Food Heroes / Sustainability Sep 18, 2011 Olson’s High Country Bison – Grass is Greener First published in the July/August 2008 issue of EAT With High Country Bison poised to make their excellent, free range bison available in BC, I felt ... Read More
Food Events Sep 16, 2011 Eat Here Now Gives Victoria a Taste of What Could Be Where in Victoria can you grab a baguette from Fol Epi, a bite to eat from Canoe, pick up some of Camille’s Smoked Tomato Salsa, watch a knife ... Read More
Wine News Sep 15, 2011 Quails’ Gate Releases 2008 Pinot Noir Dijon Clone Quails’ Gate Winery released it's limited production, new label, Pinot Noir Dijon Clone Selection, Vintage 2008. Numerically embossed, the vintage ... Read More
Beer & Cider Sep 15, 2011 Driftwood Brewery Fat Tug IPA As I wrote earlier this week, the recent announcement of the 2011 Canadian Brewing Awards honoured Victoria’s Driftwood Brewing Company with the ... Read More
Artisan Sep 14, 2011 The Whole Beast Cory Pelan and Geoff Pinch are curing, drying and smoking in a new Oak Bay ... Read More
Beer & Cider Sep 14, 2011 Broadening Beer Horizons at the Great Canadian Beer Festival Every year after the Great Canadian Beer Festival I end up pondering the same question: is the best part of Beerfest the brews themselves or the ... Read More
Food Events Sep 13, 2011 Okanagan Chefs Association Presents Farm to Fork Competition The Okanagan Chefs Association along with the Canadian Culinary Federation held the 2nd Annual “Farm to Fork Global Sponsorship” on Sunday. This ... Read More
Beer & Cider Sep 12, 2011 2011 Canadian Brewing Awards + Driftwood Takes Beer of the Year! The 2011 Canadian Brewing Awards were announced late last week, and Victoria's Driftwood Brewing Company won the highly coveted Beer of the Year ... Read More
Food Events Sep 12, 2011 Alderlea Farm to Host Borscht Festival Alderlea Farm and Cafe is a community farm on Vancouver Island where biodynamic and organic food is grown, prepared and enjoyed. Now in its seventh ... Read More
Cocktails Sep 10, 2011 Countdown to Art of the Cocktail Tickets are now on sale for the Art of the Cocktail – the Victoria Film Festival’s annual fundraiser. Guests enjoyed a preview on ... Read More
Red Wine Sep 9, 2011 Château des Charmes Gamay Noir Droit, St. David’s Bench Vineyard Way back in 1982, Château des Charmes' founder Paul-Michel Bosc was pioneering clonal selection research at his vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake. ... Read More
Wine Festivals Sep 8, 2011 Big Guns: Icons of the Wine World Celebrating its 30th anniversary, internationally acclaimed Araxi Restaurant will unveil its most ambitious Big Guns Winemakers’ Dinner yet: Icons ... Read More