand-sorted on the sorting table before it heads to the destemmer. #BCHARVEST2020 #BCHARVEST20

We were pleased to welcome @foodiegram at the winery for our NEW Winemaker Tour & Tasting. Here is her take on the experience. https://foodiegram.ca/blog/2020/9/5/moon-curser Please call us to book 250-495-5161. Dates may be somewhat limited during harvest.

Happy #NationalRedWineDay! A day that's hard not to celebrate here at Moon Curser since we make 12 different red wines. What red wine is in your glass? #redwineday #BCWine

We're back at it to start harvesting and making our table wines. Here's Roussanne on the sorting table today before heading into the press. By hand our vineyard crew work quickly to remove sticks, leaves and grapes that are discoloured because they are too ripe or dried from sun.

Thanks Destination Osoyoos for the real-time post! Beautiful day today in Osoyoos!

Happy weekend! Our Moonlit is starting to get out to a very limited number of stores and restaurants. #Vancouver/#NorthVancouver Spirits Of Mt Seymour has some. Get down there to grab a bottle while it's still around!

If you haven't heeded Neal Mclennan's idea from this Western Living magazine article "The Summer Trip to Europe is Happening in the Okanagan This Year" yet, you've got less than a week of summer officially left, but the fall can be a beautiful time to visit the Okanagan as well. This photo was overlooking our vineyards mid-October last year as the colour of the vines was starting to turn. Thanks Neal for including Arneis as the Piedmont, Italy stop in the Okanagan! You can r...ead Neal's "A European wine tour, rewritten." here https://www.westernliving.ca/The-Summer-Trip-to-Europe-is-H

Did you listen to our Moon Curser Music Mix Spotify playlist yet? Beata's been at it and put together "Moon Curser #2 Mix"! What makes these playlists Moon Curser-y, you say...? there's definitely a theme, and you will not have much trouble spotting it once you glance at the titles. If you don't quite know the history behind our winery name, the playlists should provide many a clue along with an eclectic selection of what we hope will become your favourites. ... We’re always working on adding to these playlists; suggestions are great if anyone’s so inclined. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/74baulqFqSabK4PoiNNF7W Note: you need a (free) Spotify account to listen.

Vancouver Island/Victoria check out this new restaurant The Lakehouse at Shawnigan! #YYJ #yyjeats #Repost from Instagram @tommyciglianibeverages ... Epic meal at a spectacular new restaurant The Lakehouse at Shawinigan. This dish is what I like to call my death roll meal paired with Moon Curser Syrah the prime rib, beets, cloud like truffle mashed potatoes sent me over the top - thanks Ryan and Sonja for the great service. #destinationdatenight #eatlocal #SupportLocal See more

And it's on! #Harvest2020 officially kicked off for us yesterday, and we're excited to be able to say why! #Moonlit #NoMoreSecrets #ThatWouldntBeVeryMoonCurser #bcharvest20 #bcharvest2020