The Wine Diva Brings The Lists

VanWineFest & Randy Ullom: Kendall Jackson (Sonoma)

  

THE SHOW

  

Daenna van Mulligen is The Wine Diva.

Daenna tastes over 2000 wines throughout the year and reviews many of them for her website and various publications.

All of the wines we’ll talk  about on this episode can be found  tasted and rated at www.winediva.ca and www.winescores.ca   There are many more to be found there.

(For your convenience we’ve added the wines we talked about below, as well)

Daenna loves her lists.  As long as I’ve know her she’s been making sensational wine lists.

Daenna Van MulligenFor this week’s show she’s ready to talk about

* Top 100 (under $20)

* Top 50   (Over $20)

* Bubbles

 

Top 100 ($20 and under)

*  Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery Gewurztraminer, British Columbia

* Harper’s Trail ‘Thadd Springs Vineyard’ Rose, British Columbia

* Santa Carolina ‘Carolina’ Reserva Pinot Noir, Calsablanca Valley, Chile

* Township 7 Vineyards & Winery Muscat ‘Rock Pocket Vineyard’, Okanagan Valley BC

* Masi Passo Doble, Tupungato Argentina

 

Top 50 (Over $20 & 91 pts)

*  Rust Wine Co. Syrah, Okanagan Valley, BC

* Vanessa Vineyard Meritage, Similkameen Valley BC

* Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California

* Tantalus Vineyards Old Vines Riesling, Okanagan Valley BC

* Bartier Bros. Cabernet Franc, Okanagan Valley BC

 

Bubbles (From The Queen of The Bubbles)

* Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars Blanc de Blancs, Okanagan Valley $40

* Meyer Family Vineyards Method Traditionnelle Extra Brut, Okanagan Valley $40

* Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards ‘Fitz’ Brut, Okanagan Valley BC  $33

* Chandon Rose Brut, California  $32.99

* Vaporetto Brut Prosecco DOC, Veneto Italy  $18.99

* Bride Valley Vineyard Brut Reserve, Dorset, UK  $47.00

 

www.winediva.ca

www.winescores.ca

  

Harry Hertscheg  – (Executive Director  41st Vancouver International Wine Festival)

Vancouver International Wine Festival has been described as “the largest wine festival in the Americas” with 25,000+ admissions. It is Canada’s premier wine show and widely considered to be one of the best wine events in the world. At age 41, it is also among the oldest.

Its slogan is “The Wine World is Here”. For the past six years, VIWF has been voted the #1 Food, Wine & Hospitality Event in Canada by New York’s BizBash.

41st annual (founded 1979)

8 days, Feb 23-Mar 3 (Bacchanalia Gala, Feb 23)

25,000+ admissions

 

16 countries

160 wineries; including 53 from featured region California

54 events (20 are California events)

 

1,500 wines projected, including an estimated:

42,000 bottles poured and/or purchased.

 

Harry Hertscheg is the perfect guy to guest here as he loves his VanWineFest numbers  plus he’s been on TRR many times and we seem to have developed a “shorthand” in getting through all the information the festival contains.

Most importantly, California is the featured wine region this year.  After all the fires, droughts then  floods they could use all the love we have to offer.

They were the first ever featured region via Robert Mondavi Wines and Vancouver is the closest international market to California.

Remember, one of the ways we can help them recover from the disasters is to buy their wines and send our support.  California is the single most popular wine region in BC.  Now is when they need us most.

But first,