{"id":24741,"date":"2014-03-06T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=24741"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:18:36","slug":"meditations-on-a-tamworth-pig-with-kurtis-kolt-wildebeest-and-waldorf-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/meditations-on-a-tamworth-pig-with-kurtis-kolt-wildebeest-and-waldorf-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditations on a Tamworth Pig with Kurtis Kolt Wildebeest and Waldorf Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tamswroth-pig.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/meditations-on-a-tamworth-pig-with-kurtis-kolt-wildebeest-and-waldorf-wine\/tamswroth-pig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/tamswroth-pig.jpg?fit=277%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"277,182\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tamsworth pig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/tamswroth-pig.jpg?fit=277%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24743\" alt=\"tamsworth pig\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tamswroth-pig.jpg?resize=277%2C182\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, March 12th at 7:00pm, Kurtis Kolt, Waldorf Wine Group and Gastown&#8217;s Wildebeest present a tour of Old World, terroir-driven wines.<\/p>\n<p>The Wildebeest kitchen team look forward to presenting the unique, heritage breed Tamworth pig by way of their adventurous nose-to-tail, contemporary country cooking.<\/p>\n<p>$99 per person, including tax and gratuity. 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