by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Celebrate Wine Excellence at Top Drop Vancouver May 10-11, 2022
Have you ever heard of Top Drop Vancouver? It is a festival where 40 hand-selected wineries from around the world come to Vancouver and pour their wines for you. These wineries have to have a certain level of quality and…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A Ton of Italian Wine on Sale at BC Liquor Stores June 2020!
We all like a good sale. A sale on wine is better. And a sale on Italian wine is excellent! I checked the SALE section on the BC Liquor Stores website and saw 6 pages of Italian wines on sale. …
This year I had many wines that I tasted this year that almost made my 5-star category; 27 white wines and 45 red wines. These wines I rated as 4.5-5 stars. When I check over them again, I can remember…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Celebrating Italian Wines Here and Hopefully Soon in the BC Market
Italian wine always excites me. I think it is the acidity in the wines and the in general red fruit flavours. There is also a wide variety of wines from sparkling Prosecco and Franciacorta wines, and rosé/white/red wines made from…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on MyWinePal Top 5 Star Rated Red Wines for 2018
This is Part 2 of my top rated wines for 2018. I earlier released my list of 40 white and sparkling wines for 2018, which you can read at this link. This red wine list came from Trade tastings with agents…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Top Drops at Vintage Corks Tasting
If you have ever attended the Top Drop tastings in Vancouver, you will have experienced many 4.5 to 5 star wines according to my rating scale. I recently attended a portfolio tasting by Vintage Corks, and this tasting was in…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Amo Vino Portfolio Tasting Per Favore
This was my first portfolio tasting for Amo Vino Distributors, a small boutique wine agency co-founded by Marisa Varas and Jessica Luongo. Their wines are primarily from Europe, but there are also some California and BC wines to be found. …
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on My Top Drop 2018 Favourite Wines
Top Drop is the last major wine tasting in Vancouver before the start of summer. Top Drop is meant to represent the best in terroir and winemaker craft. Nature and Nurture. Wineries from around the world are selected for the…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Experience the Best Crus in Piedmonte with Michele Chiarlo
The Michele Chiarlo winery has been producing wines in the Piedmonte region of Italy for 60 years. With the specialness of this 60th anniversary, Alberto Chiarlo, has been visiting some cities around the world presenting the wines of their family…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on MyWinePal Top 5 Star Rated Red Wines for 2017
As I mentioned in my previous article on my top rated white, sparkling, and fortified wines for 2017, there were so many excellent wines that I tasted this year. As I review the red wines that I’ve listed below, there…