Fans of BC food and wine should plan to attend the fifth annual ChefmeetsGrape! The event brings quintessential BC cuisine together with new, fall releases from the Wines of British Columbia, with more than thirty-five BC VQA wineries represented.

BC’s red-hot culinary landscape is enhanced by BC’s many award-winning wines. The restaurant chefs in this year’s event, renowned for their flair in pairing food with wines, will again compete at ChefmeetsGrape for both “Peoples Choice” and “Judges Choice” honours, as they create appetizer-sized portions of a dish using BC ingredients, paired with a selected BC VQA wine.  This year, enjoy BC VQA wines paired with wild BC seafood – including wild BC salmon, wild sablefish and albacore tuna. $5 from every ticket sold will support the Ocean Wise program, promoting sustainable seafood in our restaurants. Come to taste, sip, vote, mingle and enjoy an evening of great BC wine, food and fun!

Thursday, September 17, 2009 from 7 to 10pm
The Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver
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Tickets: $75, with $5 from each ticket sold going to the Ocean Wise program at the Vancouver Aquarium. To purchase tickets, visit one of the following BC VQA Wine Stores:

Bellevue Wine Company: 1471 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver; 604-913-0802
Kensington Square Wines: 6626-B Hastings Street, Burnaby; 604-294-9573
Mud Bay Wines – Tsawwassen: 1295 – 56 Street, Tsawwassen, 604-948-2199
Sip Wines: Ironwood Plaza, 1030 – 11660 Steveston Hwy, Richmond; 604-271-9463
Taylorwood Wines: 1185 Mainland Street, Vancouver; 604-408-9463
Village VQA Wines – Dunbar: 3536 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver; 604-269-9433
Village VQA Wines – Edgemont: 3050 Edgemont Boulevard, North Vancouver; 604-985-9463
Village VQA Wines – Kitsilano: 1811 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver; 604-732-8827

Tickets are also available online or by phone (with added service charges) through Tickets Tonight, or in-person at the Tourist Info Centre, 200 Burrard Street, Vancouver.

PARTICIPATING WINERIES

Artisan Wine Co. Arrowleaf Cellars Black Hills Estate Winery Black Widow Winery Calona Vineyards CedarCreek Estate Winery Chandra Estate Winery Church & State Wines Clos du Soleil Winery Deep Creek Wine Estate & Hainle Vineyards Estate Winery Desert Hills Estate Winery Dirty Laundry Vineyard Ganton & Larsen Prospect Winery Garry Oaks Winery Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Gray Monk Estate Winery Hester Creek Estate Winery Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate Lake Breeze Vineyards Little Straw Vineyards Estate Winery Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Nk’Mip Cellars Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery Peller Estates Poplar Grove Winery Quails’ Gate Estate Winery Red Rooster Winery Road 13 Vineyards Sandhill Saturna Island Family Estate Winery See Ya Later Ranch St. Hubertus Estate Winery (Oak Bay Vineyard) Stoneboat Vineyards Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Summerhill Pyramid Organic Winery Thornhaven Estates Winery Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Township 7 Vineyards and Winery Twisted Tree Vineyards and Winery Vista D’Oro Winery Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS

A Kettle of Fish: 900 Pacific Street, Vancouver; 604-682-6853 Bin 941 : 941 Davie Street, Vancouver; 604-683-1246 Bin 942: 1521 West Broadway, Vancouver; 604-734-9421 Diva at the Met: 645 Howe Street, Vancouver; 604-602-7788 Goldfish Pacific Kitchen: 1118 Mainland Street, Vancouver; 604-689-8318 Italian Kitchen: 1037 Alberni Street, Vancouver; 604-687-2858 Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House: 777 Thurlow Street, Vancouver; 604-669-1940 La Terrazza: 1088 Cambie Street, Vancouver; 604-899-4449 Le Gavroche: 1616 Alberni Street, Vancouver; 604-685-3924 Mosaic Restaurant at the Hyatt Regency: 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver; 604-683-1234 O’Douls: 1300 Robson Street, Vancouver; 604-661-1400 PAIR Bistro: 3763 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver; 604-224-7211 Sanafir: 1026 Granville Street, Vancouver; 604-678-1049 Uva Wine Bar & Cibo Ristorante: 900 Seymour Street, Vancouver; 604-632-9560 Westin Bayshore: 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver; 604-682-3377