My brother Rick, out Christmas shopping in Downtown Victoria, invited me for a late lunch so I thought it appropriate to suggest Ric’s Grill. I hadn’t been to Ric’s before but had heard good things about the Island’s only reperesentative of this popular Western Canada chain.
It was a cold, rainy day so I was quite [...]
My good friends Melanie and Tom recently returned from a trip to the Okanagan and they brought with them a bottle of Pinot Grigio with the name of Ogopogo’s Lair.
Ogopogo’s Lair ($14.99) is a product of the Ganton & Larsen Prospect Winery and is named for the area of Okanagan Lake near Kelowna where according [...]
Swans is one of the most popular eateries and drinking establishments in Victoria and its reputation for quality beers on tap is well deserved. In 2006 Swans, founded by the late philanthropist Michael Williams, was voted Canadian BrewPub of the year.
Although the pub and hotel are named Swans the brewery is named Buckerfield’s after the [...]
The November issue of Air Canada’s enRoute magazine, which annually names the 10 best new restaurants in Canada, is now out.
“The overall level of cooking has never been higher,” says contributing editor Chris Johns in the magazine. He adds that the restaurants — from Victoria to Montreal — give patrons “a true taste of each [...]
Didn’t we do well! By ‘we’ I refer to British Columbia and Vancouver Island in the recent Canadian Brewing Awards.
Out of a possible 21 gold medals BC breweries captured five and out of a total of 63 medals the provinces breweries captured a total of eleven – the five gold, plus two silver and four [...]
If you have been following this space you know that I am currently on holiday in the province of Algarve on the southernmost coast of Portugal. October is generally a good month to visit the Algarve and this year has been no exception. Apart from two brief storms the weather has been magnificent – warm [...]
