by mywinepal • • Comments Off on 10 BC Sparkling and White Wines for You to Enjoy This Summer
The Naramata Bench is located on the east side of Lake Okanagan as you drive north from Penticton. It is a very scenic 14 km drive overlooking the water and vineyards, home to a group of twenty-four award-winning wineries forming…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Two Surprises from Spearhead Winery
Spearhead Winery in the Kelowna area is well-known for their Pinot Noir wines. How many do they make? There is their entry-level, white label Pinot Noir, their GFV Saddle Block Pinot Noir, their Golden Retreat Vineyard Pinot Noir, and their Cuvee Pinot…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Supporting BC Wine and Alberta Beef – Farm Friends
Farm Friends was a stand-up grazing event, organized by several BC wineries in response to the recent boycott on the importation of BC wine to Alberta. The day of the event, held at Edible Canada, the Alberta government dropped the ban so that the…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Quick Review: Singletree Pinot Noir and Haywire Pinot Gris
Wine slowly trickles out of our BC wineries and makes their way to market. Two new bottles of wines that I received to taste and rate are from Haywire and Singletree wineries. One a Pinot Gris and the other a…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Whispering Horse Winery Surprises With L’Acadie
Have You Heard of Whispering Horse Winery? One of our newest wineries to BC, Whispering Horse Winery is located a little southwest of Chilliwack on Vedder Mountain Rd. Cultus Lake is around the corner from the winery as well. The…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Come Ashore for 40 Knots Wine
40 Knots Vineyard & Estate Winery is a short sailing trip if you want from Vancouver to Comox on Vancouver Island. Once there you can meet Layne Robert Craig and Brenda Hetman, a husband and wife couple, who have started…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Be Treated Royally with Wines from Enrico Winery
Tucked away on side roads across southern and mid-Vancouver Island, you can be surprised by a family-run winery. Enrico Winery is one such winery, located at 3280 Telegraph Road, Mill Bay, B.C. A cool climate region, this winery has forged…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A DIY Wine Tasting for the Holidays
The holiday season is coming up quickly and if you are wondering what to do for your office or party with friends, how about have a wine tasting? Sounds fun, but how do I pick the wines? Well, I’ve taken…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on 10 BC Wines to Celebrate with on Thanksgiving
With all the calamities around us lately, it is an appropriate time to give thanks for what we have, and to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends in Canada. Whether you enjoy a traditional turkey with stuffing gravy, potatoes, brussel sprouts,…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on 17 New BC VQA Releases for You to Enjoy
Last week the BC wineries who are part of the Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) presented their latest releases of red, white, and sparkling wines. 74 wineries had tables and each poured around 4 wines on average. So 296 new releases…