Tag: tourism

Keeping our elbows up, if you live anywhere in the BC mainland, or anywhere in Canada suffering from snow, and you enjoy wine, beer, and other libations, you may want to consider visiting Victoria and surrounding areas on southern Vancouver Island.  I’d say that Victoria has the best weather / climate in Canada.  But you may not know about different…

Have you started touring BC wine country this summer?  I have a two part article about touring BC wine country in 2025, written by Brent Gushowaty.  In part one, he covers: The impact of the 2023/24 freeze Introduction of 2024 “replacement wines” Evolving winery business models and tasting innovations Part Two will focus on the practical aspects for the casual…

I am glad that our world is getting back to “normal”, as COVID I hope tapers off. This will be the second year for Cornucopia post-COVID. The latest announcement from the organizers follows.~~~ Whistler, B.C. – Cornucopia, Whistler’s annual celebration of food and drink, returns for its 26th year this November 2022. Blending Signature Events with fresh experiences, this year’s festival…

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…

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 a new boutique hotel downtown called the Hotel Belmont located at Granville and Nelson street.  I, and other travel media,…

Have you ever been to the Caribbean?  To Barbados?  I have not but have been interested.  Finding out that they have a Food & Rum Festival just bumped up my interest.  Here is information about this festival from the Festival.  Enjoy! ~~~ This is a big year for Barbados’ culinary scene – the annual Barbados Food and Rum Festival (Oct. 24-27, 2019) returns…

Edinburgh, Scotland is a place with two sides; old and new.  You can delve into either side, but I do enjoy history so my recommendations will lean toward the historical side of Edinburgh.  But before I do, I should mention that if you have never been to Scotland, that bringing a waterproof jacket and shoes is a must.  I visited…

I was pleased to be invited to interview Olga Bussinello, Director, of the Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Valpolicella here in Vancouver recently. The Consortium for the Tutelage of Valpolicella Wines is an association of wine producers, winemakers and bottlers of the wine production area of Valpolicella, a territory that includes 19 municipalities in the Verona province. Excellence in the vineyard is the purpose of the…