Easter Weekend Tastings!!

Not sure what you want to drink this long weekend? Let us help you with our daily tastings line-up.

On Friday April 10th from 4-8 pm come and check out Granville Island Brewery's newest beer, and a couple of old favourites. Granville Island will be showcasing their newest beer, the Brockton IPA available in 6 pack bottle or can format. This beer was brewed as a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Granville Island Brewery and is brewed in the style of a Pacific Northwest India Pale Ale. It is golden-coloured and well-hopped, showing immediate flavours of grapefruit and citrus, with mid-palate bitterness followed by a refreshing aftertaste.

Also being tasted are the Robson Street Hefeweizen, an unfiltered wheat ale showing banana, lemon and clove notes and the Cypress Honey Lager, which is lightly hopped with a touch of Fraser Valley honey.


Saturday April 11th has the tasting from 2-6 pm, with Jacob's Creek Winery of Australia. We will be tasting the Reserve Shiraz, the Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and the Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay.

The Reserve Shiraz is an outstanding example of South Australian Shiraz, displaying an intensity of ripe plum with pepper spice, balanced by soft grape and oak tannins, leading to a lingering smooth finish. An ideal accompaniment to most red meats, game and cheeses. A wine that will develop further with cellaring.

The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon displays intense berry and cassis characters, subtle integration of vanillin tannins imparted from French oak and maturation, and a smooth finish. An ideal accompaniment to most red meats, game and cheeses.

This Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay combines the cool-climate varietal goodness of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay leaving it fruity but dry. The grapes are sourced from a variety of Australia’s premier grape growing regions. In keeping with the philosophy of Jacob’s Creek they have used the ‘Assemblage’ or blending process to select wines with generous fruit aroma and flavour to ensure the high quality, approachable and easy drinking style. Secondary fermentation in a bottle and extended time ‘sur lie’ has added creamy and bready complexity to the wine, yet still retained the vibrant fruit aromas and flavours. A delicious wine that can also be enjoyed with a wide range of seafood, salad and white meat dishes.


Sunday April 12th is the Wild Goose Winery tasting from 2-6 pm with the Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and Merlot being offered.

The Pinot Gris is slightly golden in colour, and exhibits lively pear flavours with a crisp finish. One of the most popular food wines in British Columbia, this would pair well with turkey, ham, salads, mild cheeses or spicy foods. Available chilled!

The Gewurztraminer (pronounced geh-vurtz-trah-meener) is Wild Goose's trademark wine. Wild Goose has made one of the top Gewürztraminers in B.C. since its inception back in 1990. Intense spice, rose petal, and lychee nut are the most common characteristics of this grape. Slightly dry in finish and intense rose petal aromatics are the patented Wild Goose flavours extracted and put into every bottle. This one pairs well with spicy foods, salads, as an aperitif, with turkey or ham or just by itself. Available chilled!

The Merlot exhibits plum, berry and black current overtones. Medium to intense in darkness. Our Style-Maximum hang time in the vineyards is the key to a good Merlot. Wild Goose's Merlot is always bottled with medium tannins that make it a perfect match with food or for ageing. Try this one with ham, steak, medium cheeses, lamb, or with chocolate desserts.