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Fall Splendour in BC Wine Country. Best of BC Wine Country Awards Make Planning a Winery Experience Easy
Sommelier Mireille Sauvé takes some time away from reviewing wines for Okanagan Life Magazine to write a few words on the 2018 Best of BC Wine Country Winery Experience Awards for...Celebrating Thanksgiving with BC VQA Wines
Laura is a freelance writer, sommelier, and educator, with 20 years under her belt in the hospitality industry. She is also the Wine Editor of VITA Magazine, and sits on...Best of BC Wine Country Awards – Best Places to visit
Tim Pawsey – Vancouver based Tim Pawsey writes and shoots for numerous publications, including: Where Magazine, Quench, The Alchemist, Vitis, Taste (BC Liquor Stores), Montecristo and others. When not poring over a wine...BEST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WINE COUNTRY AWARDS 2018 – BEST BC WINE ANNOUNCED!
Sid Cross, immediate past Honorary President of The International Wine & Food Society, he is the only Canadian to be inducted as a Membre d’Honneur of the L’Academie du vin...Top 5 Winery Tasting Rooms You Must Visit in BC
Krystin Tysire – a fashion marketing grad, has a penchant for social media and an eye for spotting trends. As such, she’s been blogging for several years at www.krystintysire.com, sharing...Best of BC Wine Country Tour with Fraiche Nutrition
Last week Wines of British Columbia had the opportunity to tour around the Okanagan Valley with Fraiche Nutrition’s Tori Wesszer in search of the Best of BC Wine Country. Beginning...Another Big Win For BC Wine! Celebrate BC Day with some of these award winning BC wines
David Lawrason – David has been a wine writer, educator and judge in Canada for over 30 years. Formerly wine columnist for the Globe and Mail and founder of Wine...The Best of BC Wine Country Awards are back! Voting open July 23 – August 17
By Claire Newell: Travel Expert, media personality, corporate spokesperson, author, worldwide wanderluster. Over 25 years of experience on all things travel.” Follow Claire on Twitter or Facebook The Best of...Personalize your next trip to BC Wine Country, here’s some tips
Gwendolyn Richards – A food writer and editor, photographer and author of two cookbooks, Pucker: A Cookbook for Citrus Lovers and Souper Kids — a fundraising book coedited with Soup Sisters...PODCAST 4: UNIQUE WINE EXPERIENCES YOU MUST TRY IN BC WINE COUNTRY – SOUTH OKANAGAN
In the final video podcast of our Wines of British Columbia summer series, Wesla English continues to look at unique winery experiences to try this wine touring season in the...PODCAST 3: Unique BC Wine Touring Experiences you must try this summer
KelownaNow‘s Wesla Wong visits Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, Indigenous World Winery and The View Winery located in Kelowna and West Kelowna. Mission Hill’s head Sommelier, Bram Bolwijn, describes the...Think Chilled BC Reds for Canada Day
David Stansfield – The Vancouver-based Sommelier for Earls Kitchen + Bar has over twenty years experience working with BC wine. David began his career in wine as a teenage cellar...Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
Andrea Callan – A chef, general manager, motorcyclist, gardener, wino and dog lover. Callan started cooking at a very young age selling cookies at her father’s work which has let to an...Think BC Wine for Father’s Day!
Rhys Pender MW – An educator, wine judge, writer, and grape grower/farmer, Pender has pursued his passion for food and wine by completing a professional culinary diploma and all levels of the WSET,...Podcast 2: New winery tasting rooms now open to visitors in the Okanagan Valley this season
For our second video podcast of our summer four-series, the Wines of British Columbia once again teamed up with KelownaNow‘s Welsa Wong to explore some of the new winery tasting rooms that are now...Video Podcast 1: Unique sustainable practices and single vineyard wines in BC Wine Country
Leading up to summer months, the Wines of British Columbia teamed up with KelownaNow‘s Welsa Wong to unearth sustainable practices and single vineyard wines in BC Wine Country. Watch the...Trends and promising grapes from BC’s new 2017 vintage releases!
Alex is a Vancouverite with a passion for wine, communication and design. She is a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, holds a WSET Advanced certificate with distinction,...BC Wine and food pairings perfect for Spring
By Kurtis Kolt – Kurtis Kolt is a Vancouver-based freelance wine consultant, writer, and competition judge. Certified by London’s Wine & Spirit Education Trust and the Court of Master Sommeliers, his enthusiasm...Sip, swirl and savour sustainably in BC wine country
By Joanne Sasvari – Joanne is a food, drink and travel writer who contributes to Postmedia publications, Destination BC and WestJet Magazine, and is the author of the forthcoming Wickaninnish Inn...