Kitchen and Dining Holiday Gift Guide

The top gifts for the chef or entertainer on your list

If you're looking for a gift for a food lover, look no further. We at Wine Access have assembled a short list of fine (and fun) things for your favourite foodies, whether they're a serious chef, a budding molecular gastronomist or simply someone who loves to throw good dinner parties — often. Here are a few suggestions for this holiday season.

Vintage Burgundy

A trip to one of the world’s premiere winegrowing regions is as much a lesson in history and geology as it is in passion and flavour

Village of Pernand-Vergelesses, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy

Kicking Horse Dinner Concert Series

A winemaker dinner at the Eagle's Eye restaurant, with Kettle Valley wines

Eagle's Eye Restaurant

Tinhorn Creek to open Winery Restaurant

Miradoro restaurant opens on April 1

Miradoro

On April 1, a little bit of the Mediterranean arrives in the Okanagan Valley.

Where to Celebrate Valentine's Day

Restaurants that are perfect for the day of love, or any other day

Five Fishermen

IVWA Dinner: Kensington Riverside Inn

Continuing the IVWA dinner series, the judges and Wine Access team headed to the Kensington Riverside Inn for dinner with Wines of California

IVWA Dinner: Q Haute Cuisine

The IVWA judges and the Wine Access team headed over to Q Haute Cuisine for the next dinner of the competition

IVWA 2010 Dinner: Teatro

The Wine Access 2010 IVWA judges and staff headed to Teatro for dinner

Teatro

One of the best perks of being involved in the wine industry is all the great food. At competitions and festivals, everyone shows up for the wine, but the food is often as enjoyable as the wine, if not more. Well, at least in the opinion of this editor, who is not a sommelier.