News

Globe & Mail - Drink differently with these less-common red wine styles from Canada and abroad

Christopher Waters gives 91pts to Moon Curser Tourgia Nactional 2022 in Globe & Mail

Rating: 91

"A rare example of touriga nacional grown outside of Portugal, this unusual red is consistently one ofMoon Curser’s most memorable wines from the southern Okanagan. Made in a ripe and savoury style,this offers a mix of dried and fresh dark fruit with tobacco, herbal and black olive notes. This has 14.2per cent ABV and 3 g/litre r.s. Drink now to 2032. Available at the above price direct, mooncurser.com,various prices in British Columbia."

Read full "Drink differently with these less-common red wine styles from Canada and abroad".

Times Chronicle - Local wineries shine at WineAlign nationals

Osoyoos Times Chronicle features Moon Curser Vineyards wins at National Wine Awards of Canada.

Moon Curser Vineyards led with 13 (one platinum, four gold, four silver, four bronze). “[It was] our largest haul ever,” said Crystal Coverdale, Moon Curser’s general manager.

Check out the full story.

Vancouver Sun - These B.C. wineries won big at the WineAlign Awards

Anthony Gismondi highlights Moon Curser & B.C. wineries won big at the WineAlign Awards in Vancouver Sun article.

• Moon Curser Vineyards (No. 10 B.C., No. 18 Canada) from Osoyoos in the South Okanagan, Moon Curser closes out the top ten with four gold, three silver and four bronze medals. As the warmest site in all of Canada, it is not surprising to see the top picks: 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2022 Touriga Nacional, 2022 Dead of Night Red Blend, 2022 Malbec, and 2022 Carménère.

Globe & Mail - 90pts Roussanne Marsanne '24 "Seven wines to enjoy in the dog days of August"

Christopher Waters gives 90pts to Moon Curser Roussanne Marsanne 2024 in Globe & Mail

Rating: 90

"One of the few white wines produced in the Okanagan in the 2024 vintage, this is made with roussanne (69 per cent) and marsanne (31 per cent) grapes grown in vineyards in Osoyoos that survived the January cold snap. A mixture of tank and barrel fermentation and aging results in a rich white wine that offers peach and citrus fruit with some floral and honey notes. Enjoyable now, this promises to gain more honeyed and complex flavours with age."

Read full "Seven wines to enjoy in the dog days of August" article with subscription.

Tasting Room Radio-Award Winning Wines from Moon Curser. Winemaker Christian Scagnetti

August 9th, 2025-Listen in to "Award Winning Wines from Moon Curser. Winemaker Christian Scagnetti"

Terry David Mulligan does full-length interview with Winemaker of Moon Curser, Christian Scagnetti.

You'll hear updates from Christian and Terry about some of the big awards Moon Curser have won recently, like being ranked in the Top 10 Small Wineries in Canada, Top 10 Wineries in BC and Top 25 Wineries in Canada lists and our largest medal haul EVER with 13 medals🏅 at the WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada 2025 - including the first and only Platinum medal awarded in the library wine category to Moon Curser’s Malbec 2020.

To start things off Terry asks Christian about his Winemaking background, how long he’s been at Moon Curser and about the new owners, Sukhvir Dhaliwal, Gurjit Dhaliwal & Harjit Dhaliwal, a local family who has been in the grape growing industry for the last 20+ years and owning a winery has long been a dream in the making for them.

Starting at 9:52 - Terry talks about stumbling into one of the great stories of 2025 and asks Christian if he has a particular favourite he wants to talk about. At 12:27 they get into the rest of the wines, Moon Curser Eclipse ’22 traditional method Roussanne Marsanne Terry chimes in “ahhh wonderful, my favourite blend” “Those are two of my favourites… flat out. I follow that path.” Starting at 15:49 Terry asks Christian about “Crafted in BC” and if Moon Curser wanted to go south to look for like-minded growers to get through 2024. Christian talks about the grapes we got only two hours south of us from Lake Chelan.

Starting at 24:33 Terry highlights “certainly one of the stars of the show the 2022 Malbec and just wanted to remind people that Malbec won 3 gold medals” and the Moon Curser “2020 Malbec won the only Platinum at the WineAlign 2025 library wine category”. Regarding Moon Curser Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, Terry says he was “going to write a whole bunch of stuff about the tasting notes and aromas and whatever and I just wrote WOW. Wow this is incredible!” and then Moon Curser Dead of Night Terry comments “Hands down…walking by if I see it, that’s it, that’s what I’m buying, cause it won me over years ago.” Thanks for all the lovely reviews Terry David Mulligan!

Vancouver Sun - Platinum Award winners well worth a pour

Anthony Gismondi lists Moon Curser Malbec 2020 in Platinum Award winners list from WineAlign National Wine Awards 2025 in Vancouver Sun article.

Castanet - Mission Hill Estate Winery in West Kelowna named Canada's top winery in 2025

Moon Curser Vineyards cracked the national top 25 wineries in Canada, along with 11 other wineries from the BC Interior that were listed in this Castanet article.

Ask Sid - ...an interesting Rosé for me to drink this Summer?

Sid Cross recommends Moon Curser Vineyards Confiscated Rosé 2024

Global News - Local Escapes: Discovering the summer beauty of Osoyoos

Moon Curser's winemaker Christian Scagnetti was interviewed by Liem Vu for Global News Local Escapes segment on Osoyoos, BC.

"Liem Vu returns to Canada's desert-like destination of Osoyoos in British Columbia to experience the beauty of equines, wines, and so much more."

Moon Curser's clip on Global News starts at 2:05.

 

Globe & Mail - Three Canadian white wines to discover

Christopher Waters highlights Moon Curser as a producer to watch for Viognier in his "Three Canadian white wines to discover" article.