Triumphs at 2025 Wine Competitions
From the Cowichan Valley to the global stage, Unsworth Vineyards proudly celebrates award-winning results at three prestigious competitions: WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada, Decanter World Wine Awards, and the International Wine Challenge.
Raise A Glass! The Cowichan Valley Wine Festival Returns for 2025!
Celebrate Local Wine & the Spectacular Kickoff Party at Malahat SkyWalk
Winery 'Update'!
The Cowichan Valley is amongst the best winegrowing regions in Canada. To help express and share the Cowichan Valley's unique terroir we are updating our winery and building a phenomenal new tasting room.
A Sparkling Day in Cowichan
Dive into the essence of the Island this Summer at Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Unsworth Vineyards.
Unsworth Earns 5 Medals at the 2023 National Wine Awards of Canada
In WineAlign's recent series of announcements on the 2023 National Wine Awards of Canada winners, Unsworth stepped up to the podium with 5 medals:
Unsworth Earns High Praise in the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards
Decanter World Wine Awards—the world's largest and most influential wine competition—offers a definitive guide to the dynamic world of wine.
Nine British Columbia wines that you need in your collection
This week’s recommendations feature nine wines from B.C., many of which were tasted last week during The Globe and Mail’s Okanagan Valley Wine Tour.
Mulligan Stew Podcast with Terry David Mulligan
On his popular podcast—Mulligan Stew—Canadian actor and radio and television personality, Terry David Mulligan, talks to the Unsworth team about food, our acquisition of 60 more grape-growing acres, the exciting purchase by Jackson Family Wines and what it means for Unsworth's wine expansion plans.
Charme de L'ÃŽle
Vancouver Island's signature bubble is the zesty sipper you need for all your summer soirées.
Secrets and Lives–And The 7 Sins with Chris Turyk
Currently holding the titles of marketing director and sommelier at Unsworth Vineyards in the Cowichan Valley, Chris Turyk has been involved with the family-run business since its inception.
Western Living Names Turyk Family 2021 Foodies of the Year
Well it's been a year, hasn't it? Cheers to the Foodies of the Year!
Farming for the enlightened consumer
Upon reading the Canadian Organic Standards and transcriptions of Rudolf Steiner’s lectures on Biodynamic philosophy, practical farming knowledge left much to be desired.
What Is In The Bottle
Packaging decisions are historically intrenced in the wine industry.
Unsworth’s new owners bring global attention to Vancouver Island and Canadian wine
Chris Turyk was enjoying lunch in the Napa Valley with some fellow students from the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone when he heard his family had purchased a small vineyard in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island.
High Praise
The judges for Canada’s WineAlign National Wine Awards did things a little differently this year.
Stir Sips: Charme de L’île makes for distinctly BC bubbles
IT SOUNDS OH-SO-FRENCH, but Charme De L’île is in fact hyperlocal.
White Wine and Sunshine
Patio season means it’s time for whites and we have just the hot take to take your summer entertaining to the next level.