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Mar 07 2012

More Wine Ratings from the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Fest 2012

Published by under Argentina,Cabernet Sauvignon,california,france,italy,pinotage,portugal,South Africa,Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival,wine tasting

There were more wineries than those from Chile at the 2012 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival.  It took a while to drag me away from the Chilean wineries, and to try the wines from the rest of the world attending the Festival.  There were many nice wines, and now it’s my time to share them [...]

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Sep 12 2011

Signature Grapes and Icon Wines of South Africa

Published by under chenin blanc,pinotage,South Africa,wine tasting

Two countries down: Chile and Argentina.  Did you try to pick up any of the wines I mentioned?  Hope you do have a chance to see what Argentina and Chile have to offer. Now, let’s talk about South Africa in this second part of Signature Grapes and Icon Wines of the Southern Hemisphere.  I decided [...]

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Aug 31 2011

Signature Grapes and Icon Wines of Chile and Argentina

Published by under Argentina,Australia,chile,New Zealand,South Africa,wine tasting

In my previous article about preparing for your Summer Wine Trip in the Southern Hemisphere, I outlined most of the wine producing countries and some airline ticket prices from Canada to those countries.  This is Part 2 of this article, where you will get to know a bit about the signature grapes of Chile and [...]

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Sep 26 2010

5th Annual 5 Nations Cup South World Wine Society, Vancouver

Published by under south world wine society,wine tasting

For the past 5 years, Vancouver’s South World Wine Society has been having a tasting in January called the “5 Nations Cup“. This January was the 5th competition. The premise of the event is that 5 white and 5 red wines are selected by the cellar master and the speaker at the event. The wines [...]

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