Head to the BCLDB TODAY for the #bestofbc release. – GLV
Every year, BC Liquor Stores carefully selects a small collection of BC wines which are in limited supply and high demand for their ‘Best of BC’ release. In the interest of fairness to all of their customers, the whole selection is released at once, and this year’s release takes place on Saturday, October 12, 2013 in Signature BC Liquor Stores across BC. It’s ‘first-come, first served’, so BC wine fans are encouraged to hurry down and snap up the very best that our province has to offer.
In support of this annual release, the British Columbia Wine Institute has organized an extensive series of in-store wine tastings which will feature a variety of VQA wines from BC. From Vancouver’s West End to West Vancouver, from Victoria to Whistler, 12 different liquor stores will be home to sommelier-led wine tastings where customers can belly-up to the bar while doing their shopping, taste an assortment of BC VQA wines, and learn all about the vinicultural bounty that exists right here in our own backyard.
Dates of In-Store Tastings with Locations and Times:
Friday, October 11 – 3 to 7 PM
- 39th & Cambie – 5555 Cambie St, Vancouver
- Alberni & Bute – 768 Bute Street, Vancouver
- Langley – 6435 – 201 Street, Langley
- Northgate – 103 – 3433 North Rd, Burnaby
- Park Royal – 570 Park Royal North, West Vancouver
- Richmond Brighouse – 100 – 8100 Ackroyd Rd, Richmond
- Westwood – 100 – 2748 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam
- Fort Street – 1960 Foul Bay Rd, Victoria
Saturday, October 12 – 10 AM to 2 PM
- Dunbar – 3453 Dunbar St, Vancouver
Saturday, October 12 – 3 to 7 PM
- 39th & Cambie – 5555 Cambie St, Vancouver
- Alberni & Bute – 768 Bute Street, Vancouver
- Langley – 6435 – 201 Street, Langley
- Northgate – 103 – 3433 North Rd, Burnaby
- Park Royal – 570 Park Royal North, West Vancouver
- Richmond Brighouse – 100 – 8100 Ackroyd Rd, Richmond
- Westwood – 100 – 2748 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam
- Fort Street – 1960 Foul Bay Rd, Victoria
Thursday, October 17 – 3 to 7 PM
- 8th & Cambie – 2395 Cambie St, Vancouver
- Highgate – 235 – 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby
- Whistler Marketplace – 101 – 4360 Lorimer Rd, Whistler
Featured Wines in the ‘Best of BC’ Release:
| Burrowing Owl Cabernet Franc 2010 | $32.89 | Product # 178756 |
| Painted Rock Syrah 2010 | $39.94 | Product # 130989 |
| Le Vieux Pin Syrah 2010 | $44.88 | Product # 875831 |
| Laughing Stock Blind Trust Red 2011 | $30.00 | Product # 492421 |
| Nk’Mip QwAM QwMT Syrah 2009 | $34.99 | Product # 561415 |
| CedarCreek Platinum “Block 4” Pinot Noir 2011 | $39.95 | Product # 464628 |
| Poplar Grove Cabernet Franc 2010 | $34.90 | Product # 894410 |
| Jackson-Triggs SunRock Shiraz 2010 | $34.99 | Product # 365635 |
| Stoneboat Pinot Noir 2011 | $24.89 | Product # 498170 |
| LaStella Fortissimo Selezione Di Famiglia 2010 | $34.88 | Product # 840504 |
