Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
It is still September, but you may already be thinking about what gifts you want/need to purchase for December. Maybe you have a wine & food friend or family member? Here is a gift basket you may want to consider that comes with BC wine. Here is the press release I received from thebcbasket.com. Enjoy! ~~~ THEBCBASKET.COM IS BACK THIS HOLIDAY…
Are you thinking about what to purchase for family or friends over the Christmas or other upcoming holidays? Why not support BC wineries, cideries, spirits, and other BC businesses that offer foodie goodies? Here is a press release about holiday gift baskets filled with BC products. ~~~ Thebcbasket.com has just released their holiday gift basket for pre-order. The perfect way…
Finally, the sunny, warm weather is with us here in BC. Winter was dreadful, but now we can get out on the patio and enjoy some freshly vinified BC white wine. The 2016 harvest was very good in BC and produced wines with good flavour character and acidity. Recently I attended the Bloom BC VQA Spring Release Tasting and tasted…
Canada is a big country, with our wine grape growing areas on the limit of possibility, but at the edges of possibility is where you can make exciting wines, I’ve been told. In the Festival Tasting Room I spent many hours tasting wines from BC, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, and speaking with the winery principals in attendance. Below are the…
I love to support our BC wineries. I watched over the many years as the number of wineries has grown as well as the quality improved. Wine critics from here as well as around the world, have tasted our wines, celebrated the quality, and told others. Now you can find BC wines around the world, from Hong Kong to London….
The Fall BC VQA wines were released this past week, and as usual there are too many wines to taste and evaluate. I usually like to try wines I have not had before, or sample from BC newest wineries. If you have not come across the term VQA before, it stands for Vintners Quality Alliance, an association that was formed…
