The Wine Diva: Top 100 Wines
($25 or under – 88 points or better)
THE SHOW
The end of any year always brings “best of” lists:
Films, Music, Books, Food and many artistic events!
This year end list from Daenna van Mulligen/The Wine Diva brings the very best budget wines of 2023. All $25.00 or under and 88 Points or better!!
Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva
For all those wine fans who ask the yearly question – “Where are the $25.00 wines that taste like $35 dollar wines?”
Those wines are right here. Budget bottles good enough to be happily offered as gift bottles.
Daenna van Mulligen/The Wine Diva tastes a staggering amount of wines over the weeks and months of a wine year and these are the ones that stood out. Affordable all stars.
The complete printable list can be found at
winediva.ca
winescores.ca
Merry Christmas – Happy Hanukah – Best of the Season – Happy New year
CHEERS!!
HIgh Note Estate Winery ‘Capriccio’ Riesling, Naramata Bench, BC N/A
Hester Creek ‘Selected Barrels’ Merlot, Okanagan Valley, BC $21.99
Gerard Bertrand ‘An 806’, Corbieres, Sud de France $21.99
Nicosia Grillo, Sicily, Italy $21.99
LaFleur Chevalier Bordeaux, France $22.00
Araldica Barbera, Piedmont, Italy $22.00
Wild Goose Winery Riesling, Okanagan BC $25.00
Oops ‘Spicy Splendor’ Carmenere, Central Valley Chile $14.99
Falernia Carmenere Gran Reserva, Elqui Valley Chile $19.99
El Petit Bonhomme Blanco, Rueda Spain $17.99
Meyer Family Vineyards ‘Meyer’ Chardonnay, Okanagan Valley, BC $21.00
HIgh Note Estate Winery ‘Soubrette’ Pinot Grigio, Naramata Bench, BC N/A
HIgh Note Estate Winery ‘Continuo’ Rosado, Naramata Bench, BC N/A
Township 7 Vineyards and Winery ‘Provenance Series’ Pinot Gris, Okanagan Valley,
El Petit Bonhomme, Jumilla Spain $17. N/A
Terra Ventoux ‘Les 5 Terroirs’ Vieilles Vignes, Ventoux, Rhone Valley $18.50
Selbach Riesling ‘Fish Label’, Germany $22.. Mayhem Wines Sauvignon Blanc Okanagan Valley N/A
Mayhem Wines Cabernet~Merlot, Okanagan Valley N/A
Mayhem Wines Rose, Okanagan Valley N/A
Meyer Family Vineyards ‘Meyer’ Gewurztraminer, Okanagan Falls, BC N/A
Castello di Gabbiano ‘Cavaliere d’Oro’ Chianti Classico, Tuscany Italy $20.00
Da Vero Nero d’Avola Vino Rosso, Sicily, Italy $15.00
Familia Zingarelli ‘Rocca della Macie’ Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy $20.99
Araldica ‘Il Meridone’ Catarratto, Sicily, Italy $15.00
Fort Berens Estate Winery Pinot Gris, British Columbia $25.00
Lunessence Winery & Vineyard Rose, Okanagan Valley, BC N/
Clos du Soleil ‘Winemaker’s Series’ Whispered Secret Vineyard Pinot Gris, Similkameen Valley, BC N/A
Clos du Soleil Fume Blanc, Okanagan Valley $25.00
Bartier Bros. Rose, Okanagan Valley, BC $18.99
Spearhead Pinot Gris, Okanagan Valley BC $22.00
Wild Goose Winery Gewurztraminer, Okanagan BC $25.00
Covert Farms Family Estate Semillon~Sauvignon Blanc, Okanagan Valley, BC $26.00
CedarCreek Estate Winery Sauvignon Blanc, Okanagan Valley $25.00
CedarCreek Estate Winery Pinot Gris, Okanagan Valley BC $25.00
La Bonhomme Monastrell Rose, Valencia Spain $20.00
STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:
Canadian Whisky Awards
Fort Berens – New Wines
Remembering Mike Grgich and the
shot heard round the World.
Highlights of 2023