Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
Do you enjoy Alsatian wines? They are very food-friendly, with Riesling being the best-known grape from the region. There are also other aromatic white varieties, like Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, and Gewurztraminer, and now Pinot Noir is becoming more widely known. I attended a virtual Alsatian Digitasting Fair this week and interviewed four winemakers at their wineries. The wineries I…
It is Spring now, the cherry blossoms have passed, we are getting into our gardens and summer is one month away. It is time to get outside on our patios and enjoy some tasty BC wine. I think sparkling wine and Rosé wine fits the bill (white too). I received a bottle of Summerhill Pyramid Winery Cipes Brut Nature Zero…
We are well into Spring, spot prawn season is almost here, halibut season is here, and fresh white BC wines are being released for us to enjoy with them. A case in point is Spearhead Winery‘s Pinot Gris and Riesling 2020 that I have to review for you. Excluding COVID, the 2020 growing season had a delayed spring/summer, but then…
April showers bring spring flowers, but it also brings a new menu at Provence Marinaside with a new set of wines for pairing; this time from Sea Star Vineyards. Here is the press release from Provence Marinaside. ~~~ (Vancouver, BC) – April is BC Wine Month and what better way to celebrate than by the return of Provence Marinaside‘s monthly Wine Menu Series starting April…
The theme region for the Vancouver International Wine Festival was the South American wine making countries, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brasil. I’ve covered two wines from Chile in my earlier article, and I do have a few wines from Argentina coming up to taste and write about, as part of my tribute to the Festival. But today I am going…
It’s getting bone-chilling cold across Canada. Even in balmy Vancouver, the temperatures may go down to -10 degrees C. You think about the summer and bbq, but that seems so far away. Armstrong Cheese sent me an email with a few recipes that can grill outside (if you are brave) or inside. They partnered with Food Network celebrity chef Roger…
As 2020 has been a disaster, we really should be toasting with a bottle of sparkling wine on New Year’s Eve to welcome 2021. Well, 2021 was not much better. Still had to keep to your bubble. I only attended 2 Trade tastings and no sparkling wines were on the list. Here are a few sparkling wines that I tried…
This was a crazy year due to COVID, which limited my usual number of wine tastings, but when I checked through the wines, I realized that of the wines I did taste, many almost made my 5-star category. These wines I rated as 4.5-5 stars. They are fantastic to drink now and would be OK to cellar for a short…
Wine and cheese pairings are great for holiday entertaining and when you want to enjoy by yourself. Today I have two VQA wines, one from BC, and one from Ontario, that I am pairing with a limited edition collectable box containing 3 artisinal “Entertaining Cheeses” provided to me by Saputo. The two wines are the Gold Hill Winery Syrah 2016…
In BC we love to celebrate the success of our wineries both locally and abroad. Monte Creek Winery in Kamloops is one winery in our newer wine regions, the Thompson Valley, that is having success and would like to share that wine experience with you. Here is the announcement of their latest wine awards, and how you can purchase their…
