Do you enjoy quizzes about wine? I’ve made one here for you, using material from my articles this year. So if you can’t figure out the answer to a question, open up a second tab in your browser with mywinepal.com…
MyWinePal’s 2020 Wine Quiz
Category: Vancouver International Wine Festival
MyWinePal’s 5 Star Rated Wines for 2020
This year, with COVID, my exposure to wines from around the world was limited. But I still did have one major wine tasting event before COVID lockdown: the Vancouver International Wine Festival. All my 5 star rated wines for this…
Can You Solve this Puzzle about The GLOBAL CRU from VanWineFest 2020?
The Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020 had a GLOBAL CRU Seminar where top wineries from around the world discussed what is meant by “CRU”. Help put this puzzle together. There are lots of red wines to make the puzzle challenging. …
Catena Zapata Named The #1 World’s Most Admired Wine Brand of 2020 By Drinks International Magazine
At the end of February, I was very fortunate during the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020 to be able to meet and interview Laura Catena, from Bodega Catena Zapata; an iconic Argentinean winery. And in April I received information that…
That’s a Wrap: All My VanWineFest 2020 Articles for You
I was very busy at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020. There were lots of terrific wines from France and around the world, plus the dinners, seminars, and Masterclasses were top notch. I worked very hard making tasting notes, interviewing…
An Interview with Laura Catena from Bodega Catena Zapata During VanWineFest 2020
I’ve always been a fan of the wines from Bodega Catena Zapata in Argentina for a long time. I was first introduced to their wines when I was part of the South World Wine Society in Vancouver. I did not…
My Interview with Steve Latchford, Winemaker, Okanagan Crush Pad, at VanWineFest 2020
You may not realize it but winemakers tend to travel across Canada and the world to make wines. In BC we do have winemakers from here, but there are many from New Zealand and also from the Niagara region in…
4 Wines from Bodega Catena Zapata at VanWineFest 2020
While I was at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020 I had the opportunity to interview Laura Catena, managing director of Bodega Catena Zapata, in Argentina. Plus she is a medical doctor and an author. So many skills. And a…
My Top White and Red French Wines at VanWineFest 2020
With France being the theme country for the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020, there were many more French wineries in attendance than in other years. And with that many more wines to taste. Which made me very happy. France has…
Recommended Wines from Around the World at VanWineFest 2020
Although France was the theme country this year at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, there was a great contingent of wineries from around the world and from BC to pour their wines for us. Below are wines that I enjoyed…