Nov 8, 2013 Somm In The City – A Lament for my Vintage I was born in the wrong vintage. Not for drinking, but rather for collecting. Wines have never been more clean, stable and abundant than they ... Read More
Chefs / Elsewhere Nov 4, 2013 Inside The Wickaninnish Inn: Chefs Barr & Sider In late September I was lucky enough to be invited (along with other media) to the Wickaninnish Inn on Vancouver Island’s rugged west coast to meet ... Read More
Food Pairings Nov 1, 2013 What to DRINK With That – High Street & Street Food DRINK editor Treve Ring asks local wine experts how they would approach pairing dishes and flavours. This time we are doing seafood – both High ... Read More
Wine Oct 31, 2013 Spirits High at 12th Annual North Shore Rotary Wine & Food Festival The 12th annual North Shore Rotary Wine and Food Festival saw an impressive turnout of wine merchants and food vendors on Saturday evening. The ... Read More
Wine Oct 31, 2013 Five Totally Awesome Things to Do at Cornucopia Next Week Of all the fun things to do, see, taste or drink in Whistler, Cornucopia has always been at the top of my list. It started over 17 years ago as a ... Read More
Cocktails / Victoria Oct 30, 2013 Art of the Cocktail 2013 Words: Colin Hynes Photos: Mitch Thacker The Art of the Cocktail is similar to a cocktail party, only much bigger. Instead of having one host serving ... Read More
Must Have Oct 28, 2013 Artisan Edibles’ Apple Fig Ginger Chutney As the October daylight diminishes and the trees begin to take on burnished hues of red and orange, it is reassuring to know that one can easily ... Read More
Wine Oct 25, 2013 BC Wines for Halloween “Trick or Treat- Enjoy these spooky Okanagan wines this “Hallo-wine”! Black Widow Winery 2011 Phobia $27.00; Syrah 70% Merlot 30% ... Read More
Chefs / Elsewhere / Food People Oct 24, 2013 Q&A with Andrew Braithwaite on Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2013 CANADA’S BEST NEW RESTAURANTS San Francisco-based food writer Andrew Braithwaite spent a month eating his way from Vancouver Island to ... Read More
Food Pairings / Vancouver Oct 22, 2013 Wyndham’s “One Wine” Dinner at Fable Kitchen Australia’s Wyndham Estate Winery celebrated the Canadian release of their George Wyndham Founder’s Reserve 2010 Shiraz with a winemaker’s ... Read More
Food Events Oct 21, 2013 Sip & Savour Salt Spring Island I savour the moment when my eyes feast on a dish—beautifully grilled lamb for instance—and can “taste” the sweet, succulent, charred bits ... Read More
Cocktails / Spirits / Victoria Oct 18, 2013 Countdown to the Art of the Cocktail. Who’s Thirsty? How does sipping aperitif wines while eating imported chocolates sound? What about rediscovering the glory of forgotten concoctions with the creator ... Read More
