BC Wine Appreciation Society December Tasting

Celebrate December with the Wines of Bottleneck Drive

Each winery is unique, and they all want to share their wines with you. Included in the dozen members are larger wineries, smaller wineries, family-owned wineries, newer wineries, established wineries, a fruit winery and even a vinegar works! All of the wineries have been generous enough to donate their wines, so we can offer you this fun event at a great price.

The wineries are:

Dirty Laundry Vineyard

Greata Ranch Estate Winery

Heaven’s Gate

Saxon Estate Winery

Bonitas Winery

Silkscarf

Sleeping Giant Fruit Winery

Sonoran Estate Winery

Sumac Ridge Estate Winery

Thornhaven Estates

Okanagan Crush Pad

The Vinegar Works

If you want to check out any of these wineries on the internet, here are their websites:

http://www.dirtylaundry.ca/ http://www.greataranch.com/
http://heavensgatewinery.ca/ http://saxonwinery.com/
http://www.bonitaswinery.com/ http://www.silkw.net/
http://www.sleepinggiantfruitwinery.ca/ http://www.sonoranwinery.com/
http://www.sumacridge.com/ http://www.thornhaven.com/
http://www.okanagancrushpad.com/ http://www.valentinefarm.com/

 As is the custom with our December event, this one will be a party!  Everyone will have a plate of appetizers, and you can walk around and taste delicious wines, nibble on the Listel’s yummy treats, and share a laugh or two with your BCWAS friends.

 Here’s the menu (vegetarian option always available – please email us at events@bcwas.com ):

 Port- Enriched Poplar Grove Blue Cheese Puff

Roast Mushroom and Truffle Arancinni

Smoked Halibut Cheek Cannelloni

Thiessen Farms Duck Confit and Watercress Tartlet, Chive Crème Fraiche

Rangeland Game Terrine with Roasted Hazelnuts

 

Thursday December 6, 2012

Time: 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Place: Listel Hotel, 1300 Robson, Vancouver

Price: $60 guests

To sign up, click here:  http://www.bcwas.com/BottleneckDrive.html

Please:  Make sure you have a safe way home – take transit, call a cab, or ask a friend to be a designated driver. We will have transit tickets on hand for those who take BC Transit home.