by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Tomatoes and Rose Wine at Provence Marinaside for August
It’s August and tomatoes are ripening on the vine with all our sunshine and ready for us to enjoy with a great meal with friends and BC wine. Provence Marinaside has put together a special menu for August using tomatoes…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Is the BC 2016 Vintage Any Good?
Should you stock up on the red and white wines from BC’s 2016 vintage? BC wines are known for their fruit flavours and their accompanying natural acidity. But the 2016 started very early and hot in the Spring, with bud…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Meet CedarCreek Estate Winery at the Vancouver International Wine Fest 2017
Who is CedarCreek? CedarCreek Estate Winery was one of the first eight pioneering wineries in British Columbia. Right from the early onset, CedarCreek’s pioneering has been tempered by patience and perseverance. Our ideals matured into our philosophy: “Respect the land,…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A Few Wine Gems from the Mark Anthony Portfolio 2016
A wine agent’s portfolio tasting typically gives you the chance to try both listed as well as spec wines; wines that may only show up in specialty wine shops or restaurants, in limited quantities. I have been to Mark Anthony…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on The Latest BC VQA Wines for You to Enjoy in 2016
I love to support our BC wineries. I watched over the many years as the number of wineries has grown as well as the quality improved. Wine critics from here as well as around the world, have tasted our wines,…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on 2nd Round of BC Pinot Noir Wines Reviewed
As you can see below, Sam @Sam_WineTeacher and I have been busy tasting more of the BC Pinot Noirs that have been graciously donated by our BC wineries. We should have one more lot of wines to review and write about in…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on 10 Tasty BC Wines from the 2016 Bloom VQA Spring Release
The latest releases from BC’s VQA wineries is out, and I’m sure you are wondering which wines would be great on the patio this summer. Here are 10, mostly white, wines for you to enjoy: Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery Recolte Blanche…
With summer holidays and then the extended power outage due to the wind storm this past weekend, I have finally finished tasting through all the 2013-14 vintages of BC Riesling that I received from BC wineries. Thank you all. My…