Category Archives: Wine

Reminiscing about the Rico Hotel Mountain Lodge and Argentine Grille, Rico Colorado one year later

RBuchanan photo – Rico Hotel’s Argentine Grille on a snowy February day, 2011 Built in 1926 as a boarding house for the International Smelting Company, the Rico Hotel is an historic registered site. The warmth of the front lobby area … Continue reading

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Here’s a wine fest for your bucket list: The Winter Okanagan Wine Fest at Sun Peaks Resort

Winter magic of Sun Peaks village at night Happily, I was commissioned by Savour Magazine to do two short online pieces on the Winter Okanagan Wine Festival 2012. One was intended to help shine light on the event and promote … Continue reading

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Smoky Margarita – perhaps our best at home to date!

Do you ever read a recipe, fall in love with the idea that makes that recipe unique and then forget to clip it? The other day we were barbecuing a whole salmon to have with our selection from a Naramata Bench winemaker, … Continue reading

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“Chicks Who Wine” Get Together and Get Behind the Scenes at Mission Hills Estate Winery

Getting together with people who share one of your passions is bound to be fun. When the group is dubbed with a nickname in the planning phase, you just know it’s going to be an especially good day! So it … Continue reading

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A New Spin on Easter Dinner

  Like an Easter Egg Hunt! We were invited to Aggie’s for a potluck dinner and I decided it would be nice to find something with a new spin on the traditional items that appear at the Easter table. So, … Continue reading

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