Wine Travelogue: Exploring the Charms of the Okanagan Valley 酒遊隨筆：探索奧肯那根谷的魅力

"Wine Travelogue: Exploring the Charms of the Okanagan Valley" unveils the journey of savouring the wines of Canada's Okanagan Valley!

When you think of Canadian wine, ice wine might be the first to come to mind. However, when the author embarked on a wine tour in the Okanagan Valley and tasted over a hundred local wines, he was immediately captivated by the reds, whites, sparklings, and rosés.

This book is presented in both Chinese and English, brimming with captivating photographs and text. It chronicles the author's adventures and emotions, along with wine tasting notes and conversations with individual winemakers, grape growers, and estate managers during visits to twelve representative wineries across the Okanagan Valley, from north to south. The photographs vividly portray the region's lakes and mountains, the vineyards, and the winemaking facilities of each winery, as well as the warm faces of the local community. The book also delves into the author's insights into the region's distinctive and diverse terroir, biodynamic agriculture, smoke impacts, water and irrigation, cover crops, soil diversity, winemaking techniques, and climate change.

《酒遊隨筆：探索奧肯那根谷的魅力》揭開加拿大奧肯那根谷酒區的風味之旅！

提到加拿大的葡萄酒，也許你首先會聯想到冰酒。但當作者前赴奧肯那根谷進行葡萄酒之旅，品嚐過百款當地美酒後，他立即為這裡的紅酒、白酒、起泡酒和玫瑰酒著迷不已。

這本書以中英文雙語呈現，充滿引人入勝的照片和文字。它記錄了作者的冒險與情感，以及品酒筆記和在訪問奧肯那根谷從北到南十二家代表性酒莊期間與釀酒師、葡萄種植者和莊園經理的對話。照片生動展現了該地區的湖光山色，每家酒莊的葡萄園和釀酒設施，以及當地社區的親切面孔。本書還深入探討了作者對該地區獨特和多樣的風土、生態農業、煙霧影響、水源和灌溉、覆蓋作物、土壤多樣性、釀酒技術和氣候變化的深刻見解。

Philip Wong‭ 黃建忠‬
DipWSET, FWS, IWS

An accountant-turned wine specialist, Philip looks for evidence in each wine I tasted that expresses its origin and reflects the underlying culture, climate, soil, winemaking practice and beyond.

His credentials include:

• WSET Certified Educator in Wines and Spirits
• Educator at MWM Wine School
• Wine Blogger at winemattershk.com
• Wine Judge at Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition since 2017
• Contributing writer to WS Media magazines: “Wine & Spirits” and “Gourmet & Lifestyle”
• Wine columnist on newspapers
• Speaker at Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Fair and Hong Kong Fintech Week
• Wine host in corporate and private events

黃建忠是一名會計師，華麗轉身成為葡萄酒專家，他在品嚐每一款葡萄酒中尋找證據，以揭示其來源，反映其中的文化、氣候、土壤、釀酒方法等等。

他的資歷包括:

• WSET‭認證葡萄酒及烈酒導師‬
• MWM Wine School‭ 導師‬
• winemattershk.com‭ 博客‬
• 香港國際美酒品評大賽評審
• 酒誌傳訊雜誌《酒誌》及《美饌生活》特約作家
• 報章葡萄酒專欄作家
• 香港國際美酒展及香港金融科技周演講嘉賓
• 企業及私人活動葡萄酒主持