Wine Guy: B.C.’s icon wines

What exactly is an icon wine? It’s a roving target, to be sure. By definition an icon is “a widely known symbol,” or “a person or thing regarded as representative.” Thus an icon wine typically connotes a benchmark, an example of the best quality and typicity showcasing a wine region. Practically, this bears out as a limited production, top-of-the-wine-line offering from a winery. Of course, not all wineries will bother to release an icon wine, but in the relatively