Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
In the late Fall, I interviewed a few BC winemakers about their 2022 harvest, but the wines were still fermenting in tanks, barrels or other vessels. The winemakers sounded optimistic, thanks to the warm Fall weather. But how would the wines taste? This we explored with the following winemakers at the BC Vintage 2022 media preview: Laurent Fadanni, Whispering Horse…
BC’s wine regions, in my opinion, can be categorized as either a very cool, cool, warm, or hot climate. Vancouver Island and the Fraser Valley I’d put into the very cool category. Lake Country would be cool. North Okanagan and the Kootenays, I’d regard as cool to warm. South Okanagan, Similkameen, and Kamloops to Lillooet as hot. These regions can…
One of the things I really enjoy about the Vancouver International Wine Festival is the ability to talk to wine makers and/or winery owners about their vineyards, their harvest, and their wines. It makes tasting the wine so much more interesting, and may spur you to travel to visit that winery, or country, or region. This year we will have…
