Tag: Poplar Grove Winery

Wine diamonds in a bottle of Poplar Grove Winery Merlot 2016

Diamonds and Poplar Grove Winery Merlot 2016

 mywinepal  January 10, 2022  1 Comment on Diamonds and Poplar Grove Winery Merlot 2016

Do you like diamonds?  Have you heard of wine diamonds?  They are actually tartrate crystals that have precipitated out of a wine when the wine was exposed to cold temperatures.  You typically find these wine diamonds on the bottom of the wine cork, which is what I saw when I opened a bottle of Poplar Grove Winery Merlot 2016.  This…

Poplar Grove Lakeview Rosé 2020

Buy Poplar Grove Lakeview Rosé 2020 to Help the BCHF and Enjoy With BBQ

 mywinepal  July 15, 2021

Do you think that a Rose wine can pair with BBQ pork ribs, cornbread, and slaw? I put the Poplar Grove Lakeview Rosé 2020 to the test. It is a blend of 81% Merlot and 19% Malbec made in the Saignee method. As a reminder from my previous post, $2.50 from the sale of each bottle ($30 per case) will…

MyWinePal Top 5 Star Wines

MyWinePal Top 5 Star Rated White and Sparkling Wines for 2018

 mywinepal  December 23, 2018

I tasted through many years this year through Trade tastings with agents and BC VQA wineries, the Vancouver International Wine Festival, visits to wineries, and personal purchases.  I rate all the wines I taste from 1 to 5 stars.  Fortunately, the quality of many wines is quite good, giving them at least a 3 out of 5-star rating.  At the…

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The Okanagan Wine Initiative Members Set to Collaborate and Raise Profile

 mywinepal  April 16, 2018

Big news today in the BC wine industry, with seven BC wineries joining together to form “The Okanagan Wine Initiative” to “…drive one-another to excel and adopt best business practices and to help elevate the identity of the Okanagan as a premium wine producing region and superb wine tourism destination…”  The seven wineries are 50th Parallel Estate Winery, Culmina Family Estate Winery, Haywire…

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Supporting BC Wine and Alberta Beef – Farm Friends

 mywinepal  February 25, 2018

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 event became more of a celebration of BC wine and pairing with Alberta products, like beef and bison. A Farmer’s…