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The Easter Bunny has hopped in for 2 special Easter Sales!!!Salt Spring Smoked Salmon and Capers Goat Cheese &Zevia 6 pa...
04/18/2025

The Easter Bunny has hopped in for 2 special Easter Sales!!!

Salt Spring Smoked Salmon and Capers Goat Cheese &
Zevia 6 packs all flavours!!!!

25% off Friday to Monday!!!!
Happy Easter!

April is BC Wine Month. This weekend Shane will be featuring Hester Creek Vineyard wines. Please join Shane for a tastin...
04/16/2025

April is BC Wine Month. This weekend Shane will be featuring Hester Creek Vineyard wines. Please join Shane for a tasting April 19th 1-4 ish. To celebrate BC Wine Month, this weekend all Hester Creek wines will be $1 off Saturday the 19th & Sunday the 20th. Cheers!!! šŸ„‚

Tannat Day: Celebrating Uruguay’s champion grapeUruguay may be a small nation, but it has a remarkable history of beatin...
04/14/2025

Tannat Day: Celebrating Uruguay’s champion grape
Uruguay may be a small nation, but it has a remarkable history of beating the odds. Uruguay was the first to win the first World Cup in 1930; it uses more renewable energy than most (95% of the electricity it uses is renewable); and it made a champion of the unlikely variety of Tannat.

Although there were home vineyards planted in Uruguay before, the first commercial vineyard was planted by Basque immigrant Pascual Harriague who brought the Tannat vine, native to his Basque home in Europe, and planted it in Salto in northern Uruguay in 1870.

From there it began to spread around the country, originally being known simply as the ā€˜Harraigue’ grape, after the father of Tannat in Uruguay. Today it has become Uruguay’s most planted variety, claiming over 1,630 hectares, and is planted in all of Uruguay’s wine regions. In an ode to the importance of Tannat for Uruguay, the National Viticulture Institute declared the 14th April as Tannat Day — to mark the day that Harraigue passed away, on 14th April 1894, and his lasting legacy in Uruguay.

The variety is believed to have originated in South West France, where its strong tannic presence is used as the backbone to red blends — rarely vinified by its own. But in the warm, Atlantic climate of Uruguay, Tannat became a star in its own right.

The thick skins of Tannat, which give Tannat its deep colour and make it the healthiest red wine in the world (rich in antioxidants, anthocyanins and resveratrol), ripen well in the warm sunshine, while the mild coastal temperatures mean that Uruguayan Tannat preserves a refreshing acidity and defined aromas of plum, raspberry and spice.

After over 150 years of making Tannat, producers in Uruguay have learnt how to manage the naturally high tannin level of the grape, which is where Tannat gets its name from. With gentle macerations and sensitive winemaking, Uruguayan producers are able to make fresh styles of Tannat that can be enjoyed within a few months of vintage and some of the most youthful styles are unoaked — focusing on the vibrant fruit flavours, energy and freshness of the variety. Included in these youthful styles of Tannat, there are some great examples of Tannat rosĆ© and even sparkling Tannat, proving that this really is a variety of many faces.

The traditional style of Uruguayan Tannat, which is also still popular throughout Uruguay’s wine regions, is a more structured, age-worthy Tannat wine which has been aged in oak barrels for a year or more. These wines can often cellar well for well over a decade, and in many of the older family cellars around Uruguay you can uncork Tannat wines from the 80s and 90s which show the fantastic potential of this wine for ageing.

Whether you are choosing to have a chilled glass of Tannat rosƩ in the garden, or a warming glass of hearty, well-aged Tannat by the fireplace, we invite you to raise a glass to the champion grape of Uruguay.

Happy Tannat Day!

SGS has this great Tannat wine for Tannat Day!!!
Garzón Tannat 2020
Deep purple in colour, this Tannat fresh aromas reminiscent of red and black fruits such as plums and raspberries on a spice-flavoured aroma. It has a great personality in mouth. Its ripe tannins and its minerality make it a terroir wine of great identity.

