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Food and Wine

Best Argentinian Wines

With the spotlight on Argentinian wines this year, great bottles will be available to enjoy year round

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Best Rosé Wines

Fine summer sippers from B.C. and Spain

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Best-Value Israeli Wines

Galil Mountain's Cab Sauvignon and Yiron exceed expectations

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Wine Pick of the Week

The best best-value bottles to drink, right now

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Five Perfect Cookbook Gifts

A regional focus inspires these five perfect gift ideas

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Best Beers for Winter

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Beaujolais

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B.C.'s Best Beers, Fruit Wines, and Spirits

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Five Wines Under $15

Excellent value wines from our 2009 Eating and Drinking Guide

B.C.'s Best Beer, Cider, and Fruit Wines

10 locally made brews and spirits

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Bodegas Montecillo

A fiery Spaniard makes powerful wines by sticking to her vision

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The Miracle of Madiran

Wines from the Gers, an isolated part of Gascony, are just ducky

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The Master of Wine

How Barbara Philip became a member of the international wine elite

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Marta Chiavacci

How the daughter of a Coquitlam shoemaker ends up becoming Italy’s sommelier of the year

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Food Trends: Custom Wine

An exclusive, brilliantly original winemaking club has taken the U-Vin concept to new heights

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B.C.'s Best Pinot Noir?

How a former Edmonton GP plans to make the country's best Pinot

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The $36,000 Dinner

For charity, a West Van couple breaks out the really good stuff

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Straight Whisky

The enduring appeal of scotch whiskey

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Food Trends: The Rise of Cheek Meat

Remember the sablefish epoch? When short ribs were all the rage? Our love affair with spot prawns? Today’s “it” meat is the previously unappreciated cheek—from halibut to veal

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Izakaya Explosion

Lately, every small-plate Asian restaurant bills itself as an izakaya (that irreverent take on Japanese pub food). Here’s the real deal

Best Rainy Day Refuges

Vancouver's indoor activities that aren't to be missed

Best Adreneline Rush

The most extreme ways to experience Vancouver

Best Sparkling Wine

Great early in the day; great with fruit, especially fresh strawberries; particularly great with Dungeness crab

Best Light White Wine

These wines are perfect for the Asian/Latin flavours we enjoy on the West Coast. Think prawn curry, pad Thai, or fish tacos

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Best Medium White Wines

Super-adaptable, drink-anytime whites. Think linguine vongole, mushroom risotto, chicken satay, or pizza

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Best Rich White Wine

Special-occasion showstoppers: Sunday roast chicken, grilled halibut, or luxurious shellfish dishes

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Big Night 2009

Top chefs paired mouthwatering dishes with winning wines for a night of bacchanalian revelry

Vancouver Magazine Wine Awards 2009

Our expert panel of 14 judges spent three days sipping, swirling, and heatedly debating the merits of over 800 entries, until they finally arrived at the top 100 best-value wines

Genetically Designed Wine

Scientists at UBC are using genetic engineering to create (they hope) better wines

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Editor's Note, January/February 2009

Time in a Bottle

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Vancouver's Best Cheap Eats

From high end to hole in the wall, we scoured the city for great food at bargain prices. Here are the winners.

Six Great Wines Under $13

A bottle of Pétrus—which is mainly Merlot—goes for about $1,000. Eyes closed, could you tell it from Cono Sur Merlot?

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