This post is a bit late but on a hot summer night last month that my friend took me to Salt Tasting Room’s Cellar Event, fun I had, so i just have to post it. I dig this little gem tucked away in the bowels of Gastown, the wine selection is good and accessible, the ingredients for their plates are from the city’s best producers, and the cellar is a cool retreat on a sweltering summer night.

Best discovery of the night? Victoria Gin! Yes the olives were fantastic, the production lesson was informative but the gin martini was stupendous! All I wanted was another one. The initial flavours are star anise, then orange peel, finishing with woody oris root, gins are complex. With salt cured Italian Cerignola and Castelvetrano olives the martini is complete.