Alpha Tasters Guide is a quick summary of where to go and what to taste at Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2025. The chance for consumers and trade to meet the people who grow the grapes and make the wine face to face adds up to a unique opportunity.
Here's how to make the most of the International Tasting Room. The centrepiece of the Vancouver International Wine Festival, it’s where everything—and everybody—comes together. It’s where the who’s who of the wine world gets to connect. And the buzz is palpable.
My longtime colleague and good friend Anthony Gismondi invited me for a chat on his popular BC Food & Wine radio show. The topic: where to go for decent sustenance before, during and after Vancouver International Wine Festival. (Listen to the show’s podcast here.) Regarded as one of the continent’s [...]
Five Sails Chef Alex Kim is primed! Updated, Feb 2, 2025… Congratulations to Alex Kim and team, whose “Taste of Pacific Northwest” has won gold at the Canadian Culinary Championship. Obviously, the judges were as wowed as I was! Congrats also to Silver winner Moncton chef Jordan Holden of [...]
Arguably BC’s most unique wine release, today sees the unveiling of Haywire Lunar Red, an ongoing tradition that Haywire started in 2014.
Lake Country, a sub-GI (wine region) in Canada's Okanagan Valley, has plenty to offer, including polished wines and breathtaking scenery
Forage is closing. How sad! The hyper locally-focused destination room in the Listel Hotel will serve its final seating at brunch on November 17th. Its demise comes after just 12 years. During that time Forage has set the pace for sustainable dining in Vancouver. And it’s done so with singular focus and conviction that few, [...]
Winemaker’s dinners come in every iteration. But—no question—last night’s Fairview Cellars collab with Vancouver’s Provence Marinaside was one for the books—a sold-out soirée marked by myriad good tastes both in the glass and on the plate. What’s more, there was a real vibe in the room, one of genuine enjoyment [...]
Nota Bene 2022: An iconic BC wine marks a milestone; Black Hills winery background and review
Haywire Lunar Red is here again! Hard to believe but it’s a decade since Haywire launched its inaugural Lunar New Year wine in 2014. Released today, this latest Lunar wine is a nod to the Year of the Dragon, which will be formally welcomed on February 10th. And, yes, for sure, there will be dragon [...]
