Tag: vanwinefest

Welcoming Fowles Wine to the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2015

 mywinepal  November 27, 2014

Fowles WIne is a new winery for me from Australia, but I am curious to try their wines.  They make a wine that is blended to match wild game meat.  That is quite interesting.  They also have 2 Sauvignon Blancs to try, which you normally don’t think of that much from Australia.  Curious to try.  Read about the winery, from…

Majella Coonawarra

Visit Majella Wines at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2015

 mywinepal  November 24, 2014

Majella is a frequent visitor to the Vancouver International Wine Festival.  This is our eighth visit to this great event and were are very much looking forward to showing off our wines once again. Majella Wines is a family owned company situated in Coonawarra, in the Limestone Coast region in south east South Australia.  Coonawarra is regarded my most wine…

Vancouver International Wine Festival 2015 Tasting tickets Now On Sale!

 mywinepal  November 4, 2014

Thinking of a Christmas gift for a spouse, relative, or how about you?  The Vancouver International Wine Festival tickets for the 2015 event are now on sale.  Details from the Festival are below.  Cheers! ~~~ FREE $89 VANWINEFEST TICKET WITH HOTEL BOOKING Discounts on International Festival Tasting tickets, Gold Pass Tasting Lounge & Gold Pass also available; sale starts Nov….

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Meet Gemtree Wines at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2015

 mywinepal  October 31, 2014

Australia is the theme country for the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2015.  But what do you know about the wineries that you will meet in the Tasting Room, at seminars, or dinners?  This, and upcoming articles written by the Australian wineries, and posted here in mywinepal.com, will help you discover these Australian wineries, so you can go to their tables…

Karl taking notes at the Magnum Party

My Top 5 Wine Posts for 2013

 mywinepal  January 3, 2014

2013 seems like a blur, with so many wine and food events to count.  In addition, we had an outstanding sunny summer here in Vancouver, which lead to enjoyment of more wine and bbq.  Between my main website, mywinepal.com, and my food & wine events site, mywinepal.wordpress.com, I wrote 188 posts.  That is 1 new post every other day, but…

My Vancouver International Wine Festival 2013 Event Picks

 mywinepal  January 7, 2013

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…

My Chilean Wine Picks Reviews #VPIWF 2012

 mywinepal  March 6, 2012

Last week the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival finished, and more work began for me.  Last week was about tasting the wines from Chile and from many other wineries around the world.  This week starts my writing my experiences in seminars and in the International Festival Tasting room. I made the following recommendations for Chilean wines that I had tried…