This weekend’s Whistler Cornucopia 2017 food & wine festival started off for me with a celebration of food and drinks from around the world at its Night Market: Taste of the World event. Restaurant stations, along with endless tables of wine, beer and spirits greeted us for this event. Guests received a wine glass along…
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Cornucopia 2017 Celebrates Fine Dining, Wine & Charity
TopTable Group in Whistler (Araxi Restaurant and Oyster Bar, The Cellar by Araxi, Bar Oso, and Il Caminetto) is host again this year to a series of fine dining and wine-related events as part of Whistler’s premier food and drink festival, Cornucopia. From November 9-19, 2017 The Cellar at Araxi will be host to the 2017…
2018 VanWineFest Wineries Announced
If you’re counting the days to the Vancouver International Wine Festival, you’ll be excited to know that the winery lineup for the 40th annual festival, which takes place February 24-March 4, 2018 has been announced. .The eight-day wine and food extravaganza will showcase 177 wineries from 15 countries, including 38 wineries from Spain and 24 wineries from…
Celebrating WildTale’s 2nd Anniversary
To celebrate its 2nd anniversary, WildTale Coastal Grill, hosted a party last Sunday on a beautiful sunny day at its Yaletown location. Lots of bubblies, an amazing selection of wine and beer, and a DIY caesar bar were offered as guests mingled and celebrated with the team at WildTale. The party was also used to…
Break out the bubbly at Provence Marinaside and TWB
Anytime is a good time for bubbles – indeed the sparkling personality of a good vintage is the best way to celebrate life. But until recently, one couldn’t just enjoy a glass of their favourite wine. Enter Provence Marinaside and TWB-The Wine Bar. That’s right. Starting this month, these Yaletown establishments will be serving the likes…
San Francisco Eats – SF International Chocolate Salon
San Francisco is home to many great food, wine and beer festivals. This year I had the chance to enjoy the one day San Francisco International Chocolate Salon on my visit to Japantown at Hotel Kabuki. This year’s Chocolate Salon featured over 25+ chocolate, wine, tea, and other chocolate related vendors, and chocolate themed seminars. It is a chocolate lover’s…
San Francisco Eats – Hitachino Beer & Wagyu
Nest is best! Hitachino Nest Beer is a craft brewery created in 1823 in Hitachi, Japan, located in the Ibaraki prefecture outside of Tokyo. I’ve been a huge fan ever since being introduced to Hitachino Nest’s White Ale beer in California during a work trip. It’s hard to find Hitachino beers in Vancouver, so I take…
The 39th Vancouver International Wine Festival
Vancouver International Wine Festival returns for an eight-day celebration of wine and food February 11 to 19 at the Vancouver Convention Centre and other venues around Metro Vancouver. The 2017 festival features 180 wineries from 16 countries participating in 54 events. In celebration of our nation’s 150th birthday, the festival features Canada as the theme…
Ladies’ Getaway at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Needing a break from the city, two of my girlfriends and I took an overnight trip to Whistler this weekend. Driving up Sunday, we arrived to the beautifully rustic Fairmont Chateau Whistler. As Whistler Blackcomb has not officially opened for the winter ski season (opens this week, November 23), the hotel was buzzing with anticipation of…
Italian Wine and Cheese at Porto Cafe
Here in Vancouver, we’re blessed with fantastic wine. I say this from the point of view of a college student on a budget, so when I say fantastic, I mostly mean affordable, varied, and easy to appreciate. But last Tuesday I got the chance to sample some truly amazing wine, in every sense of the word….
Mary in Vancity 