Fortified Wine Apr 28, 2017 Madeira: intense, indestructible… and overlooked What comes to mind when you hear “Madeira wine “? If anything, it’s likely to be a dusty bottle sitting alongside the Marsala, balsamic vinegar ... Read More Okanagan / Wine Festivals Mar 22, 2017 Canada 150: The Purity and Diversity of BC Wines The 2017 Vancouver International Wine Festival celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary with Canadian wines at the core. Punters lined up for a taste ... Read More Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 15, 2017 Highlights and Sours at Victoria Beer Week After nine days of events, Victoria Beer Week once again poured its final pint of the year. Some may still be reeling (recovering?) from the ... Read More Coffee & Tea Mar 7, 2017 Is Your Coffee in Season? GROWING UP IN MANITOBA TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE SEASONAL fruits and vegetables. Unlike Vancouver Island, Manitoba has a brief growing season. All of ... Read More Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 2, 2017 Victoria Beer Week Opens This Week For nine days starting this Friday, March the 3rd, Victoria celebrates its growing beer culture during Victoria Beer Week. Whether it’s a ... Read More Vancouver / Wine Events Feb 28, 2017 Canadian Bubble Takes the Stage at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 Drink More Canadian Sparkling Wine! Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation by bringing ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 22, 2017 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015, France, $21.50 Ninety-nine point nine percent of wine drinkers don’t care whether their wine says ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Okanagan / Wine Festivals Mar 22, 2017 Canada 150: The Purity and Diversity of BC Wines The 2017 Vancouver International Wine Festival celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary with Canadian wines at the core. Punters lined up for a taste ... Read More Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 15, 2017 Highlights and Sours at Victoria Beer Week After nine days of events, Victoria Beer Week once again poured its final pint of the year. Some may still be reeling (recovering?) from the ... Read More Coffee & Tea Mar 7, 2017 Is Your Coffee in Season? GROWING UP IN MANITOBA TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE SEASONAL fruits and vegetables. Unlike Vancouver Island, Manitoba has a brief growing season. All of ... Read More Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 2, 2017 Victoria Beer Week Opens This Week For nine days starting this Friday, March the 3rd, Victoria celebrates its growing beer culture during Victoria Beer Week. Whether it’s a ... Read More Vancouver / Wine Events Feb 28, 2017 Canadian Bubble Takes the Stage at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 Drink More Canadian Sparkling Wine! Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation by bringing ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 22, 2017 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015, France, $21.50 Ninety-nine point nine percent of wine drinkers don’t care whether their wine says ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 15, 2017 Highlights and Sours at Victoria Beer Week After nine days of events, Victoria Beer Week once again poured its final pint of the year. Some may still be reeling (recovering?) from the ... Read More Coffee & Tea Mar 7, 2017 Is Your Coffee in Season? GROWING UP IN MANITOBA TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE SEASONAL fruits and vegetables. Unlike Vancouver Island, Manitoba has a brief growing season. All of ... Read More Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 2, 2017 Victoria Beer Week Opens This Week For nine days starting this Friday, March the 3rd, Victoria celebrates its growing beer culture during Victoria Beer Week. Whether it’s a ... Read More Vancouver / Wine Events Feb 28, 2017 Canadian Bubble Takes the Stage at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 Drink More Canadian Sparkling Wine! Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation by bringing ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 22, 2017 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015, France, $21.50 Ninety-nine point nine percent of wine drinkers don’t care whether their wine says ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Coffee & Tea Mar 7, 2017 Is Your Coffee in Season? GROWING UP IN MANITOBA TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE SEASONAL fruits and vegetables. Unlike Vancouver Island, Manitoba has a brief growing season. All of ... Read More Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 2, 2017 Victoria Beer Week Opens This Week For nine days starting this Friday, March the 3rd, Victoria celebrates its growing beer culture during Victoria Beer Week. Whether it’s a ... Read More Vancouver / Wine Events Feb 28, 2017 Canadian Bubble Takes the Stage at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 Drink More Canadian Sparkling Wine! Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation by bringing ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 22, 2017 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015, France, $21.50 Ninety-nine point nine percent of wine drinkers don’t care whether their wine says ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Beer & Cider / Victoria Mar 2, 2017 Victoria Beer Week Opens This Week For nine days starting this Friday, March the 3rd, Victoria celebrates its growing beer culture during Victoria Beer Week. Whether it’s a ... Read More Vancouver / Wine Events Feb 28, 2017 Canadian Bubble Takes the Stage at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 Drink More Canadian Sparkling Wine! Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation by bringing ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 22, 2017 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015, France, $21.50 Ninety-nine point nine percent of wine drinkers don’t care whether their wine says ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Vancouver / Wine Events Feb 28, 2017 Canadian Bubble Takes the Stage at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 Drink More Canadian Sparkling Wine! Vancouver International Wine Festival 2017 celebrated Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation by bringing ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 22, 2017 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015, France, $21.50 Ninety-nine point nine percent of wine drinkers don’t care whether their wine says ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Liquid Assets Feb 22, 2017 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015 Domaine des Amphores Les Iris Syrah 2015, France, $21.50 Ninety-nine point nine percent of wine drinkers don’t care whether their wine says ... Read More Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Liquid Assets Feb 7, 2017 Chateau Turcaud Entre-Deux-Mers, Wynns Coonawarra Riesling, Domaine Paul Autard Cotes Du Rhone CHATEAU TURCAUD ENTRE-DEUX-MERS 2015 France $18.00 Better known in France than here in beautiful British Columbia, Chateau Turcaud is considered one ... Read More Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Spirits / Victoria Jan 26, 2017 Victoria Whisky Festival: Preview Tasting & Canadian Award Winners Another year of the Victoria Whisky Festival wrapped up this past weekend. While Victorians, et al., came in droves to have a dram of the golden ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Liquid Assets Jan 25, 2017 Olga Raffault Les Picasses Chinon, Hester Creek Pinot Blanc & Beronia Reserva Rioja OLGA RAFFAULT LES PICASSES CHINON 2011 FRANCE $27.00-30.00 Les Picasses is a vineyard that stands out! Fifty-year-old cabernet franc growing on a ... Read More Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Liquid Assets Jan 16, 2017 Blue Grouse Pinot Gris, Joie Pinot Noir & Passamante Salice Salentino BLUE GROUSE PINOT GRIS 2015 VANCOUVER ISLAND $20-25 With a production of a scant 300 cases a year it would not surprise me if this wine were all ... Read More Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
Cocktails / Victoria Nov 13, 2016 A Conversation With Super Caesar Fan: Liz McArthur Different cocktails have different philosophical traditions attached to them. At least this is how I see it. I still reject the notion that, just ... Read More 1234567...59
