Mission Hill Fire Horse Collection

Mission Hill Family Estate Welcomes Year of the Fire Horse For the fifth consecutive year, Mission Hill marks Lunar New Year with a thoughtfully curated offering that honours tradition while looking boldly toward what’s next. Leading up to February 17, we welcome the Year of the Fire Horse. One of the most powerful and dynamic … Read more

From the Cellar with @Sam_WineTeacher

In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time.  I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’. It will be similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines … Read more

#FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions | Hester Creek Estate Winery

When the winery gives the okay I will be sharing all about this exciting new wine.

#FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions | Fort Berens Estate Winery

“In this series we bring you our #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions which we personally recommend Here are three very special newly released Reserve wines from Fort Berens that we know you are going to want to have on hand over the holidays. These wines are ready now or would make a wonderful addition to your … Read more

#FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions | Blasted Church Vineyards

“In this series we bring you our #FavouriteThings Holiday Gift Suggestions which we personally recommend”   In addition to featuring three of our favourite Blasted Church wines for #FavouriteThings we also want to remind you of the RAISE YOUR CHALICE — IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL SALE OF THE YEAR! promotion. Details follow below. Big Bang … Read more

Sparkling Lights and Holiday Cheer Await at Winter in Wine Country

Winter in Wine Country is the perfect way to kick off the holidays.

A Visit to Evolve Sparkling House in Penticton

  My wife, Anita, had a meeting in Penticton recently, so I decided to make the most of the trip and take her to Evolve Sparkling House. I’d attended a media launch there in September and knew she’d be impressed by what this new winery has to offer. A quick call to Shelley, Evolves Wine … Read more

BC LES DAMES DISH IT UP ON THE ISLAND with INAUGURAL FUNDRAISER

The all-star lineup of BC chefs will create four exquisite courses.