Kelowna's Juicy Tips

Last fall, an article in the travel magazine Endless Vacation focused on the food scene in our abundant slice of BC. In a section entitled “Arrival of the Chefs”, author Anita Stewart enumerates the many star-quality Chefs that this valley attracts. Her premise is that where there is fresh produce in abundance, chefs will follow. [...]

I love seeing people discover Kelowna for the first time. I love the way the landscape speaks to them, the way they get fired up when they meet great people here, the way they can’t get over how many different activities they can do here. That’s why travel stories about Kelowna are so appealing – [...]

There are lots of classic holiday drinks – think eggnog, hot cocoa, champagne… but one of the most popular is surely mulled wine. Especially in Kelowna, where wine is plentiful and lots of us like to spend our vacations with active outdoor pursuits like skiing, cross-country skiing, or on a winter hike – that’s when [...]

When the mercury drops, winery touring in Kelowna shines with its special off-season appeal. Tasting rooms are uncrowded, winemakers often emerge from their cellars to pour wine for visitors, and wineries deck themselves in a festive look, some offering special seasonal events (like this one at Quails’ Gate this Sunday).
In the video posted below, I [...]

Great news from the Pyramid! Summerhill Pyramid Winery has won Canadian Wine Producer of the Year at the London International Wine and Spirits Competition. Announced at a banquet dinner on November 26 in London, England, this award is a serious badge of honour for this organic winery. Read my recent post about Summerhill to find [...]

A point of pride for us in Kelowna are the outstanding Chefs that wine country attracts. Names like Rod Butters, Bernard Casavant (recently snapped up by Kelowna’s Wild Apple Grill), Ned Bell, Mark Filatow, and others — these are serious stars on Canada’s food scene. This article from Western Living Magazine praises our area as [...]

If you haven’t heard of Sacred Geometry, let me fill you in. There are those in the scientific community who hold that pyramids, domes, and arches have an effect on liquids at a molecular level. Before I wade too far out on a theory that I am certainly not qualified to elaborate on, I’d better [...]

If you’re a coffee lover, this is the real McCoy. On today’s Juicy Tips, we’re talking about the Bean Scene coffee shop and the fact that they roast their own coffee beans. John and Deb, owners of the Bean Scene, are serious about their coffee and research the coffee estates from which they buy their [...]