Best Of The West

best of the westBEST of the WEST, sponsored by Grosvenor Americas, is an evening of food and wine pairings that celebrates the best British Columbia has to offer and takes place Wednesday, August 6 from 7-9 pm.

Hosted by house wine, the fourth annual BEST of the WEST celebration lights up the Ambleside pier for a fantastic gastronomic event that is not to be missed. For this event, 12 of the Lower Mainland’s best restaurants will be paired with 12 BC wineries, and tasked with creating the perfect complementary dish to go along with the exquisite wine selections.

There will also be two additional tasting stations at this year’s BEST of the WEST – one will feature delights from the Naramata Bench Wineries Association and a second will feature oyster sampling by Rodney’s Oyster House.

The evening’s guests will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite food/wine combination, with the winning restaurant and winery team crowned BEST of the WEST for 2014. There will be a draw for those guests who voted in the contest, with the winner receiving a $100 gift card to the winning restaurant.

2014 Participating Restaurants 2014 Participating Wineries
Bene Sushi Blue Mountain Vineyard & Cellars
Cactus Club Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
Forage haywire
Hugos Laughing Stock Vineyards
La Régalade French Bistro Nichol Vineyard
Mangia E Bevi Ristorante Painted Rock Estate Winery
Maurya bistro Poplar Grove Winery
milestones GRILL + BAR Quails’ Gate
PIER 7 Restaurant + Bar Road 13 Vineyards
temper CHOCOLATE PASTRY Stag’s Hollow Winery & Vineyard
The Observatory Stoneboat Vinyards
Zen Japanese Restaurant Tantalus Vineyards

 About house wine: house wine is a wine consulting company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It wasconceived through a great friendship and a genuine love of wine. Collectively, co-owners Michelle Bouffard and Michaela Morris have dedicated over 25 years to their vinous pursuits. Inseparable since their first sip,they have led tastings for 6 to 350 people and juggled countless bottles of wine. house wine advocates wine pleasure without pretence, where wine is demystified and laughs are guaranteed.