Wine and War Don & Petie Kladstrup 2002 Broadway Books 290 pages I received this book as a gift some time ago and only recently picked it up. I have some friends who are history buffs and would certainly have a deeper appreciation of the events in this book, but even with my somewhat adequate … Read more
Boulevard Brings Out the Best of BC with Wine Brunch during Dine Out Vancouver Festival and Explores ‘The Cool Climates of California’ as Part of Vancouver International Wine Festival Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Director of Operations and Sommelier Steve Edwards is pleased to announce a duo of exclusive wine events this February that … Read more
BC’s Top Somm crowned by CAPS BC After an intensive competition with 16 local sommeliers, Shane Taylor, wine director at CinCin Ristorante, took home the 2017 Best Sommelier of BC championship. The third annual competition, hosted by the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers British Columbia Chapter, took place in the Captain’s Lounge in Rogers Arena. Todd Prucyk of … Read more
2014 Voulez View Rouge The View Kelowna, BC $19.90 Voulez View uses a touch (15%) of Merlot to add some elegance to the Pinotage base. Sweet spice, cherries, plum, dark berries and a hint of chocolate on the nose. Well balanced with silky smooth ripe tannins. Velvety on the palate with flavours that echo the … Read more
On Saturday, January 28 2017, Hart House Restaurant at Deer Lake will host a special mingler-style BC Wine Brunch as part of Dine Out Vancouver Festival. The event is great value at $49 plus service charges. Hart House is always a destination for brunch lovers from the lower mainland and beyond. The event … Read more
BC’s annual Icewine harvest has arrived just before the holidays, with the cold temperatures prompting wineries in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley to start picking grapes early for what can be expected to be a larger vintage than 2015. Icewine harvest began on December 6, 10 days later than last year’s start date … Read more
January in Vancouver can only mean one thing. Full gyms. Ok, and Dine Out. I mean if you’re going to work that hard you may as well go eat at the cities finest! This year there’s a new kid on the block with a fresh idea. Off the Eaten Track, a food tour company … Read more
January is proving to be a nasty month. It’s freezing outside, the streets are treacherously icy and you’ve received your credit card bill from December. Wild Rice Market Bistro in New Westminster has the perfect antidote. Join them this month for its value-priced Dine In Menu which runs through to February 12th . “These are dishes that … Read more
Combining puppetry, multimedia and cinematic ingenuity, Chicago collective animates cryptic tale of twins’ indelible bond The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Manual Cinema’s Ada/Ava, a haunting masterpiece for stage and screen on February 7, 2017 at 7:30pm in the Telus Studio Theatre as part of the … Read more
Three-week festival showcases groundbreaking contemporary theatre, dance, multimedia & music The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) presents its 13th annual edition, taking place January 16 to February 5, 2017 at various Vancouver venues. Acclaimed artists representing 11 countries will descend on the city for the signature, three-week mid-winter event. From staggering spectacles … Read more