Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
When we drink wine, we probably think of wines made from vitis vinifera grapes like Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, or Syrah. But there are grapes that are a hybrid between vitis vinifera and another vitis species, such as labrusca or riparia. Why would you do this? One reason is to make the vine more resistant to cold winters which…
The Monte Creek Ranch Winery is located just east of Kamloops in the new GI of the Thompson Valley. A region with cold winters, requires hardy grapes. Monte Creek Ranch has a variety of red and white hybrid grapes that can stand these winters. I talk about these grapes in the tasting notes for the wines. And they also grow…
BC’s emerging wine regions is rather large and encompasses different climates and terroir. From my tour to the region, the places that I visited I think can be divided into two sub-regions: the hot west, and the cooler northeast. There is still an area to the southeast that I did not visit on this trip, so cannot comment on its…
Monte Creek Ranch Winery, located just east of Kamloops, is one of our emerging regions wineries. They have put out a few vintages already. The 2016 vintage started with their earliest bud-break yet and a warm spring. A rainy June and July slowed the growth of the grapes, but still harvest began early. Two weeks early, on August 22. The…
