Pour Some Local Bubble into your Glass this Holiday Season What’s in your glass this holiday season? How about some BC Bubbles to help you celebrate the close of one year and the start of a new one? Listed in alphabetical order so I didn’t pick favourites. Priced as sold in BC at the winery,…
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Heleen Pannekoek Fort Berens Winery
Quick Conversations In Wine – Heleen Pannekoek from Fort Berens Winery The Vancouver International Wine Festival is on and we’ve interviewed a few of the attendees that you can meet at the 2024 Festival. Here’s our Q&A with Heleen Pannekoek from Fort Berens Winery in Lillooet, British Columbia. Find more on the Wine Festival here. When…
Good Wine Gal Presents Benzinger and Peak Cellars
West Coast Wine Tastings with Good Wine Gal It’s a great month for wine tastings as the spring releases are coming out and many of the wineries are opening their cellar doors after their winter closure. This coming Wednesday and Thursday we’re going to check out two great new world wineries. First up is Peak…
Culmina Family Estate Winery
Culmina Family Estate Winery Spring 2021 It seems fitting on International Chardonnay Day we are reporting on Culmina Family Estate Winery, known for their stellar Chardonnay, Dilemma. You can explore this wine, in fact, with their Dilemma Vertical Set, a vertical offering of Culmina Family Estate Winery’s Chardonnay, Dilemma, from six vintages of elegant, classically…
Alison Moyes Liquidity Wines
Quick Conversations in Wine Alison Moyes Liquidity Wines Right around this time each year, we’d be madly going through the list of wines to add to our must taste list, arranging interviews with visiting wine royalty, and practising our spitting technique, all to prepare for the one and only Vancouver International Wine Festival. Sadly, it’s…
Stag’s Hollow Winery – Celebrating A Sense Of Place
What’s New at Stag’s Hollow Winery Good Wine Gal visited Stag’s Hollow Winery this fall and came back with all sorts of notes and some very good wine! More on Good Wine Gal here. Meet Winemaker Keira LeFranc Good Wine Gal on Zoom November 17th at 5:30 pm. REGISTER! It was 11 am. Blue sky…
Black Hills Nota Bene Release Party
Black Hills Iconic Canadian Wine Pairs Well with Iconic Canadian Personalities 2018 Nota Bene buyers gain access to a celebrity-filled online party and more What does the iconic Canadian 2018 Nota Bene wine by Black Hills Estate Winery have in common with celebrities Steven Page, Jason Priestley, Erin Cebula, Prevail and Kelsey Serwa? Besides being…
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…
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 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…
Oliver Osoyoos Wine Dinners at H Tasting Lounge
Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country announces Savour the Sun Vancouver Series H Tasting Lounge will host three winemaker dinners this season and we’re all in favour! GLV From the press release: As part of the popular Savour the Sun series, Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country is excited to announce a new partnership with H Tasting Lounge in…
Wine Wednesday Winemaker’s Cut Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Barb Wild’s #WineWednesday Wine Pick For January 14, 2020 We’re adding more wine into the Good Life Vancouver mix this year and introducing you to Barb Wild, The Good Wine Gal, whose nose, palate and wit will be sure to impress you! I’ve been leaning on Barb for her wine recommendations for a while now…
Holiday Sips From Near and Far
What to Sip this Holiday Season? Some Bubble, Grenache, Syrah or Nero D’Avola perhaps? We lined up and tasted a few more wines over the last little while and thought we’d share a few of our thoughts on these beauties because we are so very generous and you should have these on your to taste…
What’s Good This Week April 26
Events in Vancouver We’re back from our Okanagan getaway and seem to have brought the sun back with us! Perfect weather to check out indoor and outdoor events in Vancouver! The Greasy Spoon Vol 14. Featuring Trevor Bird from Fable Kitchen – April 26 An evening affair that will defy your preconceptions of diner food!The…
Chef Meets Grape
Taste BC Wines Paired With Vancouver Restaurants at Chef Meets Grape Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Vancouver Convention Centre East 999 Canada Place, Ballrooms A, B and C 7–9:30 PM Join the Arts Club and the Wines of British Columbia at the 11th annual ChefmeetsBCGrape fundraising series, the largest tasting of BC VQA wines in Vancouver!…
Kamloops Wine Country – Vitamin Daily
We visited Kamloops Wine Country and reported our adventures on Vitamin Daily and the story got picked up by the Huffington Post. Once home to fur traders, gold miners and infamous train robber Billy Miner, Kamloops, B.C., now boasts lush farms, a stunning riverfront and the recently created Kamloops Wine Trail. Not one to miss out…
Hester Creek Winery Dinner French Table May 5, 2015
Join the French Table and Hester Creek Estate Winery from the beautiful Golden Mile Bench. The price for the menu is $125.00 including tax but not service. Tuesday May 5th, 2015 Hester Creek Estate Winery Reception from 6:00 to 6:30pm with Hester Creek Pinot Blanc Dinner at 6.30 MENU Trebbiano – New Vintage: Smoked ahi tuna tartar, avocado sesame salsa,…
Hardrock 30 for 30 Taste BC Wines
30 for $30 series is a Taste of BC event with wines from Sumac Ridge, Inniskillin, See Ya Later Ranch and Nk’Mip. All wines will be paired with dinner and will be presented by Executive Chef Matt Richmond & a representative from Constellation Brands. Simply call Stake at 604.523.5368 to reserve your spot. Registration is now…
What to Eat & Drink at Eat! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival
Take at least a quick break from the sunshine this weekend and check out EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival at BC Place Stadium on May 30, 31 & June 1, 2014. Time it right and you can catch Lynn Crawford, Chuck Hughes, and Vikram Vij on the Food Network Celebrity Stage, along with Ned…
