Category: wine tasting

Have you heard about District Wine Village, which opened this summer in Oliver, BC?  It is unique in that a group of wineries, have their production facilities in the same location at the Village.  Many of them are smaller, new wineries, while there is one large, and one medium well-established winery that have production facilities offsite at their winery.  There…

Do any BC wineries offer special activities and accommodations for children? While adults sample the latest BC vintages, are there things for children to do like have fun tasting grape juice, frolicking in play areas, visiting with farm animals, and playing outdoor games?  That is what I thought many families would want to know with COVID restrictions on travel lifted…

With all the restraint we had collectively over COVID and the opening of restrictions, the Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country’s Pig Out Trails in September sounds like a great way to celebrate.  Here is the press release with info about how you can buy your tickets.  Buy quickly as I’m sure the tickets will sell out fast! ~~~ Oliver, BC (June…

This is going to be a spectacular wine and food pairing between Hart House Restaurant and Burrowing Owl Estate Winery.  Limited tickets so buy asap.  Here is the press release.~~~June 24, 2021 (Vancouver, BC) – On Friday, July 9, 2021, Burnaby’s Hart House Restaurant will host an al fresco dinner with wine pairings from Burrowing Owl Estate Winery. The event…

“Necessity is the mother of invention” is a well-known proverb.  Over the last year, COVID has forced us to be inventive in some ways in the ways that we live our lives.  This too is true for BC wineries. There has been a drastic reduction in people taking vacations to the Okanagan for example, visiting winery tasting rooms and then…

We love our BC wines and hope to be able visit them this Spring and Summer, safely of course.  One event that takes COVID protocols into account is the Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country’s Pig Out Trails at the end of May.  Here is their press release.  Enjoy! ~~~ A responsible and tested format will allow wine lovers to rekindle their…

  February 18, 2021 (Vancouver, BC) – Hart House at Deer Lake in Burnaby is delighted to announce that, on Friday, March 5 2021 it will host an exclusive wine dinner featuring BC’s 8th Generation Vineyard. Guests will enjoy a 5-course menu paired with boutique wines in Hart House’s beautiful dining rooms. Seating is available on two floors; note that access to…

COVID, COVID, COVID.  It is present across BC, but there are things that we can do to keep ourselves and our family safer, while still being able to enjoy our beautiful province.  One new thing that we can do is enjoy a wine tasting at Singletree Winery in Abbotsford, now that they are providing a clear geodesic dome for groups…

At this point of my trip to Chile I had visited wineries from the Aconcagua and the Casablanca Valleys.  Now I visited a few wineries closer to Santiago in the Maipo Valley, then headed south to the Colchagua Valley.   A Visit to Wineries of the Maipo Valley Around Santiago Around Santiago is the Maipo Valley, which is the oldest wine…

With the lockdown on travel due to COVID-19, I thought I’d look back at some of my trips to wine regions around the world.  One of my memorable trips was to Chile in October 2009 where I toured around Santiago, the capital, then rented a driver with a car to take me the coastal city of Valparaiso and some wineries…