Food & Drink
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Wine column: Gems from Vancouver Island
It's Island time. We don't feature wines from Vancouver Island nearly enough in this column. So, this week, we're going to rectify that by profiling…
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Kelowna’s one of the favourite places to eat and drink on planet Earth
Well, well, well, 36 million more people now know they should come to Kelowna to eat, drink and have an awesome time. Kelowna was featured…
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Wine column: Hot dog at the Hot Dog Lounge
There's nothing more low-brow, high-brow than a hot dog lounge at a winery. "Absolutely," said Zach Wheeler, the hospitality manager at JoieFarm Winery on the…
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Literally billions of beers will be guzzled by World Cup fans over 39 days
Okay, let's have fun with the math of this astronomical amount of beer. The 16-ounce cans that contain it all could stretch to the moon and…
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Exciting and new Okanagan-developed cherries make their world debut
They are dark red, bordering on black, sweet, firm, late-ripening, Okanagan-developed and immediately in demand globally. They are the Safirah and Sansia cherry varieties making…
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Wine column: Drink in the long weekend right with these bottles
This Victoria Day long weekend is going to throw a lot at ya. Some rain on Saturday, streaks of sun on Sunday and Monday. Maybe…
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Wine column: Pour Mom a glass of sparkling, white, rose or red this Mother’s Day weekend
The best thing you can do for your Mom this Mother's Day weekend is to let her know how much you love and appreciate her.…
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You’ll giggle when you find out who the ‘BC winery of the year’ and ‘BC wine of the year’ is
Who's laughing now? Laughing Stock Vineyards on the Naramata Bench snagged both the prestigious 'winery of the year' and 'wine of the year' trophies at…
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This is permission to gorge yourself with tacos today
The stars have aligned. Today's Cinco de Mayo falls on Taco Tuesday. It provides the ideal, double-whammy incentive to eat tacos and drink margaritas. "Oh…
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Wine column: Pilgrimage to Blasted Church Winery for food and drink
So, we're on a pilgrimage. It's not too onerous nor too religious. But, it's a pilgrimage nonetheless with a one-kilometre light hike, some wine, a panoramic…