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Are you a saint? Maybe in January, starting off the New Year. But whether you are or not, and want to enjoy some fun rose wines, then Saintly Wines may be on your radar. I received these two rose wines which are made by Okanagan’s Saintly Wines to review. I have the Saintly, the good rosé 2021 and the Saintly,…
Welcome to Pascual Toso Winery from Argentina. Below is some information from the winery plus the wines they will be pouring at the VanWineFest 2023. Enjoy! About Pascual Toso Winery When in the mid-1880s Pascual Toso set out towards Argentina from its hometown, Canale D’Alba, in Piamonte, Italy, he could not have imagined that he would become the founder of…
Let Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery tell you a bit about themselves before you visit them at VanWineFest 2023. Did you know that Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery is the third largest exporter of bottled wine in Chile? About Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery was founded in 1993 with a vision of producing premium, expressive…
New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. Have you purchased your sparkling wines to celebrate? Here are some sparkling wines I enjoyed this year that you may want to consider buying. Some BC sparklers are only available at the winery, but the foreign bottles should all be available at BC Liquor stores. Cheers! My Sparkling Wine Suggestions BC Wine…
With Christmas just a week away as well as other holidays happening this month, I have been trying to taste as many holiday-worthy wines as possible to pass along to you. If you like sparkling wine, here are two quality wines from Blue Mountain Vineyards and Cellars from Okanagan Falls. The 2018 Brut Rosé R.D. is a blend of 70%…
Twenty-five wines coming from BC and around the world made it to my near-perfect – star category this year. I’ve arranged these fantastic wines into BC wines followed by wines from the rest of the world. Italian wine showed up prominently with my near-perfect wine scores. Chardonnay showed prominently as well, primarily from BC. You should still be able to…
The FIFA World Cup 2022 is in the knock-out round. Already we have the Netherlands and Brasil out of the contest. The teams left to play are Morocco, Portugal, England, France, Argentina, and Croatia. All these countries make wine as well as footballers. So which wine would you drink to celebrate if one of these countries wins? I would suggest…
In case you like cocktails, why not make some with sparkling wine for the holidays? Here are three cocktail recipes using BC sparkling wine that were sent to my email. Sparkling Wine Cocktail Recipes French 75 Elegance in a glass! The citrus aromas in Jackson-Triggs 2018 Reserve Esprit Methode Classique combined with the lemon juice flavours and herbal, woodsy notes of gin…
It is not every day that you get invited to a portfolio tasting of wines from Italy’s Antinori Estates. Many of you have probably heard of their most famous wine, Marchesi Antinori Tignanello Toscana IGT, a Super Tuscan, that helped lead the way to blend in International grape varieties, e.g. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Italy’s Sangiovese grape in Tuscany….
This was the first Swirl Around BC trade tasting since the COVID lockdown where you could actually walk around tables, talk to winery principals and have them pour their wines for you. Earlier in the day, I attended the Masterclass on Expressions of People, Place and Time. It was quite informative and attendees were able to taste BC wines from…
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