December 23rd, 2023 The Wine Diva: Top 100 Wines – Under $25 – 88pts or better
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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
Crash the Time Machine The Odds 7th album has been released. The basic Odds lineup of Craig Northey, Pat Steward, Murray Atkinson and Doug Elliott are joined by the 5th Odd – Steven Page.
He’s a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and newly minted mixer. . 
