Naramata Bench Spring Release
It’s time to buy your tickets for the Naramata Bench Wineries Spring Release. This April, there will be tastings in both Vancouver and Victoria.
In both cities, join the winemakers of the Naramata Bench and savour the unique delights of their individual and award-winning talents. In Vancouver wines will be paired with delectable treats from some of the finest restaurants of Vancouver and Naramata. In Victoria pairings will be prepared by Chef Brad Horen, Executive Chef for the Inn at Laurel Point and recently appointed Captain of Culinary Team Canada.
These events sell out every year so mark your calendar and get your tickets now for Vancouver on April 12 and Victoria on April 14.
For tickets online go to our Naramata Bench website by clicking here. To order tickets by phone call 1-800-663-1900.
This year the Spring Release events will include the release of the Second Annual Naramata Red Blend, an exclusive blending of red wines from four Naramata Bench Wineries. After tasting and test blending, this year’s Red Blend is a collaboration between Howling Bluff, Therapy Vineyards, Black Widow and D’Angelo wineries.
This Blend is not available in stores and is only available through the auction which will be held both in Vancouver and Victoria. Each 3 Litre Double Magnum of this limited release is signed by the contributing winemakers.
In addition to the Naramata Red Blend you will also be able to place your bids on an auction of exclusive Naramata wines; the Best of the Bench 2010 collection; wine gifts; plus Naramata trips and experiences.
Partial proceeds from the auctions will be donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver and the Belfry Theatre in Victoria.
Vancouver – April 12th – Westin Bayshore Hotel
6:30 to 9:00 pm and tickets are available now on line or by phone at 1-800-663-1900.
In Victoria – April 14th – The Inn at Laurel Point
6:30 to 9:00 pm and tickets are available now on-line or by phone at 1-800-663-1900.
Note: For accredited members of the Food and Beverage industry only there will be a separate tasting only event on the afternoon prior to the main event. For information on this please send your name‚ email‚ contact phone number‚ and the name of the restaurant‚ wine shop‚ publication‚ or other food and beverage industry business that you are affiliated with to: victrade2010@gmail.com (for Victoria) or vantrade2010@gmail.com (for Vancouver)
An EBC Thanks! for Olympic Staff, Athletes & Volunteers
All of us at Edible BC would like to say thank you to all of the extraordinary people who have helped to make the Vancouver 2010 Olympics so memorable. For all of the Olympic Staff, Athletes & Volunteers, we are offering a 15% discount on everything in the Edible BC retail store at Granville Island as well as on our popular Granville Island Market Tours. The discount is valid from February 28 – March 6th.
Just show your VANOC credentials to our sales staff and they will automatically deduct 15% from your bill. This is the perfect opportunity to stock up or pick up those last minute gifts.
*Please pass on this info to anyone who has worked or volunteered during the Games.
Go Canada Go!!
Four Chefs, One Garden
Now that the cherry blossoms and crocuses are in bloom (mid-February!), it’s hard not to think of spring. This book will inspire you to get out those gardening tools.
Evaleen Jaager Roy had a vision. Take one glorious west coast garden described and photographed through the seasons, add four celebrity chefs with seasonal, locally-inspired recipes, and add unique ideas for “living slow” and enjoying each moment in this magical part of the world. The result: the just-released Four Chefs One Garden.
Part cookbook, part gardening primer, Four Chefs One Garden is a love poem to Vancouver, told in flowers and fettuccini. In her unique debut, the Vancouver native traces one year spent in her terraced, ocean view garden and her kitchen. The book weaves together gardening ideas from some of the West Coast’s leading gardeners, including Brian Minter of Minter Gardens and includes seasonal recipes from some of the city’s leading chefs, including Umberto Menghi, Michel Jacob, Tojo and Vikram Vij.
Lush photography shows the march of Vancouver’s changing seasons, both in the garden, where spring rains lead to summer roses, and in the kitchen, where Tuscan salads give way to spicy winter curries. Learn more about Evaleen’s book, the fabulous chefs, guest gardeners and her quest to live slow on Canada’s West Coast.
“One year ago, I walked away from the boardroom, overnight flights and Blackberries and stepped into my garden,” says author, Evaleen Jaager Roy. “And bit by bit, as spring turned to summer and summer to fall, the world began to slow down. I was left with a few simple joys: the joy of digging in the dirt and watching things grow and the joy of cooking – taking the best of each season and turning it into sustenance and celebration with the people I love.”
$1 from the sale of every book will go to feed women and children living in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver through the YWCA’s Crabtree Corner Family Resource Centre. The centre serves over 30,000 meals anually to families in need. www.ywcavan.org
The book is $29.95 and available for purchase from select retailers, or online.
And Top Table Restaurants Toast ALL Medallists with Champagne
Top Table Group also recognizes Olympic achievement and wants to toast all podium-worthy achievements. Winning an Olympic medal is no easy feat. The road is long, the sacrifices many, and the support structures that enable athletes to reach the podium are elaborate. But ask an Olympic athlete the key to their success, and the reply is almost always, “My family and friends.”
Araxi in Whistler, and Blue Water Cafe, CinCin, and West in Vancouver, will salute winning athletes during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics by helping them toast family and friends at the restaurants’ bars with a complimentary bottle of Nicolas Feuillatte champagne.
“We want to congratulate the bronze, silver and gold medalists from all countries, and give them the opportunity to toast those closest to them, that took them to the pinnacle of their sport,” said Jack Evrensel, proprietor of Top Table. “Top Table is all about teamwork, and so are the endeavours of Olympic athletes – this is a simple way to show our appreciation.”
*Medalists: Reserve in advance through Top Table’s restaurant directors, bring your medal, and the bubbles will begin to flow.
| RESTAURANT | LOCATION | CONTACT | ||
| Araxi Blue Water Cafe CinCin West |
4222 Whistler Village Square 1095 Hamilton Street, Yaletown 1154 Robson Street 2881 Granville Street @ 13th |
Steve Edwards, 604 932 4540 Stephan Cachard, 604 688 8078 Ricardo Ferreira, 604 688 7338 Brian Hopkins, 604 738 8938 |
Beerspeak: R&B Brewing Company Iceholes Celebration Lager
Who – R&B Brewing Company
What – Iceholes Celebration Lager
Where – Vancouver
Why – There’s nothing finer to pair with hockey than cold beer. Wait – even better – there’s nothing finer to pair with Canadian Olympic Hockey than tasty Vancouver-made beer! The story behind this limited edition lager is pretty fine itself – see Beerspeak below. Golden hued (there’s an omen right there!), this crisp, medium bodied beer has a spicy, bready flavour with light hops and a refreshing, light finish. Easy drinking and widely appealing. In other words, hockey beer.
When – In front of the TV, cheering on the home team to GOLD. You also might want to check out Refuel’s “Be an Icehole Burger & Beer” special running throughout February. Oh yeah – you can also drink while wearing your Iceholes t-shirt, available on the R&B Brewing website.
How (much) – 650ml bottle.
Winespeak of the Week –In response to Stephen Colbert calling Canadians a bunch of syrup suckers and iceholes for not letting the U.S. Olympic Speedskating team practice on the ice oval, R&B created a very special lager. Barry Benson, co-owner of R&B Brewing says “We are proud syrup-sucking Canadian iceholes. In celebration of our icehole-ish behaviour we have decided to get even rather than get mad. Canadians can wreak their revenge against Stephen Colbert in a truly Canadian way and have a beer.” Rumour has it that R&B sent Colbert a few cases, and that he’s been invited to suck on an Icehole.
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