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…
Growing Chefs! and Fresh Roots Farms LunchLAB
LunchLAB Sees Food-Focused Charities Partner with Chefs to Feed Families in Need Vancouver charities, Fresh Roots and Growing Chefs!, announce LunchLAB: Chefs for Families to provide nourishment and connection through chef-prepared meals for families who have been impacted by COVID-19. LunchLAB began in the fall of 2019 originally as an educational in-school meal program. In March…
Tacofino Reopens Today For Cinco De Mayo
Born-in-BC Brand Debuts ‘Tacofino-To-Go’ Menu Including DIY Nacho, Cocktail, Family Kits Via Delivery, Curbside Pickup at Kitsilano Location to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Great news from our friends at Tacofino! I’m getting myself some tacos today! GLV Tacofino fans, rejoice — just in time for Cinco de Mayo, the beloved BC brand is returning to…
East Van Roasters Cakes, Coffee and Chocolate
East Van Roasters Gives Back Daily And Now You Can Shop Online To Give To Your Mom News from our friends at East Van Roasters – GLV Beloved Vancouver social enterprise, East Van Roasters (319 Carrall St., Vancouver) is opening its new online shop filled with its freshly roasted coffee, hand-crafted chocolates, and quality cakes…
JuJu’s Pops Up On Main Street
JuJu’s Does Takeout and Delivery From Published On Main We didn’t get the chance to eat at Published before this terrible situation raised its ugly head, but we’ll remedy late as soon as we can. In the meantime we got this news about JuJu’s Drink Shack and their tiki drinks and rotating pan-Asian style dishes….
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…
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Bel Café
‘Love Local’ Mother’s Day Gift Bag From Bel Cafe News from Bel Cafe, local gift bag for Mom! – GLV Introducing the ‘Love Local’ Mother’s Day Gift Bag! We’ve gathered some of our favourite things from around Vancouver to help you wow mom and show her that you care, all from the comfort of your…
Brighten Mother’s Day with a Bubbly Brunch Delivery from Café Medina
Mother’s Day The Cafe Medina Way News from our friends at Cafe Medina – GLV. If there’s a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that it has helped us focus on what’s really important. We want to express our appreciation for the people we love, even if isolation measures mean we can’t be in…
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…
Kitchen Table Restaurants Launches Fresh Groceries and More
Kitchen Table Offers Fresh, Handmade Italian Fare and Take-Home Pasta, Sauces, Groceries and More News from one of the tastiest pasta places in town! GLV Kitchen Table Restaurants writes a new chapter in the Ask For Luigi lore when it launches its long-simmering new restaurant Pastificio di Luigi (‘Luigi’s Pasta Factory’) in a temporary pop-up…
Les Dames 2020 Legacy Award Winners
Les Dames d’Escoffier International Names 2020 Legacy Award Winners Supported by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts Les Dames have announced our Legacy Award Winners. These talented and deserving ladies are in for quite an adventure when we can all travel again! – Cassandra GLV Six professional women, chosen as this…
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…
Lazy Gourmet Market
The Lazy Gourmet launches new weekly market delivery and pick-up service We received some great news from our friend and fellow Les Dames d’Escoffier member, Susan Mendelson, her catering company, Lazy Gourmet, now has a market with ready to eat meals, groceries and coming soon, BC Wine! Lazy Gourmet is conveniently located in Kitsilano 1605…
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…
Snow Cap Donates to BCHF and VANFBC Relief Fund
Kudos to Our Friends at Snow Cap For Their Generosity Thanks to fellow Les Dames d’Escoffier BC member Linda Seifert and here team at Snow Cap! GLV Snow Cap Enterprises Ltd. is coming forward to help workers in BC’s struggling hospitality industry during this extraordinary time. Throughout April, the company will donate 25 cents from each…
Vista D’oro “Farm Box” Supports BC Hospitality Foundation
Order Wine Preserves and Farm Goods From Vista D’oro Like most businesses in the hospitality sector, Vista D’oro has been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Farmgate Shop and Tasting Room were closed in March, but Vista D’oro has created a new model to share its wines and preserves with customers despite isolation measures. Beginning…
