Art and wine
His mixed-media portraiture has been described as the juxtaposition of raw and urgent street art and academic ideals.
Such portraits by artist Tim Okamura, under the My Music exhibition name, will grace the walls of Liquidity Winery in Okanagan Falls until Oct. 9.
The Edmonton-born artist, who now lives in New York City, will be on hand to introduce the exhibit today at 10 a.m. It’s free to attend. While you’re there you might as well sip some wine, such as the 2015 Pinot Noir Estate ($26) and 2014 Pinot Noir Equity ($56), which just won silver medals at the Mondial des Pinots competition in Switzerland.
And you could also stay for lunch at Liquidity Bistro.
Do all three and you’ll cover Liquidity’s winery-bistro-gallery mandate.
The fundraiser for the St. John Ambulance Dog Therapy Program features a vineyard walk for you and your leashed friend, wine tasting and nibbles of both the human and canine variety.
The View is hosting Wine and Wags every Sunday this month at the same time.
St. John’s therapy dogs visit the elderly and sick in care homes and hospitals to bring joy and comfort.
They can help motivate kids to read and students feel less stressed. at Quails’ Gate Winery.
They are winners of the inaugural Best of B.C. Wine Country Awards, a crowd-sourced online contest curated by the B.C. Wine Institute.
The institute invited the public to vote for their favourites in 18 categories and further sifted the results to declare winners in five regions – Okanagan, Similkameen, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and emerging regions.
In all that’s 72 winners, too many to list all here.
So, check out the full contingent at BestOf.WineBC.com.
Steve MacNaull is the business and wine reporter and columnist at The Okanagan Weekend. Reach him at steve.macnaull@ok.bc.ca.