Trinity Hill The Trinity Hawke’s Bay Red Blend 2021 (ON $19.95) This saucy blend of merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot is inky and magenta-black as it pours. Then sink your schnozz deep into the glass, and inhale…
The Canada Day long weekend celebration is on with picnics and bbqs and generally getting together with friends and family. Enjoying this scene with BC wine would make it even better in my opinion. Below is a list of BC…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A Video Interview with BC’s Bordertown Vineyards & Estate Winery at VanWineFest 2022
I did get a chance to do a video interview with one BC winery during the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Bordertown Vineyards & Estate Winery is located in Osoyoos. In the Fall I walked to the winery from my hotel. …
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A Conversation with Winemaker Galen Barnhardt from Monte Creek Winery at VanWineFest 2022
At the Vancouver International Wine Festival, in the Tasting Room, I did have a chance to go through a flight of Monte Creek Winery wines with Winemaker Galen Barnhardt. Below is a discussion of the wines with Galen. Mostly Galen…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A Merlot and a Bordeaux Blend from Singletree Winery
These are the first wines that I’ve opened since the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2022. Sometimes you need a short break from tasting wine after you taste a lot of wine. The two wines I tasted are from Singletree Winery. …
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on 2 Quality Red Wines From Frind Estate Winery at VanWineFest 2022
I am really enjoying these two red wines from Frind Estate Winery in West Kelowna.. I poured their Midnight 2020, made from 100% Marechal Foch grapes, and their The Premier 2020, a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Regent,…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A Few Favourite Wines from the Heart of Wine Country Spring Wine Release
It is Spring and I was fortunate to attend the Heart of Wine Country Spring Release Tasting covering wines from Okanagan Falls and Skaha Lake. This is the first stand-up and walk-around trade tasting that I had since the COVID…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Gneiss Rosé 2020 Then and Now Plus Filipino Food Pairing
This article is a 2-for-1. It’s Filipino Restaurant Month in Vancouver. So, I started out to review Filipino food from the new Jollibee fast food restaurant that opened in downtown Vancouver, but then I added on wine, as I like…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Two Blends from Frind Estate Winery You Can Try at VanWineFest 2022
Have you heard of Frind Estate Winery before? They are one of the newer wineries, located in West Kelowna. Eric Von Krosigk, their winemaker, comes with lots of great knowledge. He is originally from Vernon. In 1983, Eric moved to…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Welcome Frind Estate Winery to VanWineFest 2022
Here we have BC’s Frind Estate Winery telling us about their history and the wines they will be pouring at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Enjoy. Frind Estate Winery opened its doors August long weekend of 2019. The cogs were…