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Campbell River is most commonly known for its sport fishing. Fishy people come from around the world to dive into this sport fishing mecca.

There are six land-based cideries in this region, each with their own unique stake in the cider business. This region’s mild weather and gen

As Merridale pioneered through the early days of craft cider, they have now led the way in hosting the Cider Harvest Festival, an annual fes

Grab your best gals, ride 42 kms, don't accomplish your goals and enjoy the fruits of Salt Spring Island.

I have some pretty rad ladies in my life who enjoy the finer things (desert plants and beer), and they’re very willing to travel for it. This entire girl's day road-trip up island started because of succulents, just another classic example of ladies travelling for cacti. Valley Succulents in Comox, was the prime target of this mission, but we decided we couldn't go all the way up there just for fancy plants. So, we added a taco stop, and a beer stop, and boom! Just like that,

In early April we went on our first camp of the year at Ruckle Park on Salt Spring Island. This two-night mini adventure included camping, market shopping, disc golf, boozing and bocce (the perfect weekend). The first night of our camp there was a wind storm with 80 - 90km/hour winds that basically blew our butts off. Luckily, it was warm and not raining so the wind became kind of a team building activity as we fought with and against it. Salt Spring Island is the largest of

The grapes for Merridale’s Cowichan Cognac were picked the same year I learned to drive, 2006. The Cognac was aged in french oak barrels for ten years, waiting; waiting to be released from its oaken prison, which finally occurred on Oct 21 at a special evening that began Merridale’s Harvest Dinner Series. Before I was invited to this evening I knew absolutely nothing about cognac, but it did conjure up images of an older man in a rustic library, smoking a cigar and swirling t