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Are you a lover of Pinots? Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, I am sure will be front and centre at the Vintage Oregon, all-Oregon wine tasting in Portland on April 28, 2013. Along with these well known varietal wines, you should also get to taste some Chardonnay, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, and Viognier, and more. A quotation about Portland…
In my last post I gave you my list of favourite white and sparkling wines that I tasted in 2012. Hopefully, you can buy a bottle or two for one of your holiday soirees. My follow-up to that article is my favourite red wines. With a special request from my friend Kalpna, I have a section for Pinot Noir, but…
It is not often that you can enjoy a magnum of wine, unless you are having a celebration like a birthday party, wedding, etc. At the Taste of Tulalip, we did have the Celebration Dinner on the Friday night, so on Saturday we were treated to keep celebrating with some wonderful magnums of wine from around the world. Last year…
Probably many of us know little about Oregon wineries, unless we are a pinot lover. It is a very nice place to visit, with many wineries or tasting rooms in the McMinnville area. For those of you that are geographically challenged, here is a Google Map of the area. View Larger Map French winemakers have recognized the suitability to grow…
Being social has it’s privileges. One such privilege is being invited to Marquis Wine Cellar’s Social Media tasting in downtown Vancouver. A small, intimate affair with other social media wine and food bloggers; we get to try some new and exciting wines brought in by Marquis. This year, I had my sights on two wines: 1) Josko Gravner Breg Anfora…
Oregon has been touted as having the best pinot noir outside of Burgundy. MyWinePal went to Burgundy last fall, and now visited Oregon to see how the two wine regions compare. In Oregon, most of my time was spent around the McMinnville, Dundee and Salem areas. The landscape was quite varied, with some flatter sloped agricultural areas, but most of…
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