The Chef & The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese Every year around this time I have friends come up to me or text me in…
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Fort Berens Estate Winery meets Coquilles St Jacques
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese Here in British Columbia we are blessed with, depending on the year, an abundance of two…
Pot roast – an ultimate comfort food
The Chef & The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese The lowliest cut of beef turned into the most succulent comfort food. I mean what says…
Meet Summerhill Pyramid Winery
The Chef & The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese Regular readers know that I have long been a believer in the exemplary quality of sparkling…
2015 Vancouver International Wine Festival
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese I never had as much fun at a wine tasting as I did this year at the…
Serafino Wines of the McLaren Vale
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese The Vancouver International Wine Festival attracts some of the brightest minds in the world of wine and wine-making every…
None of us can escape our passions; good thing here
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese It is said that to write with conviction one must write what one knows. How then…
An environment that everywhere bursts with life
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese The first time I can remember ever consciously listening to a band – not just listening…
Valentine’s Day menu: spoil the one you love
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese There is nothing as powerful as sharing yourself; your time, your energy and your passion with…
It’s the Golden Age of wine
The Chef and The Grape By Chef Kristof Gillese With the 2015 Vancouver International Wine Festival just around the corner my mind has started leaping ahead to…