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Italian wines are more than worth celebrating

Pizza and beer are a dynamic duo, kind of like burgers and fries or peanut butter and jam.

Vancouver Island’s 2017 calendar of food, wine, and beer events kicks off Thursday, February 23rd to Sunday, February 26 with the ninth annual Parksville Uncorked Festival.

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The first wine tasting for 2017 on Vancouver Island happens Friday, February 24th at the Beach Club Resort in Parksville.

Vancouver Island has always been a mushroom forager’s heaven, but this autumn’s harvest is even better than most. The random rains have kept the fungi popping and the wild crafters hopping.

Where else can you try as many wines as you want for less than $50.00? All of that within a moderate taxi fare to and from most Nanaimo neighborhoods.

There is “eating local,” the effort to buy and consume food produced nearby, for both health and environmental reasons.

With BBQ lids cracking open on patios across the Island, there could be no better time for the opening of Meat Craft Island Butchery in Nanaimo.

For decades, micro-distilleries have flourished in Europe. Now it’s BC’s turn.

Berries don’t come any fresher than when hand-picked or bought directly from a farm. And berry picking with your kids is way more fun than work, given such farms often provide wagon rides, picnic areas and refreshments.