Located in the beautiful but notorious mountain town of Nelson, British Columbia, a full days drive from Vancouver, All Seasons Cafe aspires to the excellent restaurants of the big city yet is firmly anchored by our eclectic and eccentric small town surroundings.

Eccentric could describe our wine purchasing as well. Against the advice of our accountant we continue to buy more than we can store. It’s just that these wines need to be liberated, made available to the young dread-locked farmer, the two bit lawyer, the draft dodger, the urban refugee who thought they’d left it all behind, and of course the traveling public weary of burgers & box wine.

The primary aim of our list is to provide just about anything the wine savvy consumer could desire, at nearly any price point. There are lots of familiar wines for those who "know what they like, thank you very much", and many interesting choices for the adventurous. We look to avoid repetition in our selections, be it in varietal, style, region, or price. Nevertheless we apparently can’t say no to a good wine ~ we have several things cellaring, waiting for their vacancy on the list.

The list is presented in a three panel book with the food menu on the back of the third panel. (You would see the food menu first when opening the cover. Starting with "Wines by the Glass" we then sort the list geographically, then by intensity, then by price. After experimenting with other arrangements we've found that this works best for our public. We like to have the Wine List in the hands of everybody at the table to encourage discussion. For guests not in tune with the rest of their table we have the ever changing choice of wines by the glass and half litre, that list itself being a microcosm of the whole list, though increasingly biased toward Canadian products.

Wine service is unstuffy, but it is correct. We do our best to serve it at the right temperature. Hardly ever use an ice bucket. Deserving wines are decanted and served in good sized crystal. Our open wines are gassed after each pour. But in keeping with our casual airs, if somebody wants to rinse their glass with wine between bottles then we say, “Sure, ok, all right !”

Chef Emmett has provided a great Pan - Seared Sablefish with Orrechiette in a Tarragon Cream Sauce recipe to pair with our Blue Mountain Chardonnay.