Provence Marinaside continues to offer amazing dinners in Yaletown through their Monthly Wine Menu series, with December featuring Mission Hill Family Estate Winery’s top quality Perpetua and Oculus wines. This is a very rare occasion to taste these two wines…
Have I ever mentioned that one of my memorable tastings was at the Famille Hugel winery in Riquewihr in the Alsace region of France? To the wonderful selection of wines, I also enjoyed dinner at a nearby restaurant, enjoying choucroute…
If you have ever wanted to cook like a chef, here is your chance, by owning a copy of Hawksworth The Cookbook. You can also enjoy dining at Hawksworth sampling some of the dishes from the cookbook. The press release about…
Have you been to Granville Island lately? It has been a while for me, but I have enjoyed meals at the Sandbar Seafood Restaurant. The restaurant is offering special 2000-era pricing for November 2020. That should get you out for…
As you may know hospitality workers in BC have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. They can fortunately get CERB money from the Federal government. But there are also hospitality workers that suffer from severe illness and need more…
We all need food to live. BC’s small food producers produce top-quality meats, fruits, and vegetables for us. You can find their food in grocery stores, but as well as at Farmer’s Markets, directly at their farm and now you…
If you are coming to downtown Vancouver to watch a hockey game, attend a wine event, or for some other reason and don’t want to drive home the same day there are many hotels available. I recently was introduced to…
Do you enjoy winemaker dinners? I do. It is great to hear about how and why a wine was made, the weather for that season, etc. straight from the winemaker. Then to taste the wine, and understand it a bit…
While busily moving through the swell of people interested in tasting big Napa Cabs at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, I wedged myself into tables, and indeed tasted Napa Cabs, but also Pinot Noir, Merlot, Petite Sirah, etc. from various…
As stated by the Vancouver International Wine Festival, “Cabernet Sauvignon is king in Napa Valley. Explore the quality and ageability of the region’s signature grape variety while savouring a 10-year retrospective from Napa’s finest. Taste for yourself why these wines are…