It’s a wrap! Sunday’s Vintners Brunch capped off in style another highly successful Vancouver International Wine Festival. Sponsored by the Vancouver Sun, Vintners Brunch is the week’s undisputed highlight for those lucky enough to attend. After all, it is one of the fastest selling events in the festival. Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre ‘backstage’ [...]
North America’s biggest consumer tasting is here! Grape gurus from every corner of the globe are also here. That part is key. Vancouver International Wine Festival requires that principals be in the room to pour. In great part it’s this proviso that’s made the festival so successful. The chance for consumers and trade to meet [...]
Okanagan College and the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia are honouring the late Harry McWatters with a major scholarship, awarded to qualifying Okanagan College students who identify specific opportunities to pursue food and wine studies overseas. The Harry McWatters Scholarship will be adjudicated by Okanagan College. Chefs’ Table is launching the fund with an initial contribution of $2,000 [...]
Recently I opened a bottle of Golden Mile Cellars 5th Element Red Blend 2005. It was sent to me by the BC Wine Institute as part of the BC VQA 30th. anniversary. I thought this bottle was noteworthy for any number of reasons, not the least of which was its age. There was a time [...]
If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I’d like to do Is to save every day ’til eternity passes away Just to spend them with you… (Jim Croce) It’s a part of wine tasting that’s easy to take for granted. But when you think about it, every bottle is a [...]
With 18 years of Dine Out under my (thankfully elastic) belt, a few hours spent clicking through the current festival’s menu offerings has me convinced that this is one of the best lineups yet. There are plenty of good reasons to relish Dine Out Vancouver. While the festival has grown to include many more special [...]
Pet Matt Landrusco 2019 If wine is first and foremost about having fun (it should be) then Pet Matt is just the ticket. Pet Matt is the latest in Okanagan Crush Pad’s Wine Campus series, in which BC’s Sommelier of the Year gets to make the wine of their choice. And a worthy cause—this year [...]
Vancouver’s food and wine year always kicks off with a bang. Make that a small salvo. First up is Dine Out Vancouver Festival, followed quickly by the lead up to Vancouver International Wine Festival (Feb. 22nd to March 1st). Each of these events have had a profound impact on Vancouver in their different ways. Looking [...]
The owner chef of on-line pie purveyor Gaia Kitchen, Lee’s pies took centre stage—and rightly so. From salmon en croûte, and steak stout mushroom (perfect with Strange Fellows Blackmail Stout) to Duck Cherry Goat Cheese, her butter double crust pies are superb.
The passing of legendary negoçiant Georges Duboeuf (1933-2020), who died on January 4th, leaves a large hole in the world wine community. There’s no doubt in my mind that Mr. Duboeuf single handedly changed the way in which we think about wine today. Those of a certain age ;-) will recall the days (years before [...]
