More delicious BC Wines that are on our #FavouriteThings list and they are among the most affordable of wines that we recommend to our readers. Please note that at this price point these quality wines will sell out quickly. We suggest you visit the winery to stock up before they are all gone. Gewürztraminer … Read more
Here are the wines we drink when we want to keep to a budget. Our #FavouriteThings include these tasty offerings from Quails’ Gate – all priced under $20.00. These are the wines we drink, enjoy and recommend to our readers. These wines are all available from the Quails’ Gate online store. 2017 Dry Riesling Available: In Stock $16.99 … Read more
Your Gate to BC Vineyards Happy Hour Has Never Been Happier Experience the Combination Come into the winery and enjoy a flatbread and a tantalizing glass of white or red wine produced by City Side Winery. The Mystic Pearl offers three different wines for perfect flatbread pairings. Happy Hour is the Happiest Hour of the … Read more
Do you have a favourite imported wine? Perhaps one from Italy, Australia or France. Have you ever wondered how it got from there to here? And why that wine and not another? After all, no wine store could ever carry every wine, no matter how big it was. Say a wine producer in Germany wants … Read more
Little Creek Casino Resort’s Wine & Jazz Festival returns to the South Puget Sound on Saturday, July 14 at 6 p.m. featuring an array of jazz music, food, beer and wines from around the world. Prepared by the resort’s acclaimed Food and Beverage Director, Victor Mortazavi, an inspired menu of gourmet food and wine … Read more
In conversation with Adorada winemaker Margaret Leonardi on the subject of her newest wine venture – Adorada Rosé. Leonardi comes from a family that are fourth generation dairy farmers so finally settling on a career in viticulture seems a natural progression. Perhaps it was the internship in a chem lab that may have been the … Read more
Fetzer Vineyards Introduces Adorada Rosé and Pinot Gris, Delivers Sensory Experience in Two Fast-Growing Varietal Segments Innovative Style Brings Evocative Aromatics to Traditional Categories Bringing fresh innovation to the surging Rosé and Pinot Gris categories, Fetzer Vineyards has introduced newcomer Adorada with two inaugural offerings: a 2016 Rosé and a 2016 Pinot Gris, made … Read more
Wine Runs Deep Patrick Ember 2018 Friesen Press 296 pages Do you remember any high school bullies? Can you remember the torment? The fear of their wrath? What if they came back into your life years later and tried to blackmail you? We all make bad decisions in life. If we are lucky, we survive … Read more
We all love BC Wine and summer is an ideal time to really enjoy sipping on the patio, pairing with our BBQ or picnic in the park with our #FavouriteThings. We like to call this Summer Sipping. So many opportunities to get outside and enjoy the British Columbia lifestyle. Whether you’re an on the go … Read more
FOURTH OF JULY A special Fourth of July event at Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort, Golf and Spa Join us for a special celebration on the Fourth of July, complete with family-friendly beachside activities including lawn games, arts and crafts, face painting, plus live music and our Seaside Sizzle, the ultimate beach barbecue experience. At … Read more