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Stir Wine Pairing: A Kino Christmas comedy show calls for BC Pinot Noir and Café Medina to-go

Stir Wine Pairing: A Kino Christmas comedy show calls for BC Pinot Noir and Café Medina to-go

Vancouver comedians are holding a jolly virtual fundraiser for Kino Café. Here’s what you need to make a night of it

CULINARY, WINE, COMEDYGail JohnsonDecember 17, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Township 7, Kino Cafe, Erica Sigurdson, Cafe Medina, Stir Pairing

Stir Wine Pairing: a sparkling pinot noir with an Italian Baroque Christmas

Stir Wine Pairing: a sparkling pinot noir with an Italian Baroque Christmas

Laudate Singers’ Buon Natale calls for salumi, olives, and Covert Farms’ festive pink pour

CULINARY, WINE, MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 10, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Laudate Singers, Caffe La Tana, Savio Volpe, Pepino's, Covert Farms Family Estate

Stir Wine Pairing: the Okanagan's vinAmité Compass with the 12 Days of Feministmas

Stir Wine Pairing: the Okanagan's vinAmité Compass with the 12 Days of Feministmas

This match brings raucousness to your red wine—plus a treat from Temper’s Advent calendar

CULINARY, WINE, COMEDYGail JohnsonDecember 3, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, bc wineries, 604 Records, Comedy Here Often?, comedy, Temper Chocolate and Pastry, Stir Pairing

Stir Wine Pairing: Pink bubbles, the Arts Club’s Twelve Dates of Christmas, and punk pizza

Stir Wine Pairing: Pink bubbles, the Arts Club’s Twelve Dates of Christmas, and punk pizza

Blue Mountain Brut Rosé 2016 is just the thing to go with the local theatre’s livestream and an Anthem pie

CULINARY, THEATRE, WINEGail JohnsonNovember 25, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, sparkling wine, Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, Anthem pizza, Chi Pig, Stir Pairing

For sommelier Bryant Mao, pairings take on orchestral notes

For sommelier Bryant Mao, pairings take on orchestral notes

The wine director of Hawksworth Restaurant has music in mind when he pairs drinks with set menus

CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 23, 2020CULINARY, Hawksworth, Bryant Mao, wine, wine pairing, Stir Pairing

Stir Wine Pairing: Nk’Mip's Qwam Qwmt Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 with VSO's Americana: Walker & Copland

Stir Wine Pairing: Nk’Mip's Qwam Qwmt Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 with VSO's Americana: Walker & Copland

A concert of trailblazers hosted by Measha Brueggergosman calls for a glass of this rich Okanagan red

WINE, MUSIC, CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 18, 2020CULINARY, wine, music, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Measha Brueggergosman, Nk'Mip Cellars, BC wine, BC wineries, Wine, Wine pairing, Stir Pairing

Wining online: Okanagan Crush Pad launches new video guides to go with virtual tasting packs

Wining online: Okanagan Crush Pad launches new video guides to go with virtual tasting packs

Online sessions with expert DJ Kearney are one way to have a pro wine tasting at home

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonNovember 13, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, wine tasting, Okanagan, Okanagan winery, DJ Kearney

Stir Sips: Charme de L’île makes for distinctly BC bubbles

Stir Sips: Charme de L’île makes for distinctly BC bubbles

Some call the style a local Prosecco

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonNovember 5, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Unsworth Vineyards, Charme de L'ile, sparkling wine

Cornucopia Whistler returns with intimate winery dinners and drink seminars, November 6 to 29

Cornucopia Whistler returns with intimate winery dinners and drink seminars, November 6 to 29

You can stimulate your brain while you safely sip and savour

CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRING, WINEGail JohnsonOctober 29, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Whistler, Cornucopia Whistler, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre

Cowichan Valley winemaker spills on how a blend can be a work of art

Cowichan Valley winemaker spills on how a blend can be a work of art

You could say the budget-friendly Blue Grouse Quill Q White was made mindfully

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonOctober 27, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wineries, BC wine, Blue Grouse

Bach in the vineyards, Puccini in the cellar: At Winemaker's CUT, classical music makes for elegant wine

Bach in the vineyards, Puccini in the cellar: At Winemaker's CUT, classical music makes for elegant wine

With Bach and Mozart playing in the vineyards, the winery puts a new spin on “tasting notes”

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonOctober 20, 2020CULINARY, wineries, BC wine, wine, Winemaker's CUT, classical music, Homepage feature

Wine tales: How a little fish by a local artist made its way around the world

Wine tales: How a little fish by a local artist made its way around the world

Johanna Waldorf’s abstract painting graces the label of Germany’s Selbach Riesling.

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonOctober 7, 2020CULINARY, wine, Waldorf Wine

The Vancouver International Wine Festival cancels 2021 event

The Vancouver International Wine Festival cancels 2021 event

The final edition of Wine Wednesdays with Bard on the Beach happens October 7.

CULINARY, NEWSGail JohnsonOctober 6, 2020CULINARY, wine, vancouver international wine festival, Bard on the Beach, BC wine

Paul Morstad’s magical realism gives B.C. wine a fantastical new look

Paul Morstad’s magical realism gives B.C. wine a fantastical new look

The Okanagan’s hatch winery features the Vancouver painter’s otherworldly works on its labels

ART & DESIGN, CULINARYGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2020CULINARY, visual art, Paul Morstad, magical realism, Okanagan, BC wineries, the hatch, vancouver painter, wine labels, wine, wine country, art of winemaking, art & design

6 B.C. wineries that art lovers can't miss

6 B.C. wineries that art lovers can't miss

Fine art and fine wine make a perfect pairing at these Okanagan destinations.

CULINARY, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2020CULINARY, wine, wineries, BC wineries, visual art, art gallery, art installations, art in the vineyards, wine country, okanagan, BC travel, BC, art of winemaking, Homepage feature