Unique two-day festival brings together international wineries, craft breweries, cideries, gastronomy & more On September 7 and 8, the annual Top Drop Vancouver event will return, with its continued focus on sustainably-farmed, handcrafted wines offering a distinct sense of place, without heavy-handed winemaking trickery to get in the way. While honest wines are the centrepiece of the festival, the restaurant … Read more
Four Fraser Valley estate wineries have banded together to promote awareness of their local, Langley-based wineries. These wineries are so close to metropolitan Vancouver and yet many people have never discovered them. I suggest you head out for a Sunday afternoon drive to the scenic Campbell Valley and taste what these wineries have to offer. … Read more
April 22 to 25 I love Spring and its palette of green and blushes of blossoms that paint the landscape against the Robin’s-egg blue sky. I love the tangible sense of hope and anticipation as the Okanagan valley sweeps away the dust of the off-season. I love oysters, their salty smidgen of vast oceans and … Read more
As if on cue, cooler spring days gave way to warmth in Osoyoos for the Slow Food Thompson Okanagan second annual Market of Taste. The warmth went beyond the Okanagan sun to the cheerful chatter and embraces as volunteers and vendors gathered to set up a farmer’s market-style street fair. It was staged on Main … Read more
High speed quad at Apex Mountain Resort Bid adieu to mid-winter blues and pack your winter gear because time’s a wasting to get in on the first annual BREWSKI Craft Beer, Cider and Spirits Festival at Apex Mountain Resort on February 22. I know I’ll be there! http://www.apexresort.com/activities-events/apexbrewski/ It is a new event added to the … Read more
The Vancouver International Wine Festival is probably the largest wine festival in North American and it is certainly considered to be one of the best. One of the reasons is their unique approach to the requirements of the Festival. For every winery that takes part in the Festival at least one principal must attend and … Read more