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HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE: THE SALTED VINE KITCHEN + BAR PLAYS HOST TO EXCLUSIVE FORT BERENS WINEMAKER’S DINNER, JULY 26

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  Tickets to One-night-only Event Include Four-Course Dinner and Select Wine Pairings from Lillooet’s Fort Berens Estate Winery   The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar‘s co-owners Chef Jeff Park and Director/Sommelier Pat Allan, will share the stage with award-winning Fort Berens Estate Winery when the downtown Squamish hotspot hosts a winemaker’s dinner on Wednesday, July … Read more

Make Mine A Double: Deighton Cup Cocktail Jockey Mixology Competition Spills Over Into Second Day and New Venue

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  The city’s top bartenders will compete for the Boothby Julep Trophy and $1,000 cash prize at Reflections atop The Hotel Georgia on Friday, July 21   After four years as the anchor to one of Vancouver’s premier summer events, the 5th Annual Cocktail Jockey Mixology Competition has outgrown its traditional venue at the Grandstand … Read more

FIRST ANNUAL ART & WINE IN THE VINES INVITES GUESTS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF THE OKANAGAN VALLEY

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  Weekend festival offers painting tutorials, wine tastings,  new brunch menus and more   Wine tastings, plein air painting sessions, and a fresh summer brunch menu await guests attending Art & Wine in the Vines, a collaborative affair hosted by Liquidity Wines, Noble Ridge Winery and The Federation of Canadian Artists. The weekend-long festival, taking … Read more

Dine beneath the stars in an urban oasis at Four Season Hotel Vancouver this summer

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  Al fresco long table dinner will be public debut for private pool deck   Visitors and locals are invited to gather friends, dress up and celebrate summer with a gorgeous long table dinner with Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. A limited number of seats are available for the Hotel’s first ever public event on the … Read more

Taste BC’s Liquid Gold in Ontario

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  McWatters Collection announces that its gold medal-winning 2014 Chardonnay (488536 / $30.95), is available in limited quantities through the LCBO. Just 500 cases were made of the award-winning wine. It was honoured with a gold medal at the prestigious 24th annual Chardonnay du Monde wine competition, one of only three Canadian wines to win. The McWatters namesake wines are … Read more

Theatre Under the Stars presents Storytime with Mary Poppins

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  Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) presents the utterly enchanting family event, Storytime with Mary Poppins, July 29, 2017, 11am – 12pm at Indigo Broadway & Granville. In celebration of the much-anticipated TUTS production of Mary Poppins, July 7 – August 18 at Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl, Ranae Miller –  in the role of Mary Poppins … Read more

Oh, Canada Celebrates the True North Strong – and Funny

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  I’m a huge fan of improv, and the talented Vancouver TheatreSports League ensemble. So when I heard that the troupe was unveiling a new show in honour of Canada 150, I was excited. And what better day to take in Oh, Canada – The True North Strong and Funny than on Canada Day, eh? … Read more

Bard on the Beach – A Winter’s Tale review

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  Shakespeare wrote tragedies and comedies and frequently added romantic relationships to both. In The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare writes a tragedy in which jealousy and love become the catalyst to the romantic plot. Today, in court, lawyers would plead temporary insanity or a moment of unexplainable jealousy. But this brief episode brought about such untold … Read more

SOMM LIKES IT HOT: CIBO TRATTORIA UNCORKS SERIES OF MONTHLY SUMMER WINE DINNERS

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  Trio of Italian Dinners Pair Sparkling, Piemonte, Southern Italian Wines with Multi-Course Menus   As the warm weather arrives, so too does an ongoing series of monthly Summer Wine Dinners at Cibo Trattoria, where GM and Wine Director Mark Taylor will shine a spotlight on an array of notable wines on July 26, August 23 and … Read more