Food & Drink
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Beer column: Annual holiday mixer showcases batch of new Parallel 49 creations
Every year in the lead up to the holidays, Parallel 49 releases its Naughty & Nice mixer. It features two each of four brand new…
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Wine column: So many Christmas trees, so much wine
So many Christmas trees, so many twinkling lights, so many festivities and so much wine. The 9th annual Festival of Trees is back and bigger…
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Much-hated fruitcake is the star of Kelowna woman’s memoir
Moni Schiller knows fruitcake is the most reviled food product known to man. But, she also knows fruitcake is inherently hilarious because that hatred has…
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Beer column: Has Phillips created another seasonal staple with its new winter ale?
When the days get shorter, the weather gets colder and certainly if the snow starts to fall, nothing hits quite like a quality winter ale.…
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Wine column: It’s the most wine-derful time of the year
Let the Christmas-wine festive play on words commence. Gems like: – 'Joie to the World' rifts off the Christmas carol 'Joy to the World' – '12…
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Beer column: BC breweries win over a third of awards at 2025 Canada Beer Cup
British Columbia’s craft beer industry cleaned up at the Canada Beer Cup earlier this week. Winners of Canada’s biggest beer competition, organized by the Canadian…
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Wine column: One long table, four fantastic wines
65 oak barrels. 32 people. 4 courses. 4 wines. 2 chandeliers. 1 long table. It was the atmospheric scene in the barrel room at downtown Kelowna's Sandhill…
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Beer column: Back Hand of God finally in cans thanks to BNA-Crannóg partnership
After a quarter century of producing the award-winning Back Hand of God Stout at their Sorrento farm, Brian MacIsaac and Rebecca Kneen have officially passed…
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Wine column: Contrary to popular belief, November is not boring
Sure, November can be blah. The weather is drizzly, the afternoons get dark so early and there's still a long way to Christmas joy. But there's…
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Starbucks is bringing back the Eggnog Latte this year
After four years, the Eggnog Latte will return to the menu at Starbucks this winter. The coffee chain didn’t provide a reason for removing the…