Bodega Garzón winery
https://youtu.be/qz3zLPCG6Wg?si=Vh6jnvgD85d-y6yL

Tannat Day: Celebrating Uruguay’s champion grape
https://uruguay.wine/en/journal/tannat-day-celebrating-uruguay-s-champion-grape/

Another ALL Canadian sale this week! No matter if its health food, junk food or comfort food, Canadians make great food!...
04/14/2025

Another ALL Canadian sale this week! No matter if its health food, junk food or comfort food, Canadians make great food! And these four companies prove it!

Yeshi Dressing:
What started as a conversation at home is now a favourite at farmers markets and grocery stores around BC and Alberta. Yeshi is a nutritional yeast based dressing that's fit for gluten free and vegetarian diets. Slightly sweet and creamy, it has the subtle flavours of garlic blended with tangy and nutty undertones, you’ll find there's a Yeshi flavour for every dish!

Vachon Cakes:
Vachon. The very name ignites joy in our hearts and tummies. And who doesn’t love a delectable snack cake? Folks young and old, appetites big and small—there’s a VachonĀ® cake for that. Adored by all Canadians, but particularly revered in Quebec, VachonĀ® has been tempting taste buds for generations with its rebel yell: Eat joy!

Chasers Juice:
Chasers Fresh Juice Vancouver has evolved from its humble beginnings as an 800 square foot juice shop in Yaletown back in 2013, into a formidable force within British Columbia's beverage industry. Today, we stand tall as one of the largest Cold Press Juice Manufacturers and suppliers in the province.

Bassili's Best:
The Bassili’s Best brand was established by the Bassili’s family over 35 years ago in Edmonton, Alberta. Passionate about food and family, the Bassili’s family greatly valued time shared over a meal. A constant favourite among all family members was lasagna, which was often referred to by the family as the ā€œbestā€ meal of the week. As the kids became busier with after-school activities, the Bassili’s family realized that making lasagna from scratch was no longer conducive to their busy lifestyle. It was during these years they realized the need for wholesome, nutritious and high quality frozen meals. After making and freezing home-made lasagna on various occasions, the family realized the potential to sell these convenient family favourites to the general public. Shortly thereafter the Bassili’s family invested in a manufacturing facility to produce and sell their meals and the rest is history!

April is Support BC Wine month. Please join Shane Saturday between 1 & 4 ish to sample wines from Chronos Vineyards. Chr...
04/12/2025

April is Support BC Wine month. Please join Shane Saturday between 1 & 4 ish to sample wines from Chronos Vineyards. Chronos Wines will be $1 off this Saturday & Sunday!

Time Family of Wines Is a family – owned South Okanagan business focused on creating premium quality wine and memorable experiences through our multiple brands and properties. We are uniquely mission driven: unwavering to our quality standards and committed to being good stewards to our beautiful home in the Okanagan Valley. We are committed to producing wines of the highest quality and sharing the stories that bring them to life.

TIME Family of Wines is focused on the highest level of attention to detail in every aspect of our business, with the prime goal of always providing our customers with a memorable wine experience. Our goal is to over-deliver at every occasion, reflected when valued consumers visit our winery or are relaxing at home enjoying a glass of our exquisite wines with loved ones. Providing an inviting, approachable wine and memorable experience is what we do best.

In 2020 Ron and Shelley Mayert became the owners of Time Family of Wines and have injected new energy into the winery with many more exciting plans currently in development. Well positioned to ensure growth of the established business and reputation which has been carried by the McWatters family for decades, the Mayerts have brought new perspective and opportunity to the Time Family portfolio of brands; Chronos and Evolve Sparkling House.

British Columbians through and through, Ron was born and raised on orchards in Summerland and Shelley on a farm in the Fraser Valley, the couple now live in Abbotsford with their family. These strong BC roots are just one of the reasons why the Mayerts are so passionate about the region, celebrating its spirit and warm hospitality from the people in the Okanagan Valley and want to instill that spirit in everything they do.

