John Bishop To Close Iconic Fourth Avenue Bishops In August Bishop’s, one of Vancouver’s best-loved restaurants, is closing its doors August 1st, as proprietor John Bishop retires to write and spend more time with his family. Opened in 1985, a year before Expo 86, Bishop’s is synonymous with farm-to-table ingredients, west coast hospitality, and great food….
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…
Lynn Dargis, Farmbucks Awarded the $25,000 Purse at FWE
The Odlum Brown FWE Gala: Pitch for the Purse 2020 Chooses Lynn Dargis We are so happy to share the results from last nights gala that we attended: there was a record $900,000 raised for women entrepreneur educational programming at the FWE Gala: Pitch for the Purse! (photo credit Yaletown Photography) The Forum for Women…
Lyndsay O’Rourke Tightrope Winery
Quick Conversations in Wine Lyndsay O’Rourke Tightrope 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 them better….
Leah Adint Chateau Ste. Michelle Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine Leah Adint Chateau Ste. Michelle The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week 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…
Best Things To Do In Vancouver February 23 Edition
Vancouver Events This Week It’s here! Vancouver International Wine Festival and we’ll be reporting from the front lines this week. There’s still some tickets left for a few of the events including the tastings on Thursday and Friday night. Events available here. More on what to do this week including polenta and a Singaporean food…
Four Seasons Resort Whistler Updates Cocktail Program
New Cocktails Inspired By Natural Wonders at the Four Seasons Resort Whistler Legendary mixologist Lauren Mote and the bar team at Four Seasons Resort Whistler are back with four new additions to the Spirit of the Mountains cocktail program. Adding to the award-winning program, four personalities from the best talent at SIDECUT Modern Steak + Bar, alongside award-winning Mote, tell tales of…
Cristiana Tiberio Tiberio Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine Cristiana Tiberio From Tiberio The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week 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…
Boulevard Kitchen Spotlights Chef Roger Ma’s Canadian Culinary Championship Menu
Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Serves Chef Roger Ma’s Canadian Culinary Championship 2020 Winning Menu News from Boulevard Kitchen: Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar’s Executive Chef, Roger Ma, will feature his award-winning dishes in a special menu available exclusively from February 22 until the end of March. The recent winner of the Canadian Culinary Championship…
Jennifer Molgat The View Winery
Quick Conversations in Wine – Jennifer Molgat of The View Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival starts this week 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…
L’Oreal Announces Canadian Honorees Women Of Worth
L’Oréal Paris announces the esteemed Canadian honorees of their fourth annual Women of Worth Program On International Women’s Day, $110,000 in charitable grants will be bestowed to ten Canadian women of worth who selflessly volunteer their time to drive change and make a meaningful difference in their communities L’Oréal Paris Canada today announced the remarkable recipients…
No. 1 Gaoler’s Mews features Chef Antonin Mousseau-Rivard
Chef Antonin Mousseau-Rivard of Le Mousso Joins Chef Lee Cooper at L’Abattoir News From L’Abattoir this a.m. about Chef Antonin Mousseau-Rivard. News Release: The ticket auction for L’Abattoir’s first No. 1 Gaoler’s Mews dinner in 2020 is set to launch on Monday, February 24th at 9 am and remains open until Saturday February 29th at 6 pm…
Bodega Sarmentero Maria Lopez Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine – Maria Lopez of Bodega Sarmentero The Vancouver International Wine Festival is just around the corner, and we’d like to know more about who’s attending and what they’re interested in in the world of wine, and thought you would too. Good Wine Gal’s Barb Wild and I choose some of the women…
Vanessa Aubert Aubert Vignobles Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine – Vanessa Aubert From Aubert Vignobles As a prelude to who you’ll meet and what you’ll learn at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, we’ve got some interviews with the principals and winemakers! Here’s a few fun facts from France’s Vanessa Aubert from Aubert Vignobles in our speed round of Q + A…
Wine Wednesday With Barb Wild Borsao Garnacha
Barb Wild’s Weekly Pick Is Borsao Garnacha Barb Wild has been sipping again and this week’s pick is Borsao Garnacha. Read more on wine on The Good Wine Gal site, and her previous picks are here. Happy Wine Wednesday wine lovers! I’m happy to report that I’m in Spain at the moment. It’s not particularly warm but the sun is shining,…
Brass Fish Tavern Showcases Chef Clement Chan’s Cuisine
Donnelly Group Opens Bras Fish Tavern In The Marine Building Brass Fish Tavern opened its doors this January with a menu designed by talented Chef Clement Chan, and the dishes are inventive, far more diverse than you’d expect from a tavern, and absolutely delicious! There are three spaces in this large venue: a main floor…
Little Bird Dim Sum
What’s For Dinner? Little Bird Dim Sum Does Dinner Yum Cha I do Dim Sum A LOT! Mainly because I’m a Vancouver Food Tour guide and we have a Richmond Dumpling Trail Tour so you’ll often find me in Richmond leading hungry dumpling fans to dim sum and exposing our guests to many other Asian…
Nathalie Bonhomme Les Vins Bonhomme Vancouver Wine Festival
Quick Conversations In Wine – Nathalie Bonhomme Les Vins Bonhomme Unfortunately this winemaker is stuck at home for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, due to an injury, but the winery will be there! Here’s more about Spain’s Nathalie Bonhomme from Les Vins Bonhomme in our speed round of Q + A with her. There’s also…
