Category: wine tasting

An Excellent Portfolio Tasting with Select Wines & Spirits

 mywinepal  September 17, 2012

I was happy to be invited for the second year in a row to the Select Wines & Spirits’ Annual Portfolio Tasting, held at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club.  Last year I found several gems that I passed along to you, and you will read about my latest wine recommendations.  You may want to compare to my last year’s…

Enjoying My Le Vieux Pin Equinoxe Master Class

 mywinepal  September 15, 2012

I always appreciate seminars held with winemakers and winery principals to discuss their wines.  In this case, it was with winemaker Severine Pinte and General Manager Rasoul Salehi from Le Vieux Pin in the Chateau Belair Boardroom of the Sutton Place Hotel. Le Vieux Pin is one of my favourite wineries in the Okanagan.  They consistently deliver high quality red…

Oregon Takes Vancouver 2012 – Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and More!

 mywinepal  September 8, 2012

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…

Sharing Your Wine Backstory

 mywinepal  September 3, 2012

This long weekend I went to a friend’s house for dinner and I brought a bottle of Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley, France that I purchased last summer while I was on vacation. When I picked out this bottle to bring to the dinner party, I remembered going to the winery, my discussion with the person in the tasting…

A Visit to Lotusland Vineyards – What’s New?

 mywinepal  August 30, 2012

My last visit to Lotusland Vineyard in the Abbotsford area, Fraser Valley, was September 2010. I thought coming up to September 2012 that I should make another visit and see what is new at Lotusland.  The lady at the winery I met today poured me their Enigma 2004, Merlot 2003, and 2 Cabs. All wines are under screwcap. When I…

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Have You Tried Nuance Wines from South Africa?

 mywinepal  August 29, 2012

What is nuance? By definition, nuance means ” A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation” according to freedictionary.com. I received two bottles of nuance wines to try; a Cabernet Sauvignon / Malbec blend, and a Sauvignon Blanc / Pinot Grigio blend from South Africa.  I do like South African wines.  They tend…

Taste of Tulalip 2012 – Get Big!

 mywinepal  August 18, 2012

As a reminder the Tulalip Resort Casino’s award-winning food and wine aficionado event “Taste of Tulalip” will take place on November 9 & 10, 2012.  I attended last year’s event and was so impressed with the exceptional quality of the food and wine at it, that I really strongly encourage you to attend this year’s event.  The Big Bottles (Magnum)…

Eighth Annual ChefmeetsBCGrape Celebrates Regionality with BC Food Designed for BC Wine

 mywinepal  August 17, 2012

Have you ever attended ChefmeetsBCGrape before?  It is a great event where you get to try BC VQA wines, and wonderful food produced by top BC chefs.  The dishes prepared are from Ocean Wise partner restaurants, which is good IMHO as I want to support ocean-friendly seafood choices. This event is held in Vancouver. When you check the list of…

Tasting the Latest Wine Releases from SpierHead Winery

 mywinepal  July 23, 2012

I first met Bill Knutson, Proprietor of SpierHead Winery during the Spring VQA wine release in Vancouver.  We talked about their wines and Bill promised to send me a bottle of the new wines that would soon be released.  Fast forward to last week and two bottles showed up at my door.  The SpierHead Pinot Noir 2010 and the SpierHead…

Okanagan Crush Pad: The Taste Test

 mywinepal  June 28, 2012

In my earlier post, Growing Wineries with Okanagan Crush Pad (OCP), I introduced you to the vineyard management, wine making skills, and the growing list of new wineries making use of OCP. In this second part of this article, I will introduce you to these new wineries, and provide you with a few tasting notes on the wines I sampled….