Booze News

North America's 50 Best Bars crowned The Keefer Canadian champ for 2026, and celebrated a number of other amazing Vancouver rooms along the way.

We chat with a restaurateur, an importer and a winery owner to see how they're fairing.

The beloved cocktail-forward Mexican restaurant is back—this time in a temporary space in Mount Pleasant

Raising a glass to 2024 with our favourite beverages of 2023.

The big ones, at least.

Drops of God is amazing... and not just for oenophiles.

Kurtis Kolt finds the good in a much-maligned category.

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Bringing the sophistication and beauty of the French Riviera yachting lifestyle to Vancouver, GREY GOOSE Vodka is hosting an intimate experience in an unforgettable setting—aboard a private GREY GOOSE Vodka yacht for only five days this summer, August 3-7.

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Celebrate the sunniest season with one of these incredible recipes, courtesy of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey

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The Minors as Agents Program sends underage teens into liquor stores, restaurants and pot shops to test the folks selling it. But after leaving the program, one participant has mixed feelings.

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GREY GOOSE® Vodka and Pallet Coffee Roasters are partnering up to celebrate rich and sultry Espresso Martini Cocktails – Presenting GREY GOOSE® Après Dark.

As decided by a panel of the foremost experts ever gathered.

Stock up on sophisticated alcohol-free options at Sansorium's pop-up market October 23.

We put Plenty Hard Kombucha up against our very scientific method (drinking it).

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Spruce up summer by serving a refreshing botanical-infused beverage

Non-beer alcohol that isn’t carbonated or sickeningly sweet? Yes please.

Cracking open a cold one with a man of few words.

This is not the science fair of your childhood. It’s better.

It's 100 proof and 100 percent delicious.

Gone are the days when the best non-alcoholic drink money could buy was a Shirley Temple with *gasp* a maraschino cherry.

It's the happiest day of the year.

Parallel 49 wants to turn you into a pumpkin.

Put on your stretchy pants and go on a food adventure in Vancouver this weekend.

The city is one of five around the world that will test-sip the new ecofriendly alternatives. 

The masterclasses at the Whisky & Words festival are woefully underpriced—and you should take advantage of that.

Qualifying grocery stores may be able to apply to be a “Grocery Store with Liquor Store,” as early as May 14.

Raise your spirits for a good cause.

This laid-back tasting event might be the most fun you'll have all summer.

Mixing Red Bull with your vodka might make you feel more drunk, but according to researchers it's just the power of marketing.

What the VanMag team has been sipping this month (you know, now that we're actually allowed).

Vancouver City Council may have shot down the prospect of wine sales in grocery stores, but that doesn't mean you can't still have a good time

The Bartender of the Year alum is hitting the open road.

Vancouver Craft Beer Week returns in late May with new attractions and the debut of this magazine’s own beer awards!

Sometime soon the province will change the way we buy, sell, and consume alcohol. Those changes follow a 2013 review by the three-time Liberal MLA John Yap