CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: VIWF ANNOUNCES 2023 TRADE COMPETITION WINNERS Spirited Industry Professional, Sommelier of the Year, Terry Threlfall Scholarship, Wine Program Excellence Awards The Vancouver International Wine Festival announced the 2023 trade competition winners on Friday at Celebrating Excellence: 19th Annual Awards Lunch Featuring South America, presented by ContainerWorld. The Celebrating Excellence program is part of the…
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2023 British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Wine Awards
The Results are in for the 2023 British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Wine Awards On April 3 through 5, 2023, fifteen esteemed professional wine judges from Western Canada gathered in Penticton to participate on a blind tasting panel for the British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Wine Awards competition to choose the best wines in our province. The…
Botanist Bar 50 Best Bars Awards
Botanist Bar Wins 50 Best Bar Award – Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award Botanist Bar in Vancouver, Canada, has been announced as the winner of the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award, part of the second annual North America’s 50 Best Bars Awards 2023. Created to recognize the importance of hospitality in the bar experience, this…
Wine & Culinary Experiences at Mission Hill Family Estate
Mission Hill Family Estate offers special meals and wine tastings to brighten the seasons ahead It’s time to start visiting wineries again and Mission Hill Family Estate is always on our to do list. Don’t miss lunch or dinner at the winery. From the release: Mission Hill Family Estate’s tastings and experience collections showcase exquisitely…
Irish Cocktails at Gotham and Hy’s Steakhouse
Irish Cocktails inspired by the Emerald Isle From March 11 to 17 Gotham and Hy’s Steakhouses are going beyond green beer to bring you the luck of the Irish with limited-edition Irish Cocktails in honour of St. Patrick’s Day. Enjoy a night of craic (Irish for good times) and as bartenders from both establishments will…
Wine Wednesday Round Up
What’s Up In The Wine World This Week We’ve decided to do a round up of what’s going on in wine in and around the city, province, country or world, depending what lands on our radar. Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild and I will curate this weekly list, so feel free to email us with…
Walter Craft Caesar Fundraiser
Walter National Caesar Day With Funds To Second Harvest With our social circles smaller, the month of May is looking and feeling different than usual for most. However, there are still classic customs that we can embrace to celebrate warmer weather, and each other. On Thursday, May 14 Canadian made favourite, Walter Craft Caesar and …
Provence Marinaside National Caesar Day
Provence Marinaside Celebrates Caesar Day With A Contest Some news about a great Caesar Cocktail Kit from our friends at Province Marinaside! GLV May 14, the Ides of May, is a much more auspicious day than the Ides of March were for the historical Caesar. This year May 14th is National Caesar Day, the day…
Odd Society Spirits Mother’s Day Chocolate and Cocktail Kits
Odd Society, Drunk Chocolatier and Mixers and Elixirs Mix It Up For Mother’s Day Last Minute Mother’s Day gift alert! Available Saturday May 8th until 6 pm at Odd Society Spirits 1725 Powell Street and tomorrow at Kitsilano and Riley Park Farmers Markets! Odd Society Spirits (1725 Powell St., Vancouver), has launched a new online…
BC Wine Wednesday With Good Wine Gal
Barb Wild and Mark Shipway Bring You BC Wine Wednesday Starting May 13, 2020 Now here’s an invitation that I will accept. BC Wine Wednesday with two of our great local wine teachers. Barb Wild’s latest news! – GLV Check out The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. Are you going to miss your…
Superflux Beer Company Delivers
Superflux Beer Company is giving back to the community during the COVID-19 crisis Superflux went from having zero website to launching an online store and beer delivery service in partnership with Strathcona Beer Company – all in under 24 hours. For just $5 per delivery, Vancouverites can order Superflux and Strathcona beer to their home…
VIWF Trade Competition Winners 2020
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…
Odd Society Spirits In East Van
Odd Society Awards And Some Cocktails For Home Odd Society Spirits receives multiple awards at the Canadian Whisky Festival and Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition and we’ve got some cocktails so you can try their libations at home and an interview with Master Distiller Gordon Glanz. Click to hear more about Odd Society Spirits on the…
Artisan Distillers Canada is proud to announce the 2020 results for the Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition
Congrats To The Winners Of The Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition The Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition (CASC), the only national spirit competition reserved exclusively for artisan distilleries, announces the results of its 2020 edition today. Congrats to all! GLV Now in its third year, CASC, presented by Artisan Distillers Canada (ADC), has once again attracted a…
2020 BC Sommelier Finals Recognized Toptable Group’s Leagh Barkley
Leagh Barkley Places Third In Sommelier Challenge Congratulations to all the competitors in the Best Sommelier competition! Here’s more on Leagh Barkley from Toptable’s Press Release – GLV The Sixth Annual Best Sommelier of BC competition came to an exciting and intense finish as the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers (CAPS) announced its 2020 winner…
Nutrl Vodka Ugly Holiday Wear Raised $20,000 For Covenant House
Nutrl Vodka Matched and Topped Up Donations Of Their Holiday Sweaters, Mittens and Onesies We’ve shared our love for Nutrl Vodka before here, and were able to more publicly announce our allegiance with this year’s holiday sweaters. Michael was happy to wear the sweater this season, but less happy to pose with it on, as…
A Pride Cocktail for QMUNITY
Restaurants Across Vancouver Mix Up Cocktails For QMUNITY There’s even more ways to celebrate Pride this year, as the The Mackenzie Room has rallied eight fellow restaurants to raise money and awareness in support of the Vancouver Pride Parade. Each venue features a pride-themed cocktail for the week of the festival from July 29-August 4,…
Botanist Bar of Canada’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Crowned 2019 World’s Best Bar Team
Botanist Bar of Canada’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Crowned 2019 ‘BOLS AROUND THE WORLD’, World’s Best Bar Team Congrats to the Botanist Team! Way to go Grant Sceney! GLV From the press release….. Botanist Bar at Fairmont Pacific Rim has been named Lucas Bols ‘BOLS AROUND THE WORLD’, World’s Best Bar Team. As one of six…
Vancouver International Wine Festival Trade Competition Winners
Spirited Industry Professional, Sommelier of the Year, Wine Program Excellence Awards The Vancouver International Wine Festival announced the 2019 trade competition winners today at Celebrating Excellence: 16th Annual Awards Lunch Featuring California Wines, 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…
Cocktail Science
Cocktails are Mad Science The Science of Cocktails will transform Science World at TELUS World of Science into Vancouver’s largest cocktail laboratory. Vancouverites can mix and mingle all in the name of fundraising for Science World’s Class Field Trip Program. You’ll enjoy uniquely crafted libations from local, award-winning bartenders, along with mouth-watering food pairings, thoughtfully prepared by…
