Tag: sparkling

Lisa Anderson from Foundry Vineyards

Exploring Pet-Nat Wines with Lisa Anderson from Pet Project Wines at Taste Washington 2023

 mywinepal  March 22, 2023

Pet-nat wines were quite plentiful at the Grand Tasting during Taste Washington this year.  I really enjoyed the pet-nat wine from Walla Walla’s Foundry Vineyards, who created this new winery, Pét Project Wines, to solely produce organic, low-intervention, pet-nat wines.  Listen to co-owner Lisa Anderson tell me about one of their pet-nat wines.

Singletree Winery Merryfield 2016 and Masottina Rosé Brut Prosecco sparkling wines

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Sparkling Wine

 mywinepal  February 7, 2023

Valentine’s Day is coming up quickly.  Sparkling wine is always a nice treat on this special day.  I have two sparkling wines that I tasted that I think you would enjoy.  BC’s Singletree Winery offers their Traditional Method sparkling wine, Merryfield 2016.  Merryfield is made from 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir grapes.  The wine spends 24 months on its…

Saintly, the good rosé and the good sparkling rosé 2021

Two Rosé Saintly Wines Are Candidates for Valentine’s Day

 mywinepal  January 18, 2023

Are you a saint? Maybe in January, starting off the New Year. But whether you are or not, and want to enjoy some fun rose wines, then Saintly Wines may be on your radar. I received these two rose wines which are made by Okanagan’s Saintly Wines to review. I have the Saintly, the good rosé 2021 and the Saintly,…

Pascual Toso Sparkling Brut Rosé, Sparkling Brut, and Sauvignon Blanc wines

Toast Argentina’s Pascual Toso at VanWineFest 2023

 mywinepal  January 12, 2023

Welcome to Pascual Toso Winery from Argentina. Below is some information from the winery plus the wines they will be pouring at the VanWineFest 2023.  Enjoy! About Pascual Toso Winery When in the mid-1880s Pascual Toso set out towards Argentina from its hometown, Canale D’Alba, in Piamonte, Italy, he could not have imagined that he would become the founder of…

Cono Sur Sparkling Brut Rosé, Single Vineyard Chardonnay, and Single Vineyard Carmenere

Welcome Chile’s Cono Sur to VanWineFest 2023

 mywinepal  January 9, 2023

Let Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery tell you a bit about themselves before you visit them at VanWineFest 2023. Did you know that Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery is the third largest exporter of bottled wine in Chile? About Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery was founded in 1993 with a vision of producing premium, expressive…

New Years Eve and sparkling wine

Sparkling Wine Suggestions for New Year’s Eve

 mywinepal  December 28, 2022

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner.  Have you purchased your sparkling wines to celebrate?  Here are some sparkling wines I enjoyed this year that you may want to consider buying.  Some BC sparklers are only available at the winery, but the foreign bottles should all be available at BC Liquor stores.  Cheers! My Sparkling Wine Suggestions BC Wine…

Blue Mountain Vineyards and Cellars Brut and Brut Rosé sparkling wines

Enjoy Two Sparkling Wines from Blue Mountain Vineyards for the Holidays

 mywinepal  December 17, 2022

With Christmas just a week away as well as other holidays happening this month, I have been trying to taste as many holiday-worthy wines as possible to pass along to you.  If you like sparkling wine, here are two quality wines from Blue Mountain Vineyards and Cellars from Okanagan Falls. The 2018 Brut Rosé R.D. is a blend of 70%…

MyWinePal Top 4.5-5 Star Wines

MyWinePal’s Near Perfect 4.5-5 Star Wines for 2022

 mywinepal  December 16, 2022

Twenty-five wines coming from BC and around the world made it to my near-perfect – star category this year.  I’ve arranged these fantastic wines into BC wines followed by wines from the rest of the world.  Italian wine showed up prominently with my near-perfect wine scores.  Chardonnay showed prominently as well, primarily from BC. You should still be able to…

FIFA World Cup

Wines to Celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2022 Winner

 mywinepal  December 9, 2022

The FIFA World Cup 2022 is in the knock-out round.  Already we have the Netherlands and Brasil out of the contest.  The teams left to play are Morocco, Portugal, England, France, Argentina, and Croatia.  All these countries make wine as well as footballers.  So which wine would you drink to celebrate if one of these countries wins?  I would suggest…

3 sparkling BC wines

3 Sparkling Cocktails for the Holidays

 mywinepal  November 25, 2022

In case you like cocktails, why not make some with sparkling wine for the holidays?  Here are three cocktail recipes using BC sparkling wine that were sent to my email. Sparkling Wine Cocktail Recipes French 75 Elegance in a glass! The citrus aromas in Jackson-Triggs 2018 Reserve Esprit Methode Classique combined with the lemon juice flavours and herbal, woodsy notes of gin…