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Winner of the Gourmand International Wine Books Award 2011 for Canada Finalist for the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award, 2012 BC Book Prizes This award-winning book celebrates the unique flavours, terroir, and grape varieties that can only be found on the wine islands off the West Coast. A collaborative effort from the writers of EAT Magazine, Island Wineries of British Columbia is your guide to a growing wine culture as well as the food movement that accompanies it. Learn the history behind the region's wine production, and gain intimate knowledge about local wine producers.Complete with maps and suggested wine tasting excursions, explore the islands' meaderies, cideries, fruit wineries, and artisan distilleries. Includes recipes from some of the region's most talented chefs with offerings from Cafe Brio, Camille's, the Sooke Harbour House, and Stage Wine Bar.Now updated and expanded to include seven new wineries and tours, Island Wineries of British Columbia highlights a growing and innovative wine industry.

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9781927129975

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A wonderful, groundbreaking, its-about-time book. Jurgen Gothe, Wine Columnist, The Georgia Straight An accessible and elegant must-have book for anyone interested in Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands wine. Times Colonist

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Gary Hynes, a former sommelier, chef, and innkeeper, is the founder and editor of EAT Magazine, a bimonthly publication that celebrates food and drink in British Columbia. Gary and the team at EAT worked together to create Island Wineries of British Columbia from their shared knowledge of excellent wine and BC's unique culinary scene. Gary lives and eats in Victoria, British Columbia. Visit eatmagazine.ca for more on BC's favourite food-and-drink magazine.

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