Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Moraine Winery Cliffhanger Red Happy #winewednesday from Good Wine Gal! Here I am behind the wall of self-isolation. Life seems surreal. Yes? On the bright side, this weather creates opportunities for afternoon gatherings in the garden in full sun and we’ve been sipping Moraine Winery Cliffhanger Red. Yes! Here, happy hour starts early these days. While respecting social distance, the afternoon garden or patio gathering seems to be the perfect remedy to the chaos and confusion of the past few weeks. We are all in this together so we may as well enjoy fresh air…
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Airport Retreat Open March 14 – Air Canada’s Signature Suite We ventured out to the airport this week to check out the new impressive Air Canada Signature Suite. There’s a full-service restaurant here with a menu designed by Chef David Hawksworth, premium liquor at the bar, and design details that create an atmosphere of calm before you climb aboard you’re flight. Now we just have to figure out how to become a Signature Class customer and when we can travel next. Air Canada unveiled its second Air Canada Signature Suite for its eligible Signature Class customers travelling to intercontinental destinations…
SUPPORT SYSTEM: VANCOUVER RESTAURANTS SHOW SOLIDARITY, URGE DINERS TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH ‘BREAKING BREAD’ INITIATIVE Restaurants Create Limited-Time-Only Menus, Suggest Other Ways of Supporting Small and Independent Businesses Affected by COVID-19 Vancouver restaurants represented: Café Medina, Juke Fried Chicken, Beetbox, L’Abattoir, Havana, Belgard Kitchen, Wildebeest, Nuba, Heritage Asian Eatery, Origo Club. Members of Vancouver’s hospitality community are uniting in solidarity to urge the public’s support of the local independent restaurant and service industry as well as those whose livelihoods rely on them, by offering myriad ways to show support during this unprecedented time of COVID-19. Comprising 23 local restaurants…
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is The Deal At Save-On-Foods Barb Wild has been sipping again and in this week’s post she shares a great wine deal at Save-On-Foods. Check out The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. The Wine Deal at Save-on-Foods I’m Good Wine Gal. I write about good wine and how to find it. My experience has informed my stories. From 2014 to 2018 I worked in private wine retail, and studied wine to the completion of WSET Diploma. Today I share stories to encourage wine lovers and help them find value and quality without spending the…
Chop Steakhouse & Bar Steak Overload! Chop Steakhouse & Bar’s Executive Chef, Stephen Clark, has collaborated with his old friend, Chef Alex Chen, to bring a delicious, limited-time menu across Canada as part of the Steak Masters – In Pursuit of Perfection tour at Chop Steakhouse & Bar. We just had to try this meat festival and Tess and I ventured out with our hearty appetites in tow. Thanks to Lyft we can now dine a little further out! Chef Stephen and Chef Alex teamed up to develop this new menu featuring four new items: Steak Tartare, a shareable Tomahawk…
Eat Chocolate Guilt Free With Proceeds Going To Women’s Scholarships Some great news! Tomorrow you can eat chocolate guilt-free as 50% of the sale of Mon Paris Patisserie’s special chocolates are being donated to Les Dames d’Escoffier’s scholarship program for women in culinary, wine and hospitality . The shop is in Burnaby at 4396 Beresford Street, near Metrotown. Public relations whiz, Dame Katharine Manson, helped organize this fundraiser for International Women’s Day, another great example of how Les Dame d’Escoffier’s members work in the community to raise the profile of women in culinary, wine and hospitality! Chocolatier Elena Krasnova of…
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Lambrusco Reggiano Frizzante Barb Wild has been sipping again and this week’s pick is Lambrusco Reggiano Frizzante – Medici Ermete Concerto 2017! Read more on wine on The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. Happy Wine Wednesday wine friends! LAMBRUSCO REGGIANO FRIZZANTE – MEDICI ERMETE CONCERTO 2017 If case you missed it, the Vancouver International Wine Festival was on last week. I’m not sure how anyone survives #vanwinefest because from the moment the doors open its wine tasting, cheese and ham noshing and people watching and hugging until it ends. When it’s over, my heart…
John Bishop announced his retirement in March 2020. His Kitsilano restaurant, Bishop’s, served its final dinner on December 31, 2021, after 36 years.
