This week we had our first Trade tasting of new wines or new vintages of wines, plus spirits with the IVSA. I decided to concentrate on white and sparkling wines for this event, as I had a shorter time to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It is not every day that you get invited to a portfolio tasting of wines from Italy’s Antinori Estates. Many of you have probably heard of their most famous wine, Marchesi Antinori Tignanello Toscana IGT, a Super Tuscan, that helped…
The holiday season will soon be upon us. When I turned on a local FM radio station today they were already playing Christmas songs. It’s time to start stocking up on wines to celebrate with friends and family. Sparkling wines…
Tomaresca is a winery named for the ancient seaside towers of Puglia and is trying to make the world notice and appreciate the quality of their wines. The winery works with the Antinori family which has over 625 years of…
This is Part Two of my article covering the Chianti Classico Masterclass led by Jason Yamasaki. In Part One I covered the history, and grape varieties used for Chianti Classico, touched on the DOCG quality pyramid, and reviewed a basic…
I was fortunate to be invited to a Chianti Classico Masterclass led by Jason Yamasaki, the Chianti Classico Ambassador in BC. Jason spoke to us about the history of the Chianti Classico region, the grape used and the different quality…