by mywinepal • • Comments Off on All My VanWineFest 2020 Interview Videos
I enjoy meeting winery principals and having a short chat with them at their table as they are pouring their wines during the Festival Tasting at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Here are a few of my recorded video chats…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on THE GLOBAL CRU Seminar at VanWineFest 2020
What is meant by a “Cru” in wine? The term “Cru” is most often used for the French classification system, but the “Cru” concept can apply to any vineyard region recognized for their superior wine quality. My last seminar during…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on A Quick Wine and Food Pairing Dinner with Vinum & Cibus Italici at Wildebeest
Wine and food pairing dinners are always fun. You get to find out which types of wines you like paired with particular dishes. There are usually surprises as well. I was invited to taste some Italian wines from the Vinum…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Prosecco and Valpolicella – Tasting the Wines of Veneto
North and east of Verona, Italy is where Valpolicella wines originate and a little to the north of Valpolicella you find Prosecco wines. You may have heard of Prosecco, the sparkling darling of people around the world at the moment. …
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Gustoso, An Amarone Vertical from MASI Agricola S.p.A.
What is Amarone wine? Amarone is a style of Valpolicella wine. The Valpolicella region is located north of Verona, bordering Lake Garda to the west and by the Lessini Mountains to the east and north. There are 4 styles of…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on My Top Drop 2018 Favourite Wines
Top Drop is the last major wine tasting in Vancouver before the start of summer. Top Drop is meant to represent the best in terroir and winemaker craft. Nature and Nurture. Wineries from around the world are selected for the…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on MASI Costasera Contemporary Art Features Indigenous BC Artist Susan A. Point
MASI Costasera Contemporary Art and Indigenous Artist Susan A. Point As MASI notes ” The term “culture” has its origins in the verb “to cultivate”: cultivation of the land is the expression of thousands of years of a people’s knowledge,…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on An Interview with Olga Bussinello About the Versatility and History of Valpolicella Wines
I was pleased to be invited to interview Olga Bussinello, Director, of the Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Valpolicella here in Vancouver recently. The Consortium for the Tutelage of Valpolicella Wines is an association of wine producers, winemakers and bottlers of the wine production…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on The 3rd Wave of Italian Wines in Vancouver
Italy has been making a big push into Vancouver, and Canada, over the past few years. Over the past 2 weeks, there have been 3 different Italian wine delegations come to Vancouver to show us their wines. In some cases…
by mywinepal • • Comments Off on Pairing Japanese Dishes with Italian Wine?
We have heard about fusion cuisine; mixing elements of French dishes with Mexican spices, for example. But have you considered fusion also as the pairing of cuisine from one region with the wine from another region? Recently I and a…