Today I was fortunate to taste and review two Renaissance red wines from the Okanagan’s Stag’s Hollow Winery. Their premium Renaissance wines represent their best barrels from only the best vintages and are made in small lots. Needless to say,…
A whole year has passed since my 2021 Wine Quiz, which was related to wines, wineries, and winemakers I was able to interact with and write about on mywinepal.com. Here is my 3rd Annual 2022 Wine Quiz. There are 10 questions gleaned…
In BC when we hear icewine, we think of the Okanagan, but icewine is also made in the Niagara peninsula in southern Ontario. In fact, the Niagara wineries have an icewine festival each year, excluding during the COVID lockdown, but…
We all question what we are doing in life, with jobs, family, etc. This also happens with winemakers and their wines as well. We have the result of questioning this new wine, a red Bordeaux blend, Q&A 2020 from Michal…
Have you ever rooted through your wine cellar and find a bottle that you bought, but don’t remember when you bought it? That is what happened to me as I was looking for a wine to go with a pot…
What are the characteristics of a wine that I rate at 5-stars? It is a wine that shows good fruit flavour characteristics, is very balanced between fruit/acidity/tannins/sugar (differences between red/white/sparkling/fortified wines), has good structure and longer length, and possible aging…
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…
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…
Just to the south of us is Washington State. They have more than 900 wineries. In BC we currently have 370 wineries. Every year, excluding the COVID shutdown, there has been the fantastic Taste Washington festival, celebrating wineries and restaurants…
If you were to bring two wines to a dinner party over the holiday season, I might suggest these two wines from the Time Family of Wines. Their Chronos Pinot Gris 2021 and Chronos Cabernet Franc 2020 are very accessible…