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VanWineFest 2025: Winemaking on the Edge Seminar

 mywinepal  March 13, 2025

Today we were able to taste California wines crafted on the edge – coastal cliffs, mountain tops, and rugged valleys – where adversity breeds greatness.  This seminar at the VanWineFest 2025 showed us bold wines born from unforgiving terrains and regenerative farming.  Our Moderator was Elaine Chukan Brown.  Winery Principals to tell us about their wines: Kori Butler, Andrew Gouveia,…

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MyWinePal Top 5 Star Rated Red Wines for 2018

 mywinepal  December 26, 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 and BC VQA wineries, the Vancouver International Wine Festival, visits to wineries, and personal purchases.  I categorized the wines below to…

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12 New Wines to BC For You To Try

 mywinepal  January 29, 2018

Last week was the first IVSA event for the wine, beer, and spirits trades people to find out about the newest bottles to arrive in BC.  Here are 12 different wines from around the world that I thought were quite good.  Enjoy them in 2018! White Wines Saget La Perrière M de Mulonniere Anjou Chenin Blanc, 2016, Lore Valley, France –…