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Viticultural Bridges white wines

Viticultural Bridges: Elevating Premium White Wines & Shaping Their Future in Alsace and British Columbia

 mywinepal  August 30, 2025

This is part two of my attendance at the “Viticultural Bridges” panel discussion, with BC and Alsatian winemakers.  In part two, we covered premium white wines and shaping their future.  Again, we had winemakers in person from Alsace and BC, and a few Alsatian winemakers via recorded video.  There was Olivier Humbrecht to provide the Alsatian perspective in person.  On…

Wines of BC Masterclass: Expressions of People, Place and Time

Wines of BC Masterclass: Expressions of People, Place and Time

 mywinepal  November 8, 2022

Wines evolve with time in the bottle.  People talk about how they drink their aged Bordeaux and Burgundy wines.  Never drinking them young.  In BC many people think that our wines are best enjoyed young.  Not thinking about ageing them for a few years, or longer. This masterclass by the Wines of British Columbia had us taste a young and…

Virtual BC Vintage Preview Part 1

BC’s Virtual 2019 Vintage Preview – The Cool North and Vancouver Island

 mywinepal  April 22, 2020  1 Comment on BC’s Virtual 2019 Vintage Preview – The Cool North and Vancouver Island

BC’s wine regions, in my opinion, can be categorized as either a very cool, cool, warm, or hot climate.  Vancouver Island and the Fraser Valley I’d put into the very cool category.  Lake Country would be cool.  North Okanagan and the Kootenays, I’d regard as cool to warm.  South Okanagan, Similkameen, and Kamloops to Lillooet as hot.  These regions can…