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…
Category: Drinks
What’s Karen Drinking – Ungava Gin
Mixing Up A Ungava Gin G & T With Grapefruit Juice From our pal Karen: I was totally fascinated with Ungava Gin @ungava_gin when the bold and beautiful yellow colour caught my eye in the Gin aisle. This Canadian Gin is named after the Ungava Peninsula found at the northern tip of Quebec. It has natural herbs…
Wild Sweets® – Mulled Hot Cherry Cocoa Tea
Wild Sweets® Cocktail For The Holidays Why not sweeten up your holiday party with a little something special. Mulled wine is so last year. Ingredients: 8 oz / 250 mL Cherry Cocoa Tea (1 bottle) from Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby 1/2 orange flesh (± 45g) 1 pinch Ancho chili powder 1.5 oz French…
How To Be Popular At Parties – Booze Round Up
What Drinks To Bring to Holiday Parties Sure cookies and candies are great, but if you really want to be a hit at a party bring some stellar booze to share. Parallel 49 and Central City 2018 “Alpine Adventure Pack” Beer Advent Calendar Parallel 49 Brewing and Central City Brewers and Distillers have another great version of their…
What’s Karen Drinking – Pumpkin Margarita
Mixing Up a Pumpkin Margarita From our pal Karen: It’s the American Thanksgiving next week and my cousin who lives in the US asked me to make a cocktail for her guests who don’t eat dessert. Like me. Knowing she would be making her fabulous pumpkin pies I knew she would have pumpkin purée on…
What’s Karen Drinking – Turmeric Tea
Mixing Up a Turmeric Tea It’s time for a Mocktail, so kick back and relax and mix up yourself something that Karen’s been drinking! From our pal Karen: It’s Mocktail Monday and I have made a Turmeric Tea that can be enjoyed warm or cold. Served warm it also helps soothe winter colds and sore…
What’s Karen Drinking – Tequila Cosmopolitan
Mixing Up a Tequila Cosmopolitan It’s that time of week again, so kick back and relax and mix up yourself something that Karen’s been drinking! From our pal Karen: “It’s the last day of summer (when she made this one!) and I wanted to take it out with something a bit summery.😎Cheers and farewell dear summer…
What’s Karen Drinking – Blood Orange G&T
Mixing Up a Blood Orange G&T It’s that time of week again, so kick back and relax and mix up yourself something that Karen’s been drinking! From our pal Karen: “It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada. I found bags of Blood Oranges @costco_canada and they’re perfect for making a colourful and delicious welcoming cocktail for…
What’s Karen Drinking – The Brown Derby
Mixing Up A Brown Derby Our pal Karen is at it again and mixed up The Brown Derby! From Karen “BROWN DERBY 🍂🐝 I love using Honey in Fall drinks and the Brown Derby is a favourite. This classic cocktail from the golden age of Old Hollywood was named after the famous celebrity spotting restaurant in…
BC Blueberry Cocktails
Mix Up Some BC Blueberry Cocktails With These Local Libations It’s BC Blueberry season and there’s plenty of berries this year. They’re great in muffins, salads, in pies, sauces jams, and, of course, cocktails! There’s even a locally made Blueberry Vodka made with Bremner’s Blueberries by Marcus Von Albrecht at XFour Vodka(they’re also a client…
Bacardi Introduces Two New Premium Rums For Father’s Day
Bacardi Knows What Your Dad Wants To Drink Bacardi has two new premium rums coming out for Father’s day – BACARDÍ Añejo Cuatro and BACARDÍ Gran Reserva Diez and as usual, we are thirsty! First up is BACARDÍ Añejo Cuatro barrel-aged for a minimum of four years, this rum takes elevated cocktails to another level. It has a beautiful golden apricot hue…
Negroni Week at The Rosewood Hotel Georgia
Rosewood Hotel Georgia is pleased to announce that Reflections, 1927 Lobby Lounge, and Prohibition will all be participating in Negroni Week, June 4th – 10th Now in its sixth year, Negroni Week was launched as a celebration of the classic cocktail and as an effort to raise money for charities around the world. This year,…
National Caesar Day Part 3 – Caesars at Timber
Timber on Robson Has One of The Best Caesars in Town In honour of National Caesar Day we are throwing it back to our interview with Restaurant Manager Margot Balaro of both Timber Restaurant and Forage. We checked in with her for her Caesar recipe. and sampled some snacks at Timber and recorded another segment…
Caesars Aboard The Rocky Mountaineer
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louis’ Oisin Collins’ Recipe Featured on The Rocky Mountaineer Did you know the Caesar was actually invented in Calgary, developed by hotel restaurant manager Walter Chell nearly 40 years ago? This year, luxury tourist train Rocky Mountaineer and the Fairmont teamed up to create a new version of the classic drink, here…
Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino 2015
A Sneak Peak of Catena Zapata’s New Wines Recently we were lucky enough to sample a new superb super-Malbec, coming to British Columbia in September from Argentina, the 2015 Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino. The wine was introduced to us over empanadas at Joey Restaurant by Luis Reganato, the Chief Vineyard Manager at Catena Zapata, with…
Grey Goose Ambassador Stephanie Lamb Reinvents the Caesar
Grey Goose Ambassador Stephanie Lamb Reinvents the Caesar Who doesn’t love a good Caesar? We love Caesars at brunch, or after a cycle on a hot day. We’re particularly fond of Walter’s Caesar Mix, and highly suggest you pick up a bottle or two and mix up some of these alternatives from Canadian Grey Goose Ambassador Stephanie Lamb….
Handcrafted Spirits on TSN1410 – Milk of the Wolf at The Union with Rob Hoover
The Union Dishes Up South Asian Flavours We stopped in for the Handcrafted Spirits Show on TSN1410 to catch up with bartender Rob Hoover at The Union in East Vancouver and sampled a few of the drinks currently on the list. They’ve just launched a new food menu too, so we’re looking forward to returning…
VIWF Announces 2018 Trade Competition Winners
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: VIWF ANNOUNCES 2018 TRADE COMPETITION WINNERS We’re heading down to the Vancouver International Wine Festival for some more tasting today, but thought we’d report on the wine award first. From the press release today! The Vancouver International Wine Festival announced the 2018 trade competition winners on Friday at Celebrating Excellence: 15th Annual Awards…
What’s Karen Drinking – The Holland House Cocktail
Mixing Up The Holland House Cocktail Our pal Karen is at it again and mixed up The Holland House Cocktail. She’s part Dutch and this drink is in honour of the Dutch side of her family. This drink uses Genever which is a Dutch spirit that is a predecessor to gin and created prior to the…
Handcrafted Spirits on TSN1410 – Negroni Sbagliato at La Quercia With Jen Mansell
La Quercia Serves Up Italian Cocktails on West 4th The cocktail list is heavy with Italian influence at La Quercia on West Fourth near Alma, and we checked in to learn more about for the Craft Spirits show on TSN1410 with Jen Mansell who whipped up a Negroni Sbagliato. Tune into the segment to learn more…
