Tag: Pewsey Vale

Yalumba The Y Series Viognier 2022 and Pewsey Vale Estate Eden Valley Riesling 2022

Is Australian Viognier or Riesling in Your Summer Plans?PR SAMPLE 

 mywinepal  May 23, 2024

Victoria Day has just passed in Canada and is known as our unofficial kick-off to summer.  For your summer wine enjoyment, you may lean toward white wines.  I have two white wines for you from Australia;  The Pewsey Vale Estate Eden Valley Riesling 2022 which is fermented in stainless steel and the Yalumba The Y Series Viognier 2022 which has…

Pewsey Vale Vineyard Eden Valley Single Vineyard Estate Riesling 2020

Pewsey Vale Vineyard’s Eden Valley Single Vineyard Estate Riesling 2020 on International Riesling Day

 mywinepal  March 14, 2022

What a delightful Riesling to enjoy today for International Riesling Day. I opened the Pewsey Vale Vineyard‘s Eden Valley Single Vineyard Estate Riesling 2020 from Australia. Pewsey Vale Vineyard’s love affair with Riesling started in 1847 when it was the first vineyard planted in the Eden Valley. The 2021 vintage release of Pewsey Vale Vineyard has been formally recognised for…

Yalumba and Pewsey Vale wines from Australia

An Australian Tribute to the Vancouver International Wine Festival

 mywinepal  February 25, 2021

The theme region for the Vancouver International Wine Festival was the South American wine making countries, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brasil. I’ve covered two wines from Chile in my earlier article, and I do have a few wines from Argentina coming up to taste and write about, as part of my tribute to the Festival. But today I am going…

Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Riesling 2018, the Yalumba Y Series Viognier 2019, Yalumba Samuel's Collection Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2016, and the Yalumba Samuel's Collection Barossa Shiraz 2017

1847 till Today: Australia’s Wine History with Yalumba and Pewsey Vale

 mywinepal  July 29, 2020

1847 was an important year in Australian wine as two things happened. First John Gilbert who moved from Britain to Australia planted Riesling and other grapes in the Eden Valley in what is known as the Pewsey Vale Vineyard.  This vineyard had 3 generations of Gilbert’s grow grapes till it was sold in the 1920’s, and then again in 1962…

Pewsey Vale Single Vineyard Estate Eden Valley Riesling 2018 with wine in glass

Quick Review Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Single Vineyard Estate Riesling 2018

 mywinepal  April 6, 2020

The Pewsey Vale Vineyard from the Eden Valley in Australia was originally established in 1847 by Englishman Joseph Gilbert and had Riesling planted at that time. I read that their vines came from the Macarthur vineyards at Camden in New South Wales where William Macarthur had travelled to the Rheingau, Germany in 1837 to collect Riesling cuttings. With an altitude…

Australian wine sign

Australia Up Close 2019: My Wine Picks

 mywinepal  May 12, 2019  2 Comments on Australia Up Close 2019: My Wine Picks

A contingent of Australian wineries visited Vancouver recently to show off their latest releases of red and white wines.  There was, of course, many bottles of Shiraz to taste, but also cooler climate wines like Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. Did you know that there are 65 wine regions in Australia?  Many are in the southeast corner of Australia covering the…

My Favourite White and Sparkling Wines for 2012

 mywinepal  December 16, 2012  1 Comment on My Favourite White and Sparkling Wines for 2012

I hazard to guess how many wines I tasted over the past year, but every year I find several gems that I pass along to you as I taste them.  Getting ready for the holiday season, you may be considering buying wines to take to parties, or serving wines at your parties.  What to buy? Here is a list of…

IVSA logo

Wines from Around The World – The Latest from the IVSA

 mywinepal  September 21, 2012

From the Fall through Spring, the Import Vintners & Spirits Association (IVSA) hosts a regular tasting of importers latest wines, beer and spirits.  The kick-off for the fall was last week, and it was very busy.  Again too many wines to try, so I went table by table trying to find wines of interest, or completely new wines/wineries I have…