Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
Are you into the cocktail culture? How about saving our bees and butterflies? They are pollinators that we need in order to harvest many fruits and vegetables. You can enjoy cocktails and help to save the bees, and other pollinators, by purchasing the Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee cocktail kit made by local Wayward Distillery together with Pollinator…
This is likely the most unique wine made in BC; Mayhem Wines Fortified Gewurztraminer 2018. Gewurztraminer is generally a grape that typically offers lychee, citrus, sweet spices and more; overall a very flavourful grape. Mayhem Wines took their grapes and fermented them down to 19 brix before being fortified with 93% alcohol. This wine was then put to barrel and…
I’ve been enjoying Cabot Trail Maple Cream in my coffee during the Fall and Winter months the past few years. But you can also use this to make creamy cocktails. Below are a few recipes sent to me by Ungava Spirits. Here is a link to the BC Liquor Stores if you would like to buy a bottle. ~~~ AUTUMN…
I enjoy drinking Cabot Trail Maple Cream with my coffee over the winter, but the Maple Cream can also be used to make cool cocktails in the summer. I received these three cocktail recipes from the Ungava Spirits distillery to share with you. Give them a try and let me know how you like them. CABOT TRAIL MAPLE COLADA Ingredients1…
The sun is out and it is a time to celebrate the spring and upcoming summer. At my patio, I opened cans of Lulu Spritz wine and BEACH BUM Lemon Coconut vodka coolers. Besides enjoying these coolers, you will be helping the BC Hospitality Foundation as $1 from each 4 pack of Lulu Spritz and 6 pack of BEACH BUM…
Has the thought of cooking duck confit from scratch intimidated you? Well, no more as Provence Marinaside has the confit made for you and the other ingredients that you need to make an awesome dinner from a kit. They as well are offering a BC wine pairing, Averill Creek Somenos Series Pinot Noir 2016, which I wholeheartedly agree with. I…
What would you do if you owned a port house and it was celebrating its 325th birthday? Make a special 325 Special Edition Tawny Port of course! And that is what Taylor Fladgate has done. This special port has arrived in the Vancouver area and is available in 39 BC Liquor stores. It comes in a special bottle as well,…
At various BC Liquor Stores in July there will be special tastings of wines, beers, and other liquor. Find something new at one of these events and continue to enjoy them into August and onward. Here is the list of events from the BCLDB. ~~~ 39th & CAMBIE KAYAK ADVENTURE WITH GRANVILLE ISLAND BREWING Friday, July 7 4:00 – 7:00…
