by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Burrowing Owl White and Red Wines For Your Pleasure
Burrowing Owl Estate Winery is one of the wineries from BC that both locals and visitors to our province know about. I had guests once from New York state want to try Burrowing Owl wine. Burrowing Owl has been a…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Checking Out Calliope’s Latest Releases
Who is Calliope Wines? The Wyse Family, founders of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, has a second label called Calliope, which pays homage to a tiny hummingbird found in southern British Columbia. The grapes for Calliope wines are sourced from local…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Andrew Peller Shows Off Their Wines – Local and Abroad
My second agent portfolio wine tasting for September is by Andrew Peller Ltd and Andrew Peller Import Agency. Through both branches they show off our local BC wines, and the wines the represent from around the world. It was a…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Psst! New Zealand Look Out, Fern Walk Wines are in BC
I first wrote this article in August 2015 when these 2 wines were first released during a walk about food & wine tasting, but then in the Fall I received a bottle of each wine again at home to re-taste.…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Singletree Winery – Growing Deeper Roots in Abbotsford BC
For the Etsell family, farming is in their blood, with their roots firmly entrenched in the Fraser Valley; first with turkeys, and now into viticulture and wine making. Their farming roots extend to the label, where they are called “Singletree…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Summer + BC White Wine a Winning Combination
Summer is nearly upon us, but the weather feels like it is already here. Time to spend time on the patio with family and friends. And of course some nice chilled bottles of BC white wine. Last week I attended…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Wow – Pairing Sileni Estates Wines with Tableau Bar Bistro Dishes
It is always a treat to sit down for a meal with a wine maker and have them tell you about their wines they are drinking with you, and enjoying with paired dishes. Such was the case recently when I,…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Discover New Zealand in a Glass 2015
Each year, New Zealand wine makers come to Canada to show us their latest wines. I enjoy tasting the fresh fruit of New Zealand wines, trying the latest vintages from wineries I know about already, and discovering new wineries to…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on 10 Wines You Should Try from Taste Washington 2015
Definition of Impossible: Tasting all the great wines at Taste Washington. With 232 wineries attending, according to my count, and 4 hours to taste, it is a daunting task. I tried to divide my time about 40% tasting white wines,…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Let’s Talk about Samantha Syrah and Haywire Free Form Wines
Okanagan Crush Pad seems to be coming up with lots of small production wines, trying different things with different grapes, people, and inspiration. This article is about two of their latest wines; Haywire Free Form and Samantha Syrah. About Haywire…