Victoria's Art of the Cocktail Tickets On Sale Date Announced; Salt Cellar Series Back With Sandhill

GASTOWN — The Salt Tasting Room Cellar Series is back with one of BC's iconic wineries Sandhill for a communal table night of fun on August 12. Tickets are $51.60 tax and gratuity included and include two flights of wine matched to two tasting plates. Sandhill Winemaker Howard Soon will be in attendance to speak about the wines. [EW]

VICTORIA — Set a reminder note in your calendar for August 18 as tickets and passes to the outstanding Art of the Cocktail festival go on sale then. This year's AOTC spreads across three days in October, 4-6, with innovative seminars, fun competitions and the always-sells-out-fast Grand Tasting. [EW]

WEST END — Only two more days left to buy early bird half-price tickets for Vancouver Foodsters Tasting Plates event in the West End on Wednesday September 10 from 6-9.30p.m. Tickets are $25 plus fee and confirmed so far, Papparoti, Buckstop, Milestones and Morocco West. [EW] [Photo via AOTC/Nikki Bayley]