Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
Do you collect wines? Sometimes a few bottles get pushed to the bottom and you forget about them till one day, several years later, you are searching for a wine and you rediscover these aged bottles of wine. That did not happen to me, but I do age my wines and sometimes try to save some for a special occasion. …
A wine agent’s portfolio tasting typically gives you the chance to try both listed as well as spec wines; wines that may only show up in specialty wine shops or restaurants, in limited quantities. I have been to Mark Anthony Wine and Spirits‘ portfolio tasting now for a few years, and I am always very impressed by the wineries that…
Writing articles about wines you tasted, seminars and dinners you attended, plus editing videos I shot for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, takes a lot of time and effort, but I can now say that I have finished my tasks. In case you may have missed an article or a video I posted on my youtube channel, I thought a…
G’Day to all my wine drinking mates. The Aussies came in force to the Vancouver International Wine Fest and showed off their best, from Shiraz to Chardonnay and many other varietals and blends in between. I can say that the wines I tasted were Fair Dinkum. Some of the wines really caught my eye so I thought I’d share these…
The Vancouver International Wine Festival 2015 is coming upon us quickly, with the Festival starting on February 20. There will be 170 wineries in attendance from 14 different countries in attendance. At the Acura International Festival Tasting Room in the Vancouver Convention Centre, there will be more than 750 wines available for sampling. It is of course not possible to…
In my last post I gave you my list of favourite white and sparkling wines that I tasted in 2012. Hopefully, you can buy a bottle or two for one of your holiday soirees. My follow-up to that article is my favourite red wines. With a special request from my friend Kalpna, I have a section for Pinot Noir, but…
I hazard to guess how many wines I tasted over the past year, but every year I find several gems that I pass along to you as I taste them. Getting ready for the holiday season, you may be considering buying wines to take to parties, or serving wines at your parties. What to buy? Here is a list of…
