Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
While we may want to go big on Valentine’s Day this year for our significant other, COVID still lurks and most of us are not yet vaccinated. Maybe you would consider ordering dishes from your favourite restaurant and enjoying it at home with some tasty BC wines? Various foods, for their texture, scent, colour, shape and/or taste has an effect…
As 2020 has been a disaster, we really should be toasting with a bottle of sparkling wine on New Year’s Eve to welcome 2021. Well, 2021 was not much better. Still had to keep to your bubble. I only attended 2 Trade tastings and no sparkling wines were on the list. Here are a few sparkling wines that I tried…
Canadian Thanksgiving is going to be very different this year for many of us who are accustomed to getting together with our parents, brothers and sister, and maybe aunts and uncles for dinner. It will be smaller, and may be just you, but you can still enjoy your turkey, ham, or vegan Thanksgiving meal with a glass or two of…
It’s definitely summer time with all the sun and heat! I’m not complaining, but thinking about which wines would be nice to drink on these hot days. I have 2 BC wines for you; a white from Harper’s Trail Estate Winery, and a red from Monte Creek Ranch. Both are soft and full of fresh fruit. Ideal for summer. Enjoy!…
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…
Hands Up if you like BC Red blends and Rosé wines. That is what I have for you from Monte Creek Ranch from Kamloops. The Monte Creek Ranch Hands Up Red 2017 recently won a gold medal at the 2020 All Canadian Wine Championships. And won 8 medals all together for their wines. Congratulations. My Tasting Notes Monte Creek Ranch…
Chardonnay and Riesling are noble variety grapes from France, most notably from Burgundy, and from Germany respectively. There has always been a rivalry between people that like one or the other better. Chardonnay comes in a variety of styles from oaked or unoaked and different array of fruit flavours from citrus to stone fruits to tropical fruits depends on how…
Do you enjoy puzzles? How about helping Monte Creek Ranch located in Kamloops, BC, put their winery back together? Enjoy this interactive puzzle of the winery. I took this picture last summer 2019. Here is my photo to help you along.
With the COVID-19 spread and everyone hopefully staying at home to help minimize the spread, what can you do for fun? There are only so many re-runs that you can watch on TV. Why not try something fun with friends remotely, plus help BC wineries? Have a virtual tasting. If you have a laptop, tablet or smartphone, it will have…
This year I had many wines that I tasted this year that almost made my 5-star category; 27 white wines and 45 red wines. These wines I rated as 4.5-5 stars. When I check over them again, I can remember how much I enjoyed these wines. Having a 4.5-5 or a 5-star rating does not mean that you need to…
