Foodie Fridays February 24 – click to listen
This week we chat about the upcoming Playhouse International Wine Festival that starts on Monday and runs throughout the week (Feb 27- Mar 4), and get the scoop on what events are worthy and still have tickets left. This year the theme country is Chile and the grape Cabernet. We also have some beer events coming up too, so fear not if beer is your choice of libation.
The wine festival is a fundraiser for the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company and arguably one of the most important wine events in North America, this year’s event will bring 180 participating wineries from 15 countries. Expected to entertain some 25,000 oeno-enthusiasts at 64 events, the Festival will offer seven days of tastings, seminars, and wine focused minglers hosted at the Vancouver Convention Centre West and top Vancouver restaurants, hotels and venues.
California Cruising – Wednesday Feb. 29 at Caymus Lounge
Get your groove on – California Style – and celebrate the wines of the Golden State at trendy Canvas Lounge in Gastown. Sip, nosh and socialize with stylish wine lovers and enjoy the cool, California vibe. Twenty-one California wineries will be on-hand to share with you their liquid sunshine in a glass paired with some small bites from Chef Dobrosav Kovacevic. Don’t miss wines from La Crema, Truchard, Paul Hobbs, Hahn and Nine North Wine Company.
International Festival Tasting – Thursday Mar. 1 – Saturday Mar. 3
The Tasting Room offers a unique opportunity to taste rare bottles and discover new treasures as you visit with renowned winery principals from around the globe. At each booth you will find a winery principal, identified by his or her royal blue lanyard. This person is a senior member of the winery, intimately involved in the wine-producing process as a winemaker, proprietor or senior executive. Nowhere else in the world will you find a gathering of these talented men and women pouring wine and answering questions under one roof. Take the opportunity to ask questions and learn from the experts about your favourite wine.
BC Paired – Indulge Your Senses – Wine Lunch at Provence
Indulge your senses with the best wine and food BC has to offer at Yaletown’s famed Provence Marinaside! Taste award-winning BC VQA wines from 18 top BC wineries perfectly paired with locally inspired cuisine from Executive Chef Jean-Francis Quaglia. Meet the charismatic winemakers and proprietors behind the wines and discover what makes the Wines of British Columbia truly unique.
Sherry Renaissance – Sherry Seminar
Join the Sherry renaissance movement as certified Sherry educators and local oenophiles Kurtis Kolt and Mireille Sauvé lead a tutored tasting of the region’s most treasured gems. Participants will experience a full spectrum of Sherry styles, each specifically paired with some of the signature ingredients they best enhance. Prepare to make Sherry your next food and wine pairing inspiration!
Beer Lover Don’t Dispair – Rogue Women in Beer Pairing
- 8 Fabulous BC Beers brought to you by….
- 8 Charismatic BC Women in Beer from….
- 8 BC Breweries paired with…..
- 8 Perfectly Paired Creations by Rogue Chef Cory Chapman!
- Sponsored by Pink Pints!
- ….Yes Boys, you are welcome to come!!
The Brewmaster’s Dinner showcases award-winning beers paired with seasonal, signature dishes from Seasons in the Park. Guests receive historical and entertaining information on the history of brewing from Granville Island Brewmaster Vern Lambourne, plus delicious cuisine, complemented with a tasting of Granville Island beer and Limited Release craft brew.
Membership across BC is made up of over 800 individual and corporate members consisting of microbreweries, pubs and taphouses, restaurants, and specialty liquor stores along with many skilled amateur brewers. CAMRA members are eager to apply their talents and experience to promoting widespread public appreciation of the many “real beers” that have become available in recent years.
CAMRA BC is growing and opening up branches (CAMRA Vancouver being one of them) throughout the province to make it more accessible to all. CAMRA Vancouver is governed by a voluntary, unpaid executive elected by the membership. The society is financed through membership subscriptions, sale of t-shirts, and ads in the What’s Brewing newsletter.
CAMRA aims to:
- encourage the appreciation and production of cask–conditioned beer along with all natural, pure, additive–free ales and lagers in all their traditional styles, also known as craft beer
- notify our members and the public about quality bottle shops, brew pubs, neighbourhood pubs and micro breweries in British Columbia
- to support quality home brewing
- encourage the responsible enjoyment of beer and actively support laws and regulations that contribute to that objective
