Wine Events Sep 27, 2011 Drink PINK at the Wickaninnish & Support Breast Cancer Awareness October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This October, guests can visit the Wickaninnish Inn, sip sparkling wine and know they are working to ... Read More
Sparkling Wine Sep 26, 2011 Neck of the Woods Winery Blanc de Noir Brut NV Last week’s BC VQA fall release in Vancouver was a colourful affair, with whites, roses and reds aplenty. This bottle of Blanc de Noir caught my ... Read More
Food Events / Sustainability Sep 26, 2011 The Madrona Farm Chef Survival Challenge As you walk down the long driveway that leads into Madrona Farm, you can’t help but marvel – “only five minutes ago, I was in the city.” The ... Read More
Wine Festivals Sep 26, 2011 Discover Wines of Argentina in Vancouver this Thursday On Thursday, September 29 2011, Wines of Argentina will host a consumer tasting at Vancouver’s Sutton Place Hotel. Guests at the event will have ... Read More
Reporter Sep 23, 2011 Vij in Victoria to Launch New Frozen Food Line Earlier this week, Canadian cooking icon Vikram Vij made a stop in Victoria as part of a tour to launch his new line of frozen foods. At a media ... Read More
White Wine Sep 22, 2011 Clos du Soleil Fumé Blanc 2010 At yesterday’s Similkameen Wineries Association annual Vancouver tasting I tasted through new releases of 8 of the small but mighty valley’s ... Read More
One ingredient Sep 22, 2011 Spiny dogfish makes history as first sustainable shark fishery Dan Hayes has fish cred. He earned that cred by working for some of the top seafood chefs (Rick Stein, Mitchell Tonks) in the UK— gutting, scaling, ... Read More
Health Sep 21, 2011 Healthier alternatives to white sugar abound Healthier alternatives to white sugar abound. Pam Durkin ... Read More
Red Wine Sep 21, 2011 Boutari Grande Reserve Naoussa 2004 When you think of Greek wines, what comes to mind? After the piney Retsina, probably not too much. But there is an Aegean Sea’s worth of wine from ... Read More
Wine News Sep 21, 2011 Penticton’s Painted Rock Winery Heads to China Painted Rock Estate Winery is pleased to announce our new long term relationship with North American Premiere Wine Shop's in China. This story was ... Read More
Beer & Cider Sep 20, 2011 HOPoxia: Ringing In Inaugural Craft Beer Month In Style On October 1st from 3pm-7pm Phillips Brewing Company’s back parking lot will be transformed into a hop lover’s heaven as the best brewers in the ... Read More
Reporter Sep 19, 2011 Harvest Table at Bishop’s and a Rebranded Goldfish It was the first restaurant in Vancouver, under the gentle guidance of owner John Bishop, to tout the benefits of using local, seasonal, sustainable ... Read More
