The Raptors at Church and State Winery

By the time we’d arrived at Church and State Winery, the raptors were already in flight. As we settled into the bleachers, Athena the Gyr/Saker Falcon was dive bombing a meat-encrusted toy-on-a leach thrown in the air by handler Robyn Radcliffe, and she then landed to feast on it. [...]

Volcanic Hills Explodes Mt Boucherie

One thing you almost never see at a wine tasting is a live band, much less a six-piece combo with a horn section. But at the Volcanic Hills tasting at the Beyond Restaurant in the Century Plaza Hotel here in Vancouver, Moja was playing everything from Bob Marley to Talking Heads, and it was an epiphany. [...]

VQA’s 20th Anniversary of BC Wine

Roland and Adolph Kruger of Wild Goose Winery

Cool rain did nothing to dampen warm, cozy sentiments at the BC VQA‘s 20th Anniversary wine tasting last week at the Vancouver Convention Center. The event featured pioneers of BC wine who forged a new industry out of the orchards, and who brought old vintages from [...]