Valerie van der Gracht 
Tall Tale Wines is a small winery that does not have a fixed location but sources premium quality grapes from the South Okanagan. Tall Tale, which makes fine wine in small batches using a completely natural approach, released its first wines in 2017.
About 200 CheckMate wine club members and their guests strolled about the spacious areas in the room that was set with wine and food pairing stations. In the library you could pair your choice of Chardonnay with a delectable crab cake or discover another corner of the room and enjoy a different selection of Chardonnay with the never ending array of bite size sushi.
Try the unexpected! Taste these less common indigenous grape varietals from the Master of Wine Barb Philip’s annual Flavours of Italy selection of premium Italian wines. They are traditional and very popular in their regions – yet still not fully discovered in British Columbia. Cin cin!
Following an introduction while attending the Garagiste North – small guys wine festival we made a point of getting out to Lariana for a tasting of their wines.
Tacofino is the perfect fit for West 4th in the area known as Kitsilano, formerly the Haight Ashbury of Vancouver. I loved the way they’ve made the decor fit the neighbourhood and also that the same great quality items are on their menu.
With glass in hand we entered the Culinary Theatre where the Culinary Workshops take place now through December. There are several options for the Dynamics of Food & Wine series where the professional Culinary team prepare dishes that guests will later enjoy paired with Mission Hill wines.
We are delighted to announce the return of our much anticipated Culinary Classes this fall. We have updated some of our favourite classes with new recipes and added a brand new French Canadian themed class. From Traditional Italian to Greek Dynasty, each class truly inspires, exploring flavours and cooking techniques with our Culinary Team that culminate with a wine paired meal you won’t soon forget!
The night began with a New York Sour cocktail enhanced with The Prisoner wine and almost from the moment you arrived there was a buzz of excited anticipation.
Yes, it’s official Fall is here in Vancouver and with Fall comes some new menus and menu items at one of our favourite restaurants located in the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver – YEW seafood + bar.
The team at Water Street did an incredible job presenting 6 courses starting with a selection of delicious canapés. The following courses were wonderfully seasonal, fresh and local orchestrated to a high level of culinary delight. As always the choice of dishes were complimented by the excellent choice of Noble Ridge wines.