Tag Archive 'champagne'

Nov 10 2011

Bubbles, Bubbles and More Bubbles at the IVSA

Published by under Australia,champagne,chardonnay,france,Germany,New Zealand,pinot noir,wine tasting

November is always a special time for tasting new wines at the Import Vintners and Spirits Association (IVSA).  It’s just one month away from the Christmas and New Years holidays.  And that means lots of sparkling wines to taste.  So with this in mind, I spent almost all my time at the IVSA tasting bubbles.  [...]

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Apr 20 2011

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival – World Wine Reviews

Published by under Argentina,bc,Cava,champagne,chile,france,Germany,New Zealand,Okanagan,portugal,Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival,wine tasting

This Part 2 of my review of my picks from the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival.  Part 1 covered the wines of Spain.  Part 2 is the rest of the world. Again, there are so many wines at the tasting, and so little time, I’m sure I missed many great wines.  If you tasted some [...]

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Sep 25 2010

MyWinePal In Champagne 2008

Published by under champagne,wine tasting

Saturday, I took the TGV high speed train to Reims (pronounced “Rance”) to see some of the famous champagne houses in the region. The scenery was a blur at 200+ km/hr on the TGV. It was quite foggy on route to Reims as well as started to rain. I did not think that this would [...]

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Sep 24 2010

Featured Event – MyWinePal Visits the Wineries of the Fraser Valley- Part 2

Published by under bc

As promised this is Part 2 of my trip to visit some of the wineries in the Fraser Valley. On this trip I visited Lotusland, Blackwood Lane, and Mt. Lehman wineries. The first winery visited was Lotusland Winery. This winery produces wines from grapes that are 100% grown in the Fraser Valley. The grapes are [...]

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