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Black Hills Estate Winery Nota Bene

An Iconic Canadian Wine and Iconic Canadian Personalities Celebrate 20 Years

 mywinepal  June 18, 2020

Probably one of the first iconic wines of BC has to be Black Hills Estate Winery’s Nota Bene.  This iconic wine is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary and Black Hills Estate Winery wants to throw a big party on July 17, 2020, safely of course. Here is their press release about the upcoming event AND the Canadian celebrities that will be…

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My VanWineFest 2020 Public Events Selections

 mywinepal  January 5, 2020  2 Comments on My VanWineFest 2020 Public Events Selections

Tickets to the Vancouver International Wine Festival events sell very quickly and you can miss out on some great events.  All Festival events are very good but depend on what you are interested in doing, like attending a dinner, a seminar, or a mingler.  I thought I’d give you my suggestions, based on my interests in seminars and dinners primarily,…

Black Hills Estate Winery Fall 2019 media release

Black Hills Estate Winery – An Iconic Winery in Our Backyard

 mywinepal  September 16, 2019

Recently I was invited to attend a seminar and tasting of Black Hills Estate Winery‘s wines at Chambar Restaurant downtown.  Glenn Fawcett, Chief Wine Evangelist, for Black Hills started off the seminar telling us about the history of the winery and then introduced us to their newest winemaker, Ross Wise, who spoke to us about the flight of wines we…

Black Hills Esate Winery Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Addendum

3 Quality Wines from Black Hills Estate Winery

 mywinepal  February 15, 2019

Black Hills Estate Winery produced one of the first iconic wines of BC, Nota Bene, a Left Bank Bordeaux red blend.  Black Hills is known for producing quality wines.  They are located on the Black Sage Road, 13 km north of Osoyoos in the South Okanagan.  This area is hot and dry, and perfect to grow red Bordeaux grapes. The…

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9 Wines You Should Try at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017

 mywinepal  January 23, 2017

Do you know how many wines will be presented at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 Tasting Room?  Around 800.  Picking wines you really would like to try in your 3 hours of wine tasting would be like finding a needle in a haystack.  I had a chance to try some of the wines that you can find at the Festival,…

Nota Bene 2014

Black Hills Estate Nota Bene Limited Release Around Vancouver

 mywinepal  August 14, 2016

This is a copy of the press release I received about their upcoming events in Vancouver. Enjoy! ~~~ Black Hills Estate Winery‘s 2014 Nota Bene wine will be available to the trade and public across BC on September 1st. This limited-release Bordeaux-style wine will be celebrated in Vancouver with a succession of events from August 28-31, including winemaker dinners, seminars,…