Another all-Canadian sale this week!!! Oh Canada!The feature deal of week is Starke's Deli!!!! We all love our local Sid...
03/31/2025

Another all-Canadian sale this week!!! Oh Canada!
The feature deal of week is Starke's Deli!!!! We all love our local Sidney Deli, Starkes. And this week you can love Starke's Bacon and Sausages even more! Be sure to grab some while the sale is on, because this is a once only deal!
And not to be overlooked, we also have some great Canadian brands like Dare, Carnation and Unico on sale. Also, I deny the rumor I put canned Unico beans and tomatoes on sale because I wanted Chili. It was just a happy coincidence. Same with the crackers that go with the chili, all coincidence!

Tomorrow is international Riesling day! Come check out Shane’s picks!!
03/12/2025

Tomorrow is international Riesling day!
Come check out Shane’s picks!!

It's International Syrah Day! Come check out Shane's picks & take home a nice bottle to warm you up on this wet Family D...
02/16/2025

It's International Syrah Day! Come check out Shane's picks & take home a nice bottle to warm you up on this wet Family Day Long Weekend.

šŸŽ¼šŸŽ¶I got chills, they're multiplyingAnd I'm losing controlThere's still power Hydro's supplyingIt's electrifying (electri...
02/03/2025

šŸŽ¼šŸŽ¶I got chills, they're multiplying
And I'm losing control
There's still power Hydro's supplying
It's electrifying (electrifying)

I better warm up
'Cause I need some wood
And my wood piles covered in snow
I better warm up
You don't understand

I can't reach my wood pile its true
Nothin' left, nothin' left for me to do
Pressed logs are what I want (Pressed logs are what I want)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, honey
Pressed logs are what I want (Pressed logs are what I want)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, honey
Pressed logs are what I want (Pressed logs are what I want)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
The one's I need (the one's I need)
Oh, yes, indeed (yes, indeed)

SGS now has pressed logs in stock! Skip the wood pile and all that extra cleaning! Pressed Logs are clean, uniform in size, and burn consistently. With fire logs, you don't have to worry about the hassle of hauling wood into your home bringing in bugs, bark or dirt along with it. Compressed wood fire logs can be stored in your home with little to no mess reducing your "trips to the woodpile." Pressed fire logs also produce less than 1% ash which makes clean up quick and easy!

As I write this, it's Saturday and customers keep coming in and saying its snowing. Yet every time I look its sunny. I'm...
02/03/2025

As I write this, it's Saturday and customers keep coming in and saying its snowing. Yet every time I look its sunny. I'm beginning to think some of you have some dirty windows that need cleaning. Well you are in luck, this week glass cleaner is on sale!

And all the cleaning is going to make you hungry, just in time to see the actual snow! Crunchy, yummy granola and our Canadian raised B&C frozen chicken and beef is also on special. So get your specials early, and after cleaning your windows cuddle up to your favorite teddy bear, pet or partner (or all three, no judgment) to enjoy the show!

As you may have noticed we have started to add Made in Canada Icons too our flyers. This is to help those that are inter...
01/27/2025

As you may have noticed we have started to add Made in Canada Icons too our flyers. This is to help those that are interested in purchasing Canadian products.

NEW IN STORE! My first experience with fermented pickles has made me realize these must be sold here. So may I present.....
01/14/2025

NEW IN STORE!
My first experience with fermented pickles has made me realize these must be sold here. So may I present...
BUBBIES KOSHER DILL PICKLES
The pickles that made her famous, Bubbies Kosher Dill Pickles are naturally-fermented raw, creating her signature cloudy brine. Sour and crunchy, these traditional pickles contain no vinegar or sugar and are preservative-free and Non-GMO.

Dill pickles are the most popular pickles of the bunch and, as you might have guessed, they get their name because of their distinct dill flavor. They are a popular gluten-free fermented food and kitchen staple. The gut-healthy qualities provide an abundance of health benefits, especially in providing healthful probiotics.

In addition to a healthy snack, our Kosher certified dill pickles pair well with a burger, hotdog, egg salad, BLT, cheeseburger, Bloody Mary, grilled cheese, Cuban sandwich, quesadilla, falafel, and more. They can even be paired with fish, stand alone as a fried pickle appetizer, or compliment your most elaborate charcuterie board.

