I thought I’d write this article about BC Rosé wines as rosé wines have been on a growth tear for several years. Plus checking my website stats for the last 4 weeks, the top query was “Mateus Rosé Wine“. Mateus,…
BC Rosé Wines Continue to Please
Tag: riesling
A Few Sparkling Wine Recommendations for New Years Eve
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…
MyWinePal’s Near Perfect 4.5-5 Star Rated Wines for 2020
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…
Pairing Cheese with a BC Red and Ontario White VQA Wine
Wine and cheese pairings are great for holiday entertaining and when you want to enjoy by yourself. Today I have two VQA wines, one from BC, and one from Ontario, that I am pairing with a limited edition collectable box…
Monte Creek Winery Announces Record Wine Wins In 2020
In BC we love to celebrate the success of our wineries both locally and abroad. Monte Creek Winery in Kamloops is one winery in our newer wine regions, the Thompson Valley, that is having success and would like to share…
Quick Reviews: Moraine Pinot Noir 2018 and Synchromesh Riesling 2019
Pinot Noir and Riesling are probably my favourite red and white grapes respectively. Both are very transparent to their terroir. Pinot Noir shows different aromas and flavours with the growing season weather for the year, and can be made as…
A Few BC Wine Suggestions For COVID Thanksgiving
Canadian Thanksgiving is going to be very different this year for many of us who are accustomed to getting together with our parents, brothers and sister, and maybe aunts and uncles for dinner. It will be smaller, and may be…
BC, German, and Chilean Wines all Together
Today I have 3 seemingly unrelated wines, and they are. Sometimes when you are tasting wines for review, you have single bottles and no pairing with other related wines. So today is a bit of a mix of wines. One…
Wine, Beer, Cider, and Spirits at JAK’s During BC Day
You may have noticed some of my recent Instagram posts showing wines, beer, cider, and spirits from JAK’s liquor stores. They provided me with these samples to show you what you could enjoy over the BC Day long weekend. It…
2020 All Canadian Wine Championships Have Big Winners from Kamloops
I have been telling all my readers about the quality of wines coming from Kamloops. The 2020 All Canadian Wine Championships just announced their winners, and Kamloops wineries have brought in more medals. Here is the press release from the…