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The Wine Festival Changes Name
Canada's premier wine show has officially changed its name to Vancouver International Wine Festival. The new name drops "Playhouse" from the title. The change was announced by Randy Kaardal, chair of the festival's board of directors, at today's regularly scheduled meeting of participating agents and industry partners. The wine festival was created in 1979 as...
First Annual Vancouver International Tequila Expo
The First Annual Vancouver International Tequila Expo (VITE) will take place on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Vancouver Convention Centre East. It is sponsored by Las Margaritas Mexican Restaurant and the Consulate General of Mexico. Proceeds will benefit the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation (BCHF), the hospitality industry's own charity.
Playhouse Wine Festival – A Filtered Look Back
It's hard to believe that the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival ended less than 2 weeks ago. Principals are long since home, tens of thousands of bottles recycled and livers recovered. As for me, my pages tasting notes have been filed away and my impressions, leesy and cloudy during the crush of the festival, have...
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Wine Fest Winemaker’s Dinners: Cioppino’s & Hawksworth
The 2012 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival may have focused on Chile as the theme region, but with the global focus resting on the Cabernet family, there were a lot of countries present to celebrate. On the opening night of the festival, I attended ...
Playhouse Wine Festival: Weekend Recap
I know that the weekend technically consists of 2 days – one week out of the month might stretch it to 3. I’ve mentioned that during the course of Playhouse, somewhere near day 4.5, all time ceases to matter and everything blends into one big, never-emptying glass of wine. In my case this week, it...
Playhouse Wine Festival: Day 4
Like cycles of the moon, this is the time in the Festival week when I start to blur a bit. Days blur, events blur, eyesight blurs… Waking and sleeping hours overlap and I consume as much espresso as wine. I’m in the zone, my tastebuds are alive and senses in overdrive. Thursday kicks off the...
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Playhouse Wine Festival: Day 3
You and me and the S.O.B.
Moderator Mark Davidson said that the title came to him one evening when he was brainstorming for this seminar (wine may have been consumed that night). He pitched it to the festival as a joke, and fellow humourous wine soaked folk that they are, they jumped on it.
Playhouse Wine Festival: Day 2
More sparkle than a chandelier shop.
Between the rounds groaning with glassware, the diamond tennis bracelets, the crystal rooted flowering centerpieces and the glimmer of dozens of precious bottles (worth tens of thousands), the ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver was literally aglow. So was the well dressed crowd, fuelled by 10 wines, 5 courses, a...
Playhouse Wine Festival: Day 1
I started off Playhouse week at the Wine and Liquor Law seminar, an annual event in conjunction with the Festival. Aimed at attorneys, the day-long seminar covered current event topics of interest to those in the wine trade, including new regulations and licensing structures.
