Tag Archive 'beer'

Feb 17 2013

Attending Any Seminars at Taste Washington? #TasteWA

Published by under food and wine pairing,Taste Washington,Washington,wine tasting

Taste Washington is coming up quickly; just a little more than a month away.  Besides the tasting room, where you can try so many wonderful Washington state wines, and food from local restaurants, there are also seminars you can attend. There are 4 seminars on Saturday and 3 seminars on Sunday.  The seminars run at [...]

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Nov 24 2012

The Taste of Tulalip Grand Taste 2012 with Wine and Beer

Published by under food and wine pairing,Syrah,Taste of Tulalip,Washington,wine tasting

The big event IMHO for the Taste of Tulalip is the “Grand Taste“.  Big it is, with a tasting room featuring wines from 75 Washington State wineries, as well as additional wineries from California, Oregon, Italy, and France.  I did not do a final count, but I would guess there were about 150 wineries present [...]

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Oct 21 2012

Take Five Cafe – A New Location and Concept in Gastown

Published by under bc,food and wine pairing,italy,Okanagan,wine tasting

By day you would think coffee shop, but by night a wine bar. The new Take Five Cafe on 62 W. Cordoba, in Gastown offers both to their customers.  I was invited to attend their grand opening this past week to see what they have to offer, and there is quite a range for you.  [...]

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Jul 19 2012

Check out the New Menu from the Establishment Lounge in Kitsilano

Published by under bc,beer,food and wine pairing,merlot,Pinot Gris,pinot noir,riesling,Sauvignon Blanc,sparkling,Vancouver

Last night was a Media preview of the new food menu at the Establishment Lounge in Kitsilano, 3162 W. Broadway (at Trutch).  The Establishment Lounge food is created by Executive Chef Victor Bongo.  Chef Bongo is the author of a cookbook titled: “The Excellence of Chef Victor Bongo“, which was published in March of 2009 [...]

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Jan 27 2012

Bitter – My 4th Dine Out Vancouver Experience

Published by under bc,beer,Dine Out Vancouver

This evening was a night out with guy friends. One of my friends, of British origin, was interested to try out Bitter Tasting Room to see what interesting beers we could sample. The location is located on the western outskirts of Chinatown.  Hip industrial looking inside with ceiling to floor windows on the two outer [...]

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Jun 21 2011

Have You Tried Belgian Beer? My Latest Experience

Published by under beer,Belgium

On my list of things to do when I visit Belgium is to try out many of their beers which do not reach Vancouver. That is basically 99.9% of all their beers. I didn’t have the luxury of time on my side, but I did try 6 different beers on my 2 day Belgium stay. [...]

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