To understand the wines made by Unsworth Vineyards starts with appreciating the uniquely mild, Mediterranean-like climate of the Cowichan Valley and how things grow here.
Celebrating the magnificent bounty of Vancouver Island, The Courtney Room will host a special dinner on Sunday October 24th, 2021, to celebrate the launch of Island Eats: Signature Chefs’ Recipes from Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea. .
This is an ongoing promotional campaign meant to bring you the wineries that are offering online sales. The list is for wines that are, for the most part, new releases for Spring 2021 along with a few favourites.
The Cowichan Valley is being recognized as a new sub-geographical indication (sub-GI), an official and protected term under B.C. law used to help consumers identify B.C. wines’ origins.
For the next 6 weeks, Chef Castro & Team have created Tasting menus alongside our regular Take & Bake menu. These menus are designed for you to look forward to some of the good things in life.
This wonderful warm goat cheese salad is one of the featured appetizers on the Provence Dine Out Vancouver Festival menu
Mushrooms must be an aphrodisiac because they sure are making an appearance this Valentine’s Day!
Overall, and covering just something better than four hours, I tasted 50 wines. Wines were divided into groups of nine per flight (except the final flight which was one wine only) meaning a total of 6 flights.
Hope you enjoy reading through this list as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
The series kicks off with aptly named Locals Only Cocktail #1, a blend of Sheringham Gin from Vancouver Island, Naramaro from Legends Distilling of Penticton, a dash of Ms. Better’s grapefruit bitters from Vancouver, a drop of local honey and topped with Unsworth Vineyards sparkling wine from Vancouver Island.