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The early bird gets the worm, or in this case to taste some premium wines from around the world.  The Vancouver International Wine Festival is just around the corner, starting the last week of February.  There are still some tickets left for some of the wine events, as well as for the Festival Tasting Room.  Here is the announcement by…

Are you coming from out of town to attend the Vancouver International Wine Festival?  Do you need a hotel? I came across this offer from Hotel Le Soleil in Gastown, just a short walk to the Vancouver Convention Centre.  Here is the package.  Enjoy! ~~~ As an upscale, independent boutique hotel in the heart of downtown Vancouver, BC, Executive Hotel…

Dine Out Vancouver has been on for a week now.  Where have you eaten?  Do you have any favourites? Here are the first 3 Dine Out Vancouver restaurants that I visited over the past week.  I visited: Edible Canada (on Granville Island) $28 Jimmy’s Tap House (across from the library downtown) $18 Baru Latino (on Alma) $28 I think my…

The tickets are out for the Vancouver International Wine Festival on January 8.  Which events do you attend?  Well I’m here to help.  BTW, I was told there will be 767 #wine selections in #VanWineFest Tasting Room. 1850 total selections in 55 events. 30,000 bottles to open in all. Wow. My Number 1 Suggestion Your number 1 event to attend is the International Festival…

Do you love Syrahs?  Did you know that there are many award winning BC Syrahs?  Why not try some of them at the BC Wine Appreciation Society Syrah tasting on January 14?  Their announcement is below. Enjoy! ~~~ Newsflash #1 BC Syrahs take the top four spots in Wine Access Canadian wine awards! Newsflash #2 We are bringing all four of these wines, plus five more…

Here is a quick heads-up that tickets to the Vancouver International Wine Festival go on sale on January 8, 2013.  Here is the announcement from the Festival.  I will make a separate blog article with my picks for events to attend, and events I hope to attend.  Enjoy! ~~~ Vancouver, BC, January 3, 2013 – Tickets to the ever-popular Vancouver…

I use WordPress for MyWinePal.com and MyWinePal.wordpress.com.  Yes I have 2 blogs.  Sometimes I think it is double the effort, but other times I think that I like the separation of the two blogs.  In MyWinePal.com I post my longer articles and wine reviews, while MyWinePal.wordpress.com concentrates more on announcing food and wine events, as well as writing shorter articles…

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…

The Vancouver (Playhouse) International Wine Festival is slowly changing.  With the closing of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, the Wine Festival has changed it’s name to the Vancouver International Wine Festival, and has a new arts troupe to support, “Bard on the Beach“.  The Festival has found a new sponsor, the Vancouver Sun newspaper, who I’m sure will help to…

Do you enjoy rare, single malt whisky?  Lochside, one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries produced a special cask sealed and stored for 45 years, which is now available in a very limited quantity.  Read more about this whisky and how you may get a chance to own a bottle.  Enjoy! ~~~ Over four decades ago a batch of premium single malt…