Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
The FIFA World Cup 2022 is in the knock-out round. Already we have the Netherlands and Brasil out of the contest. The teams left to play are Morocco, Portugal, England, France, Argentina, and Croatia. All these countries make wine as well as footballers. So which wine would you drink to celebrate if one of these countries wins? I would suggest…
It’s been two years since we last tasted wines from around the world at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. During COVID grapevines produced grapes and wine was made but may have been a little harder than normal to get workers in the vineyard and in the winery. Below are my Old World wine selections. Most of the vintages are 2020…
Welcome to Korta Katarina Winery from Croatia, who will be participating at the VanWineFest 2022 to be held May 16 to May 22, 2022. Introduction to Korta Katarina Winery From the winery: Korta Katarina Winery is located in Orebić, Croatia, on the Dalmatian coast, about 2 1/2 hours north of Dubrovnik. Orebić has a long and rich maritime history. Over…
I was very busy at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020. There were lots of terrific wines from France and around the world, plus the dinners, seminars, and Masterclasses were top notch. I worked very hard making tasting notes, interviewing winery principals, and trying to learn more about wine so that I can educate you as well. Below is a…
Although France was the theme country this year at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, there was a great contingent of wineries from around the world and from BC to pour their wines for us. Below are wines that I enjoyed from countries other than France. Enjoy! White and Sparkling Wines Cantine Giacomo Montresor Rose Royal Brut NV, Italy – Light…
My first official event for the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020 was the A TASTE OF CROATIA dinner at Atlas Steak + Fish in Burnaby. It was quite an event, packed full of people wanting to try Croatian wines. The food was superb as well. Let me lead you through the wines and then the food pairings. What do you…
It’s official. I’ve received my Media accreditation for the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020. As part of the accreditation, I will be attending various events. Besides meeting winery principals and tasting their wines, I’m always happy to chat with anyone that has an interest in wine. So if you are going to attend some events this year, remember France is…
Did you know that at the Festival Tasting room for the Vancouver International Wine Festival this year there will be 700 wines for you to try? France is the theme country and there will be 42 French wineries pouring their wines for you. This is very exciting as there will be wines from Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace and more to…
One of the coolest things about VanWineFest is that each winery represented at the Festival has to bring a winery principal, who could be the owner or a family member, or their winemaker. When you ask them to pour you a glass of their wine at the Festival tasting room, you can ask them about that wine: How was it…
Tickets to the Vancouver International Wine Festival events sell very quickly and you can miss out on some great events. All Festival events are very good but depend on what you are interested in doing, like attending a dinner, a seminar, or a mingler. I thought I’d give you my suggestions, based on my interests in seminars and dinners primarily,…
