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…
Culmina Wines and BC Cheese Pairings
Pairing BC Cheese with Culmina Wine Culmina Family Estate Winery was founded by the Triggs family atop the Golden Mile Bench in British Columbia’s South Okanagan and the wines are crafted with care from grapes grown on their family estate. Winemaker Jean-Marc Enixon is a classically trained French vigneron and winemaker who has made wine…
Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
Cocktails with Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey From National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day to International Whiskey Day and National Cocktail Day, March is packed with reasons to celebrate with a creative cocktail! May we suggest you try out Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey? Sounds crazy, but it’s delicious on its own or on…
Naramata Bench’s Aasha Winery
Aasha Wines Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Rose I was so impressed with the bottles, the storytelling in the tasting notes and the gorgeously designed website of Aasha Wines that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on these mystical bottles. There are gorgeous illustrations on the labels, and they are sealed with wax to protect…
Vancouver Cocktail Week at L’Abattoir
Dinners and Bar Takeovers at L’Abattoir for Vancouver Cocktail Week Many events have already sold out for Vancouver Cocktail Week, but if you act quickly, you can join L’Abattoir, one of Vancouver’s very best restaurants, complete with a stellar team of front and back house talent for one of two cocktail-paired dinners, a bar takeover…
BC Ale Trail Launches Tasting Passports
BC Ale Trail Launches Five Tasting Passports Throughout Metro Vancouver Looking for an excuse to get out and try some great BC craft beer? During February beer lovers can collect stamps at up to sixty-four participating businesses for a chance to win fabulous prize packages along the BC Ale Trail in conjunction with Dine the…
Angel’s Envy Port-Finished Bourbon
Louisville Angel’s Envy Port-Finished Bourbon You might hear a bit more about bourbon this year as we’re heading to Louisville in October for the Les Dames d’Escoffier International conference and there’s research to do ahead of time. In preparation, we’ve been sampling the Louisville-based Angel’s Envy Port Finished Bourbon this month. Angel’s Envy is among…
Last Minute Holiday Wines and A Wine Cocktail
Last Minute Wine Picks Need a few bottles for the holiday get-together? Here are a couple we’ve had recently that are readily available around the liquor shops and a recipe for a Rosemary Paloma Cocktail too. Meiomi Cabernet Sauvignon – California, USA Craving a little coastal California? Meiomi Cabernet Sauvignon has velvety notes of dark…
MICHELIN Guide Honours Botanist Restaurant and Bar
Botanist Bar Awarded Michelin Exceptional Cocktail Award The first edition of the MICHELIN Guide Vancouver has been revealed, honouring Botanist Bar with the ‘Exceptional Cocktail Award’, along with recognizing Fairmont Pacific Rim, Botanist and The Lobby Lounge & RawBar at the Star Reveal Gala held in Vancouver on Thursday, October 27. Botanist Bar is home to the country’s…
EXPLORE BC Peach Farmhouse Ale
Kicking off October’s BC Craft Beer Month with limited-edition EXPLORE BC Peach Farmhouse Ale The EXPLORE BC Beer Peach Farmhouse Ale Series is brought to you by the BC Ale Trail in partnership with Destination BC, and celebrates the fall season with a new limited-edition craft beer, and special offers to explore the province’s vast…
Nk’Mip Cellars
Nk’Mip Cellars Celebrates 20 years! National Indigenous Peoples Day is a time to honour and celebrate the cultures and contributions of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit peoples in Canada, what better day to talk about Nk’Mip Cellars, the first Indigenous-owned winery in North America with the first Indigenous Head Winemaker (Justin Hall, a proud member…
Katana Kitten at Fairmont Pacific Rim
Mixologist Masahiro Urushido from New York City Bar, Katana Kitten, Bring Japanese Flair to Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim The Three-Night Pop Up from Katana Kitten will Include a Custom Cocktail Tasting Menu at Botanist and Japanese Bites and Drinks at The Lobby Lounge & RawBar For three nights only, New York City’s beloved World’s 50…
Easter Chocolate Manhattan Cocktail
Diplomatico Easter Chocolate Manhattan It’s not the Easter Eggs that we look forward to on Easter, it’s the Easter Cocktails like the Easter Chocolate Manhattan made with Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva . Whip up a few of these for your guests. More Cocktail Recipes Easter Chocolate Manhattan Cocktail Ingredients: 2oz Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva 0.25 oz…
Best Holiday Wines from Jak’s and SPUD
Our Best Holiday Wines for the 2021 Holiday Season This year is the year we’re back to entertaining outside our bubble and we’re moving along gleefully, with caution! We’ve put together our suggestions for the Best Holiday Wines this year available at Jak’s and on SPUD! Happy holidays and stay safe. Best Holiday Liquor here….
National Tequila Day with Espolon Tequila
July 24 is National Tequila Day why not fiesta it up a notch with Espolon Tequila? As if you needed an excuse to celebrate this Saturday with summer in full swing and the city coming alive in all its post-pandemic glory – it’s also National Tequila Day! Turn this weekend’s fiesta up a notch with…
Laughing Stock Winery Summer 2021
Penticton’s Laughing Stock Winery Summer Release In 2003 Laughing Stock Vineyard Founders David and Cynthia Enns left their lives in the financial industry and invested heavy in the wine industry. Some perceived them as the “Laughing Stock” in the group for this risky decision, and hence the name as their financial peers did not feel…
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…
Gratitude Wine at Jak’s for the BCHF
Purchase Gratitude Wine at Jak’s and $1 goes to the BC Hospitality Foundation Looking for some great wines to drink for a cause? JAK’s Beer Wine Spirits and collaborative partner, Okanagan Crush Pad, launch its collaborative, limited release 2021 Gratitude Wine Collection with four new varietals. Chardonnay 2018, Rose 2019 and Red 2019 will be…
