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Here are two newly released wines from Haywire Winery in the Okanagan. These two wines are made with the red grapes, Pinot Noir and Gamay Noir, originally from Burgundy and Beaujolais respectively. Lower tannin grapes and higher acidity typically with red fruit aromas and flavours. Food-friendly wines. Both are vegan-friendly wines. Let me tell you about them. My Wine Tasting Notes…
Pinot Noir is one of my overall favourite grapes. There are different styles from around the world, with Burgundy being at the pinnacle; cooler climate. As well as BC and New Zealand. Pinot Noir can also produce bigger wines, but still with softer tannins, in places such as California’s Sonoma Coast. I received a bottle of La Crema Sonoma Coast…
What do you know about Champagne, other than its bubbles and high quality? Do you know where the Champagne region is located in France? How the 360 Champagne Houses and 16,100 growers get the bubbles in the bottle? Which grapes are permitted to make Champagne? Or that 297.6 million bottles of Champagne were shipped around the world in 2019? Let…
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…
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…
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, if you like my descriptions of these wines buy them asap as they will sell out quickly. The two wines…
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 from my articles this year. I hope you enjoy it!
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%…
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…
There is a constant growth in the number of new wineries in BC. One winery that I started to hear about this year is 1 Mill Road Winery, located on the Naramata Bench. They recently reached out to me for an interview. I was delighted to speak with Ben Bryant, co-owner and winemaker for 1 Mill Road. Below is my…
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