With every season, there is either grape growing, harvesting, vinification, aging, or bottling of wine. Recently I was happy to do some tasting in Vancouver of recently bottled wines from Le Vieux Pin and La Stella wineries. These two wineries…
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Drink Good Wine. That is my motto and I really want to help you drink good wine. What is good wine? That can be a different thing for each people. Food also loves wine so I also cover food and wine pairings, restaurant reviews, and world travel. Enjoy life with me. MyWinePal was started by Karl Kliparchuk, WSET. I spent many years with the South World Wine Society as the President and then cellar master. I love to travel around the world, visiting wine regions and sharing my passion for food & wine with you. Come live vicariously through me, and enjoy all my recommended wines.
New Zealand Wines to Impress at the NZ Wine Fair 2013
New Zealand, a land with maritime and mountain plateau climates nearby, each producing wines from the same grapes with different styles, flavours, and aromas. Unique terroir. For such a small island, they produce a significant amount of wine. The…
The Winners of Vancouver Magazine 24th Annual Restaurant Awards
Starting a restaurant is hard. Running a restaurant is hard. Whether you are the owner, chef, wait staff, or any combination of these, you are dedicated, you love food, and what you do. This week was the Vancouver Magazine 24th…
My Latest Tasting Notes For Bartier Scholefield Wines
Bartier Scholefield‘s slogan is “Wine is Narrative“, which I agree it is, at least maybe for boutique wineries, sourcing grapes from a small region. In my previous article, BC Has a Wine Story, I talked about the story that wine…
The Inaugural Okanagan Falls Winery Association Wine Tasting
04.16.2013. That’s the date that the Okanagan Falls Winery Association (OFWA) launched their Inaugural “The Heart of Wine Country Comes to Vancouver” event to show their wines to the wine trade, which includes wine writers like me, but as well…
BC Has a Wine Story
BC‘s wine story, just like all other wine regions, is heavily dependent upon it’s terroir. You may have heard of the term terroir, but what does it mean, and what is BC’s wine story? What is Terroir? Terroir is a…
My March 2013 IVSA Wine Picks
I look forward to the Import Vintners & Spirits Association (IVSA) Trade tasting. You get to try the new wines, liquor, and beer coming into the BC market, and be the first to tell you what to search out in…
What’s Wrong with Wine Ratings?
There are two sides to every fence, to every coin, to every argument. This also holds true for wine ratings. I am on the side of not giving a wine I taste a rating on a 100 point scale. I…
Pretty Outspoken, Getting to Know Perseus Winery’s Tom diBello
Who is Perseus Winery? Perseus winery is located in the South Okanagan, Penticton in particular. It was founded in 2009 and originally known as Synergy Winery & Vineyards. In 2011, three long-time friends—Rob Ingram, Sam Elia, Bob Hole—acquired the winery…
Wines for All Tastes at Taste Washington 2013
Driving down to Seattle from Vancouver, BC for Taste Washington, I always think about the wineries I’ve tried last year; how will their wines taste this year, and what new surprises will I find. There is always some wine that…