Yes, Valentine’s Day is coming soon, and so you may want to start planning. A nice dinner, either at home, or safely at a restaurant, like Provence Marinaside, may be your choice. Provence has a special meal paired with wonderful…
In North America we are accustomed to see one or more grape varieties on the wine bottle label. But this is not the case everywhere in the world. Take in case, the Tuscany region of Italy. I received this press…
If you need more suggestions for the bottle of sparkling wine you want to pop for New Year’s Eve, BC Liquor Stores has made a short list for you. Some of the bottles are on sale. Get yours soon! If…
As 2020 has been a disaster, we really should be toasting with a bottle of sparkling wine on New Year’s Eve to welcome 2021. Here are a few sparkling wines that I tried in 2020 that would be nice to…
Do you enjoy quizzes about wine? I’ve made one here for you, using material from my articles this year. So if you can’t figure out the answer to a question, open up a second tab in your browser with mywinepal.com…
This was a crazy year due to COVID, which limited my usual number of wine tastings, but when I checked through the wines, I realized that of the wines I did taste, many almost made my 5-star category. These wines…
This year, with COVID, my exposure to wines from around the world was limited. But I still did have one major wine tasting event before COVID lockdown: the Vancouver International Wine Festival. All my 5 star rated wines for this…
Two stellar wines today for you. The first is Cantine Nicosia Grillo Sicilia DOC 2018, an organic and vegan wine made in Italy from the white Grillo grape. The second wine is the Luis Segundo Correas Valle Las Acequias Malbec…
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West, together with BC Liquor Stores, is organizing during the month of October another edition of “Flavours of Italy – Celebrating Italian Classics”, an in-store promotion in selected BC Liquors Stores. This edition of “Flavours of…
The last wine for me to taste from Casale del Giglio is their top tier Mater Matuta Rosso IGT. It is a blend of Syrah 85% and Petit Verdot 15%. It seems a bit odd to review an Italian wine…