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Cowichan’s Rocky Creek Winery is the first in the area to release  an island-grown Tempranillo wine. On September 9, 2011, Rocky Creek welcomed the José’s Tempranillo to their line up. Their Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir and Ortega have always been sustainable and estate grown, and when an opportunity presented itself to purchase a nearby vineyard’s [...]

In light of today’s news about the Playhouse Theatre Company winding down operations, the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival would like to assure the public that the Festival itself will carry on. “The Wine Festival has flourished in its relationship with the Playhouse Theatre Company and we are saddened by today’s news,” says Wine Festival [...]

The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival announced this year’s trade competition winners at the 9th Annual Awards Lunch on Friday, March 2nd, 2012. The Celebrating Excellence Awards Lunch gives the Festival a chance to honour and celebrate those professionals who have contributed to our region’s exceptional wine and food culture. In honour of the awards, [...]

Three nights, three unique experiences, one incredible room of wine The heart of the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, the International Festival Tasting Room (or IFT) offers three nights of unparalleled tasting opportunities from March 1st to 3rd. With tickets priced at just $95 (inclusive of all taxes and fees) the IFT is a unique [...]

Vancouver Has A Taste For The BC Children’s Hospital Foundation For its 18th year, Liberty Merchant Company hosted over 500 guests at the Four Seasons Hotel to indulge in drinks and fare from BC’s best wineries, breweries, distilleries, cideries and food purveyors. Taste BC 2012 raised in excess of $15,000 for the BC Children’s Hospital [...]

Tickets to the wildly popular Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival go on sale January 10th, 2012. Marking its 34th year with the Theme Region Wines of Chile and a Global Focus on Cabernet(s), the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival runs from February 27th to March 4th, 2012. A fundraiser for the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company [...]

Okanagan Spirits is pleased to announce that we have made available a quality blended Canadian Rye Whisky.  Sourced from established Canadian distilleries we have selected whisky that has been aged for a minimum of five years.  In addition to these blends we have added a touch of the `Okanagan` to help define the whisky.  Once [...]

Time for Merrymaking!  In no particular order,  our favourite gifts for the twelve days of Christmas: 12. The PDT Cocktail Book ($30):  Sold out at Chapters?  Back order four months on Amazon?  Not here.  Come find out why this book is being hailed as “the cocktailing book of the decade”. 11. Glenfiddich Gift Pack ($97):  [...]