Grower Champagne Events Throughout BC
Building on last year’s success launching Grower Champagne Month in Canada, June 2019 is filling with numerous tastings, dinners, and promotions all celebrating the spirit, craft, and artistry of grower champagne. Grower Champagne Month is an initiative founded in England by independent wine merchants. Every June across London and the UK, the wine industry collaborates to spread the word on the farming and authenticity of these wines of a single place: Champagne, France.
Canada’s Premier Grower Champagne Festival Grand Tasting
June 15 4-7 pm Four Seasons Hotel
Tickets Grower Champagne Grand Tasting
Discount Code (10% off) : “VMO10“
Join us for an afternoon of sipping 90+ point rated Champagne from France and raise fund for Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra.
This is your chance to try a wide range of award winning, super small production Grower Champagne in one room. Many of these wineries are allocation only, not available to the public, and have ridiculously good 90+ point rated wines from Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, and Robert Parker.
– 5 Drink Tokens for Premium Grower Champagne Tasting
– Amazing Pâtisserie from Remi Patisserie
– One Cheese Plate from Four Seasons Hotel
– Fantastic Iberico Ham samples from ARC Iberico Imports
– Draw Prize (Value $500) from ARMANI/CASA
What is grower champagne? Simply put, it’s champagne made from growers. These are wines of hand, human, and place, produced by the same estate that owns the vineyards where the grapes are grown. While it’s not true at all that grower champagnes are inherently better than other wines, they are inherently characterful, singular and relevant. These champagnes are made on a much smaller scale, by the people that own the land, work the soils, and tend the vines.
Vancouver sommelier Van Doren Chan, Social Entrepreneur Alfred Lai and Canadian-based wine writer Treve Ring have been working to promote this year’s initiative in western Canada, and hope other retailers, agents, and restaurants across the country will follow suit. Initial scheduled programming includes the Grand Tasting Event at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, benefitting the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra. Events are continually being posted on the Canadian site, www.Growerchampagne.ca, as well as promoted worldwide through the main site, www.drinkgrowerchampagne.co.ok. To encourage support and help spread the word, the official hashtag
#DrinkGrowerChampagne links and reposts all social media activity around the globe. All BC businesses are encouraged to host and to submit their own promotions. All listings will be added to the Canadian and International official website at no extra cost.
Currently scheduled Grower Champagne Month events in British Columbia:
June 1 Provence Marinaside, Vancouver Grower Champagne month launch party
25% off Grower Champagne all day 11-2pm Brunch 5pm-late Wiener Bar
June 15 Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver Grower Champagne Grand Tasting from 4-7pm
Fundraising event for Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra $85 per person
June 18 Provence Marinaside, Vancouver Champagne Master Class Trade Seminar by invitation only
Beyond Grower Champagne: the shift to New Wave Négociants, with Treve Ring
June 18 Provence Marinaside, Vancouver Grower Champagne Dinner
6:30 pm $195 per person (SOLD OUT)
June 19 OLO Restaurant, Victoria Grower Champagne Dinner 6:30 pm $80 per person
June 20 Vessel Liquor, Victoria Champagne Master Class Trade Seminar by invitation only
Beyond Grower Champagne: the shift to New Wave Négociants, with Treve Ring
June 27 Legacy Wine & Spirits , Vancouver Grower Champagne Tasting
$40/per person. Call store for reservation. 604.331.7900
June 30 Ugly Dumpling, Vancouver Farmer’s Fizz After Dark (SOLD OUT)
Champagne Brunch at Tableau Restaurant
Every Saturday and Sunday throughout the month of June. Call restaurant for reservation 604.639.8692
For more information, please contact media liaison Treve Ring
bubbles@growerchampagne.ca https://growerchampagne.ca
