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Food & Drink

Local beers win big

Oct 24, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: BC Beer Awards Penticton breweries had a strong showing at the BC Beer Awards this weekend. The annual event saw judges tasting 925 entries from around the province. Penticton took home some hardware, with five local spots earning medals. The local winners were as follows:

Summerhill's Cipes Brut

Oct 22, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Wine: Summerhill Pyramid Winery non-vintage Cipes Brut Winery: Summerhill Pyramid Winery Why drink it: Every time I have a sip of this wine, I want another. And another. Great value for a Canadian sparkling wine, this dry, all-organic sparkling wine is fermented i

Ways to use up all foods

Oct 21, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Living in the Okanagan, it’s almost impossible not to notice fall is harvest season. I don’t know about you but I come from a generation that can’t bear to see food not used. Combine that with being a gourmand and married to a chef, and you’ve

'One hit after the other'

Oct 18, 2023 / 4:00 am

Casey Richardson "I think there's a lot of frustration from a lot of tourism operators that just feel like we've been left out in the cold." Calls are coming for more to be done to help wineries across Interior BC, as closure announcements continue amidst recovery hardshi

Moon Curser 2021 Syrah

Oct 15, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Wine: Moon Curser Vineyards 2021 Syrah Winery: Moon Curser Vineyards Why drink it: Syrah grows so well in the Okanagan, and Moon Curser makes an excellent wine with it. Well-balanced, savoury and bold, it has flavours of blackcurrant, dark chocolate and blueberry,

Hundreds out for beer run

Oct 14, 2023 / 1:50 pm

Casey Richardson Dressed in team costumes and with big smiles on Saturday morning, hundreds of people came out to take part in Penticton's Beer Run. The seventh annual event covers 10 km and 11 breweries, with participants starting out at Abandoned Rail Brewing for their first sip befo

Sharing memories

Oct 14, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Kristin Peturson-Laprise Life is all about extremes, two sides of a coin. We constantly hear you can’t have light without dark, and people don’t appreciate the good without the bad. On and on it goes. Food can be like that too. We often combine flavours for contrast&

Quality water, great beer

Oct 13, 2023 / 8:00 pm

Photo: City of Penticton Friday kicked off the start of Penticton Beer Week and with that, the city shared some info on how their Water Treatment Plant staff help out with the local industry. The 5th annual Penticton Beer Week runs from Oct. 13-22 with the Penticton Beer Blocks, a coll

No passport required

Oct 13, 2023 / 12:32 pm

Photo: Walnut Beach Resort Friday Oct. 13 is Ukraine and Poland cuisine featuring berry perogies for dessert. Lovers of global cuisine take note: The round-the-world foodie train is leaving the station each Friday at Pointe 49 Kitchen & Bar restaurant, and you don't even need a

Planting seeds for careers

Oct 12, 2023 / 2:00 pm

Photo: BC Gov't North Okanagan-Shuswap high school students will be among the first to experience a new kind of field trip this Friday. They’ll be boarding a bus for Discover Agriculture Day, and their tour will have three unique stops that will open their eyes to ever-evolvi

Beer made by 8 breweries

Oct 12, 2023 / 4:00 am

Casey Richardson Local craft brewers are getting ready to kick off the fifth annual Penticton Beer Week, after having brewed their fundraiser collaboration beer made by all eight breweries. On Wednesday, canning was underway for the "Do Good" collaboration beer at Penticton&rsquo

Call for pause on milk price

Oct 10, 2023 / 9:46 am

Photo: The Canadian Press The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers is calling on the Crown corporation that manages dairy supply and pricing to hit pause on any further increases to milk prices amid political pressure to keep food prices down. The Canadian Dairy Commission review

Grape harvest in full swing

Oct 9, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Wine Growers of BC It’s now the height of grape harvest season across the nine wine regions of British Columbia with many winegrowers reporting their earliest start on record - up to three weeks earlier than usual - due to a hot, sunny summer. In the Okanagan, it was also

Wild Goose 2022 Riesling

Oct 8, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Contributed Wine: Wild Goose Vineyards 2022 Riesling Winery: Wild Goose Vineyards Why drink it: Because it’s Riesling, one of the world’s great wine grapes. And because it’s made in the Okanagan (Okanagan Falls, to be more precise.) A Silver winner at thi

A season for all things

Oct 7, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: Pixabay Perhaps it has something to do with being Canadian, the notion of enjoying all the different seasons. There are things I like about each of them and I appreciate them each in their own time. I wouldn’t want to live with spring, summer or fall for the whole year (wi

Thanksgiving to cost more

Oct 6, 2023 / 6:46 am

Photo: Unsplash/Claudio Schwarz After more than a year of high food inflation, families gathering this weekend to gobble Thanksgiving dinner may be feeling the pinch after their grocery shopping. Statistics Canada reported last month that prices for food purchased from stores rose 6.9

Passing on the turkey

Oct 6, 2023 / 4:00 am

Cindy White Thanksgiving is this weekend. Have you got your turkey yet? Or maybe you want to try something different this year? For those who like to support local farmers there are plenty of options at At Don-O-Ray’s farm shop on Benvoulin Road in Kelowna. "We are a local fa

Turkey for those in need

Oct 5, 2023 / 2:37 pm

Photo: Kelowna Gospel Misson Kelowna’s Gospel Mission is hosting a Thanksgiving meal on Oct. 8 for those in staying in the organization's shelters. New this year, the Mission will also be serving a Thanksgiving lunch outside the library parkade for those sleeping on the stree

Nostalgia crushes it

Oct 4, 2023 / 6:47 am

Photo: Don Urquhart Nostalgia Wines celebrated its 6th Annual Crush Party. Despite the absence of a grape harvest this year Nostalgia Wines' 6th Annual Crush Party rocked on as a windy cool morning gave way to blue skies and blazing sunshine last Saturday. With the 50's era

'Duke Tobler' knows beer

Oct 3, 2023 / 4:00 am

Photo: 1516 Pub and Grill Okanagan Spring brewmaster Stefan Tobler says his signature beer adheres to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. That's how Okanagan Spring's 1516 lager got its name. Tobler explained this and more at the third annual Oktoblerfest at 1516 Pub and Grill
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