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winery · Okanagan Valley, Canada

CheckMate Artisanal Winery

Okanagan Valley, Canada
[{'name': 'Anthony von Mandl', 'role': 'founder and owner'}, {'name': 'Phil McGahan', 'role': 'winemaker'}] · {'owner': 'same as Mission Hill Family Estate', 'method': 'whole cluster press, 100% barrel ferment, Burgundy cooperage', 'pricing': "Canada's most expensive chardonnay program", 'production': 'single variety — Chardonnay only', 'established': 2016}
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The reputation — the story that sells at the table

Queen Taken is Canada's most ambitious and expensive domestic chardonnay; the program's investment in Burgundy method is unmatched in BC.

Practice
Anthony von Mandl's ultra-premium chardonnay-only project (chess-themed naming), applying full Burgundian production methods — whole cluster press, barrel ferment, extended lees — to Okanagan chardonnay at pricing and production levels never previously attempted in Canada.
Positioning
ultra_premium · Allocated — direct, select premium restaurants. Limited BC Liquor.
Importer lines
US — not yet · UK — not yet · Japan — not yet
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Where to get it — Pat's Rule

Origin: CheckMate Artisanal Winery, Okanagan Valley — named here for every reader, everywhere, as the discovery authority.

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