17th Annual Awards Lunch VIWF Trade Competition Winners A huge congratulations to everyone, especially this year’s Spirited Industry Professional Winner, our friend, and fellow Dana Lee Harris! The Vancouver International Wine Festival announced the 2020 trade competition winners on Friday at Celebrating Excellence: 17th Annual Awards Lunch Featuring France, presented by ContainerWorld. The Celebrating Excellence program is part of the three-day Trade Days Conference; the program honours those professionals who contribute to this region’s exceptional wine and food culture. Guests enjoyed a meal prepared by Vancouver Convention Centre executive chef Mark Massicotte, exquisitely matched with a selection of 32 wines from…
Quick Conversations In Wine – Antonella Bronca From Sorella Bronca The wine world is in Vancouver for the Vancouver International Wine Festival and Antonella Brona is representing her winery, Sorella Bronca at the festival tastings and a dinner at Minami. Here’s some tidbits of info from this Italian winemaker in our speed round of Q + A with her. There’s also more on the Vancouver International Wine Festival here. Sorella Bronca aldobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Particella 232 Brut Nature 2018 will be at the Natural Wine WTF Seminar at the Wine Festival! (Sold Out Event) Proudest moment? The Sorelle Bronca Particella…
Quick Conversations in Wine Stefanie Dylla Laughing Stock Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival is on and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick fire questions to get to know them better. Here’s our Q + A with Laughing Stock Winery’s Stefanie Dylla. More on the Wine Festival here. Proudest moment? Being asked to stay on as Cellar Assistant after my first harvest at LFNG. There was never a full-time cellar assistant prior and it…
The Odlum Brown FWE Gala: Pitch for the Purse 2020 Chooses Lynn Dargis We are so happy to share the results from last nights gala that we attended: there was a record $900,000 raised for women entrepreneur educational programming at the FWE Gala: Pitch for the Purse! (photo credit Yaletown Photography) The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) congratulates Lynn Dargis, CEO of Farmbucks Inc., who was awarded the $25,000 grand prize at FWE’s Pitch for the Purse Finale during the Odlum Brown FWE Gala at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on February 20, 2020. More on the Gala here. Farmbucks is an app and…
Quick Conversations in Wine Lyndsay O’Rourke Tightrope Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival is on and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick-fire questions to get to know them better. Here’s our Q + A with Tightrope Winery’s Lyndsay O’Rourke. More on the Wine Festival here. Proudest moment? There are a lot of moments that we have to be proud of since we started in the wine industry, but I would say the results of…
Quick Conversations In Wine Leah Adint Chateau Ste. Michelle The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick fire questions to get to know them better. Here’s our Q + A with Washington State’s Leah Adint from Chateau Ste. Michelle. More on the Wine Festival here. Proudest moment? I learned about fortified winemaking production during my time in the Riverland, Australia. After 5 years at Chateau Ste. Michelle, I…
Vancouver Events This Week It’s here! Vancouver International Wine Festival and we’ll be reporting from the front lines this week. There’s still some tickets left for a few of the events including the tastings on Thursday and Friday night. Events available here. More on what to do this week including polenta and a Singaporean food pop up! Indigenous Chefs Table At El Santo February 26, 2020 Join el Santo for Sous Chef Darrel Ahenakews exclusive six course tasting menu highlighting Indigenous cuisine. Dinner includes a complementary welcome cocktail and a six-course dinner for $75. Full beverage pairing available for an…
New Cocktails Inspired By Natural Wonders at the Four Seasons Resort Whistler Legendary mixologist Lauren Mote and the bar team at Four Seasons Resort Whistler are back with four new additions to the Spirit of the Mountains cocktail program. Adding to the award-winning program, four personalities from the best talent at SIDECUT Modern Steak + Bar, alongside award-winning Mote, tell tales of natural wonders around the world with four unforgettable cocktails. Launched in February 2018, the cocktail program pays tribute to alpine regions across the globe through multi-sensory cocktails enriched in captivating visuals, aromatic fragrances, complex flavours and a variety of textures. Inspired by regions that have…
Quick Conversations In Wine Cristiana Tiberio From Tiberio The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick fire questions to get to know them better. Here’s our Q + A with Italy’s Cristiana Tiberio From Tiberio More on the Wine Festival here. Proudest moment? In 2004 when the first old vines of TREBBIANO ABRUZZESE, at that time 50 years old, were revived and started to produce grapes again.…
Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Serves Chef Roger Ma’s Canadian Culinary Championship 2020 Winning Menu News from Boulevard Kitchen: Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar’s Executive Chef, Roger Ma, will feature his award-winning dishes in a special menu available exclusively from February 22 until the end of March. The recent winner of the Canadian Culinary Championship invites diners to savour the flavours from the three competitions – Mystery Wine Pairing, Black Box and Grand Finale. Guests can expect a culinary journey of suspense and surprise. Ma presents a menu that celebrates coastal cuisine and exhibits a variety of specialized techniques that…
Quick Conversations in Wine – Jennifer Molgat of The View Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women in attendance for this year’s festival and have presented them with a few quick-fire questions to get to know them better. Here’s our Q + A with Jennifer Molgat, of The View Winery, who I went to high school with, in Kelowna. More on the Wine Festival here. Proudest moment? Proudest moments in my winery life are when I am sharing our…
L’Oréal Paris announces the esteemed Canadian honorees of their fourth annual Women of Worth Program On International Women’s Day, $110,000 in charitable grants will be bestowed to ten Canadian women of worth who selflessly volunteer their time to drive change and make a meaningful difference in their communities L’Oréal Paris Canada today announced the remarkable recipients of its fourth annual Women of Worth program. Each year, the philanthropic initiative strives to recognize and honour a diverse group of unstoppable women who work passionately to identify problems, foster solutions and champion change. These ten extraordinary changemakers commonly advocate for those less fortunate and…