You'll love Bubbies pickles and pickle juice because they offer endless possibilities for every meal.
If you are a Bubbies Pickles fan then you are most likely familiar with our signature cloudy brine full of tart flavor and spices. If you are new to traditional fermentation or have picked up a jar of our pickles and wondered why the juice wasn’t clear, or bright green, don’t fret.

This is totally normal, and here’s why: FERMENTATION!

Bubbies Kosher Dill Pickles, as well as our sauerkrauts, green tomatoes, and relish, are naturally fermented in water with salt and spices. Cloudy brine is a natural by-product of the fermentation process and it tastes delicious! The cloudiness is a combination of lactic acid and yeast and is the reason why they call it Lactofermentation.

Why Does This Happen?
Various strains of bacteria are present on the surface of all plants, especially ones growing close to the ground, like pickles! Lactobacillus bacteria converts sugars into lactic acid, preserving the pickle. Lactic acid prevents the growth of harmful bacteria. Over time the cloudiness can settle out of the brine to the bottom of the jar and on the tops of the Pickles or Tomatoes. Some batches are naturally cloudier than others, but all are safe to consume and taste delicious. Shake Until Cloudy and Enjoy!

Cloudy brine is a sign that you have a safe, successful, and tasty ferment. Even after all the pickles are gone and you have a jar of delicious brine leftover, don’t toss it!

Our brine is delicious in salad dressings, tuna, and egg salad, but a lot of people like to drink it straight out of the jar!

Find them in the refrigerated section.
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Time to get caffeinated and cleaning! We got lunch covered too, tuna or salmon sandwiches and tasty wafers. You're welco...
01/13/2025

Time to get caffeinated and cleaning! We got lunch covered too, tuna or salmon sandwiches and tasty wafers. You're welcome!

Grab your boat and paddle to the store for some great savings this rainy week!!!
01/06/2025

Grab your boat and paddle to the store for some great savings this rainy week!!!

Fresh Haggis baking has arrived!
12/30/2024

Fresh Haggis baking has arrived!

Well, the year is almost over and time for the last sale of the year. But don't worry 2025 will bring plenty more sales....
12/30/2024

Well, the year is almost over and time for the last sale of the year. But don't worry 2025 will bring plenty more sales. We are looking forward to saving you money in the 2025 season!
Happy New Year!

We have a winner for the Amaze earbuds and car charger! And the winner is Sarah-Dawn Robichaud . You can pick up your pr...
12/27/2024

We have a winner for the Amaze earbuds and car charger! And the winner is Sarah-Dawn Robichaud . You can pick up your prize from the office anytime Darryl is working!

Christmas Giveaway!!!! FREE $45 VALUE GIFT BAG with a Amaze Pro8 earbuds and Amaze 20w Car Charger. To enter just commen...
12/23/2024

Christmas Giveaway!!!! FREE $45 VALUE GIFT BAG with a Amaze Pro8 earbuds and Amaze 20w Car Charger. To enter just comment with your favorite Amaze cell accessory from SGS.

Draw will be done on Christmas Morning!

Pro8 True Wireless Earbuds with high-quality sound. The high-quality sound ensures that you can enjoy your favorite tunes in rich, clear audio, while the compact and lightweight design provides maximum comfort and portability.
Additionally, they come with a USB A to USB C cable and a one-year warranty. With no cords or wires to get in your way, these earbuds are perfect for use during any activity, whether you're at home, in the office, or on the go.
Specification:
Adjustable head circumference: With adjustable buttons, simple and elegant design, beautiful appearance, easy to wear.
Beautiful and fashionable: The headphones adopt high quality silicone material, which is soft and durable.
Various applications: Suitable for most occasions, such as running, climbing and walking on the headphones are also a nice choice for you to upgrade your exercise experience.
Pleasant experience: The headphones are made of soft and breathable fabric, which can effectively avoid falling off during exercise and make your wearing more comfortable and stable.
Scientific design: The simple, clean design of the earbuds allows you to quickly turn down and run with ease.

The 20W PD Car Charger is an optimal choice for quickly charging your devices while on the go. The dual-port design features both USB-A and USB-C and provides up to 20W of charging power. Enjoy the convenience of rapid charging for your mobile devices.

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