What’s Up In The Wine World This Week Here’s our round up of what’s on our radar for wine. Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild and I (Cassandra) will curate this weekly list, so feel free to email us with suggestions of what to include. We’ll add to during the week as time permits. Update from…
Category: Drinks
Good Wine Gal’s Guide to Port
The Essential Wine Lover’s Guide to Port This week is the beginning of Good Wine Gal’s amazing series about one of the most versatile wine styles, Port. “The Essential Wine Lover’s Guide to Port” highlights Ruby, Late Bottled Vintage, Tawny, White, Pink, Single Quinta & Vintage and Colhieta Port. There are four interactive sessions. Good…
Weekly Wine Round UP
What’s Up In The Wine World This Week Here’s our round up of what’s on our radar for wine. Good Wine Gal, Barb Wild and I will curate this weekly list, so feel free to email us with suggestions of what to include. We’ll add to during the week as time permits. Support BC Local…
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…
VAL Tait Launches 2house Winery
Okanagan Winemaker Val Tait And Ian Sutherland announce 2house Winery News from Naramata about a new winery project that we’re pretty darn excited. GLV Winemakers Val Tait and Ian Sutherland are pleased to announce their new venture, “2house”, a project that brings together their passion for winemaking, with the simple joys of the vineyard and…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild – Spanish Cava
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is CAVA Barb Wild has been sipping again and in this week’s post she shares a great pick – VARIAS – CAVA GENUI Brut! Check out The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. From Barb (PS – yep we’re a day late again posting…but we try) – Cassandra Happy Wine…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Hillside Winery Merlot Malbec
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Hillside Winery Merlot Malbec Barb Wild has been sipping again and in this week’s post she shares a great wine pick, Hillside Winery Merlot Malbec. Check out The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. Happy Wine Wednesday! It’s that mid – week moment of sipping something delicious that brings…
Good Wine Gal’s Update – Sipping During Covid19
What to Sip during Covid19 Isolation? Tormaresca! This week we have a report from Good Wine Gal Barb Wild’s and she shares her recent wine adventures and recommends Castel Del Monte Tormaresca Trentangeli 2016! Check out The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. The sun is out. The trees are in full bloom. Spring has…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Sperling Vineyards Pinot Noir
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Sperling Vineyard Pinot Noir Barb Wild has been sipping again and in this week’s post she shares a great wine pick is Sperling Vineyard Pinot Noir. Check out The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks here. Happy Wine Wednesday my wine friends. In times of pandemic, we just keep moving…
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…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Moraine Winery Cliffhanger Red
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…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Save-On-Foods
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…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Lambrusco Reggiano Frizzante
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…
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…
Antonella Bronca Sorella Bronca
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…
Stefanie Dylla Laughing Stock Winery
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…
