Events / Victoria Oct 14, 2014 Art Of The Cocktail 2014: After the Event The Art of the Cocktail returned to Victoria for its 6th year. Once again, cocktail enthusiasts were wowed by the industry’s finest spirits and ... Read More Drink This / Food Events Oct 8, 2014 Here’s What You Want To Drink With Your Turkey Dinner This Thanksgiving Colourful, gnarly gourds are on the grocery shelves, I’ve had my first grilled acorn squash of the season, Okanagan pears and apples are on my ... Read More Events / Victoria Oct 7, 2014 A First Fest of International Wines at the 2014 Victoria Wine Festival I love wine, and I’ve had my fair share of it. I know what I like — nuanced, and not overly “muscular” cab sauvs and shiraz, and a elegant ... Read More Cocktails / Drink People / Victoria Oct 1, 2014 The Art of the Cocktail Comes to Victoria This Weekend Tickets are on sale for Canada’s Premier Cocktail Event! From October 4‐6, Art of the Cocktail returns for its sixth spirited season to celebrate ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Victoria Sep 26, 2014 Victoria’s Tea Culture Goes Bubble-shaped Tea is one of Victoria’s most fundamental drinks. Its legacy extends from herb and pine teas brewed by the First Nations, to the colonial English ... Read More Food Pairings Sep 24, 2014 What to DRINK With That : Modern UK Gastropub Fare DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. Heading into fall, we’re thinking comfort ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Drink This / Food Events Oct 8, 2014 Here’s What You Want To Drink With Your Turkey Dinner This Thanksgiving Colourful, gnarly gourds are on the grocery shelves, I’ve had my first grilled acorn squash of the season, Okanagan pears and apples are on my ... Read More Events / Victoria Oct 7, 2014 A First Fest of International Wines at the 2014 Victoria Wine Festival I love wine, and I’ve had my fair share of it. I know what I like — nuanced, and not overly “muscular” cab sauvs and shiraz, and a elegant ... Read More Cocktails / Drink People / Victoria Oct 1, 2014 The Art of the Cocktail Comes to Victoria This Weekend Tickets are on sale for Canada’s Premier Cocktail Event! From October 4‐6, Art of the Cocktail returns for its sixth spirited season to celebrate ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Victoria Sep 26, 2014 Victoria’s Tea Culture Goes Bubble-shaped Tea is one of Victoria’s most fundamental drinks. Its legacy extends from herb and pine teas brewed by the First Nations, to the colonial English ... Read More Food Pairings Sep 24, 2014 What to DRINK With That : Modern UK Gastropub Fare DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. Heading into fall, we’re thinking comfort ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Events / Victoria Oct 7, 2014 A First Fest of International Wines at the 2014 Victoria Wine Festival I love wine, and I’ve had my fair share of it. I know what I like — nuanced, and not overly “muscular” cab sauvs and shiraz, and a elegant ... Read More Cocktails / Drink People / Victoria Oct 1, 2014 The Art of the Cocktail Comes to Victoria This Weekend Tickets are on sale for Canada’s Premier Cocktail Event! From October 4‐6, Art of the Cocktail returns for its sixth spirited season to celebrate ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Victoria Sep 26, 2014 Victoria’s Tea Culture Goes Bubble-shaped Tea is one of Victoria’s most fundamental drinks. Its legacy extends from herb and pine teas brewed by the First Nations, to the colonial English ... Read More Food Pairings Sep 24, 2014 What to DRINK With That : Modern UK Gastropub Fare DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. Heading into fall, we’re thinking comfort ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Cocktails / Drink People / Victoria Oct 1, 2014 The Art of the Cocktail Comes to Victoria This Weekend Tickets are on sale for Canada’s Premier Cocktail Event! From October 4‐6, Art of the Cocktail returns for its sixth spirited season to celebrate ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Victoria Sep 26, 2014 Victoria’s Tea Culture Goes Bubble-shaped Tea is one of Victoria’s most fundamental drinks. Its legacy extends from herb and pine teas brewed by the First Nations, to the colonial English ... Read More Food Pairings Sep 24, 2014 What to DRINK With That : Modern UK Gastropub Fare DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. Heading into fall, we’re thinking comfort ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Coffee & Tea / Victoria Sep 26, 2014 Victoria’s Tea Culture Goes Bubble-shaped Tea is one of Victoria’s most fundamental drinks. Its legacy extends from herb and pine teas brewed by the First Nations, to the colonial English ... Read More Food Pairings Sep 24, 2014 What to DRINK With That : Modern UK Gastropub Fare DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. Heading into fall, we’re thinking comfort ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Food Pairings Sep 24, 2014 What to DRINK With That : Modern UK Gastropub Fare DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. Heading into fall, we’re thinking comfort ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 17, 2014 A Taste of Australia’s Oldest Family Owned Winery: Yalumba in Victoria Imagine you were living in 1847 England. New Zealand was just colonized by the British, Queen Victoria just married her cousin Prince Albert, the ... Read More Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Drink This / Wine Festivals Sep 10, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver There’s a brand, shiny new wine festival happening in Vancouver this month, though, like old vines, the roots run deep and the idea planted years ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Coffee & Tea / Kitchen Tools Sep 8, 2014 Able Brewing Disk for Aeropress Review If you’re anything like me, you probably drink a lot of coffee. And, if you’re anything like me, you probably drink too much coffee — way too ... Read More Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Drink This Sep 3, 2014 National Wine Awards, Locavores…and More Earlier this summer I judged the National Wine Awards of Canada (NWAC or The Nationals), an annual wine competition ran by WineAlign that welcomes ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Cocktails / Victoria / Wine Aug 29, 2014 Where to Find the Summer of 2014 Sangria Fruity, light and refreshing, sangria is the ultimate patio beverage, perfect for hot summer days. Sangria is the Spanish name for a fruit sweetened ... Read More Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59
Drink Academy Aug 27, 2014 Peppery, Perfumed and Finessed: Cabernet Franc VINcabulary : Cabernet Franc {cab-er-nay FRAWNK} It’s easy to mistake cabernet franc for cabernet sauvignon lite. On paper, all signs point that ... Read More 1...10111213141516...59