{"id":46214,"date":"2020-09-23T14:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T21:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=46214"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:16:35","slug":"whats-good-in-beer-wine-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/whats-good-in-beer-wine-spirits\/","title":{"rendered":"Where and What To Drink Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where Can You Celebrate Beer, Wine & Spirits<\/h2>\n

We’ve got to make the best of this fall and wine, beer and spirits add to the celebration. Good Wine Gal and I sussed out a few good things coming up in and around Vancouver, on and offline! For more about what GWG is up to, check out her website here. https:\/\/www.goodwinegal.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sommcom and National Geographic<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In what looks to be an a visually stimulating and exotic experience Sommcom has partnered with National Geographic to offer a \u201cunique region of the world\u201d of wine. It\u2019s Virtual Summit Series is an amazing learning opportunity for wine professionals and novices alike.<\/p>\n

The series begins September 24, 2020 with\u00a0Unique Regions of the World and<\/em>\u00a0is set to run through June 2021. Check out the complete schedule below!<\/p>\n

September 24, 2020:<\/strong>\u00a0Unique Regions of the World
\nOctober 22, 2020:<\/strong>\u00a0Domestic Bliss: The West Coast: California, Oregon and Washington
\nNovember 19, 2020:<\/strong>\u00a0Burgundy and Bordeaux: Choose your Passion
\nDecember 16, 2020:<\/strong>\u00a0The Southern Hemisphere: From Down Under to the Top of the Andes
\nJanuary 21, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0A Exploration of Renowned Single Vineyards
\nFebruary 18, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0Technique or Terroir: Is it Production or Nature That Make These Wines Great?
\nMarch 18, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0Italy: North to South
\nApril 22, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0Luxury from Remarkable Sites
\nMay 20, 2021:\u00a0<\/strong>A World of Bordeaux Blends
\nJune 24, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0Western Europe<\/p>\n

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BCWI presents Somm Smackdown<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In celebration of the 30th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of BC VQA, CAPS BC and the British Columbia Wine Institute (BCWI) have teamed up to recruit and challenge the best and brightest sommeliers in British Columbia and Alberta to compete in the\u00a0Chef Meets BC Grape Somm Smackdown Competition<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sommeliers were invited to test their knowledge of BC\u2019s wine industry in a written and blind tasting challenge and Vancouver is already complete and Barb Wild and I both judged this, naturally disagreeing on the best pairings! Watch the Live Coverage of Vancouver on Youtube.\u00a0 For more on my take on the competition head to my Instagram posts, ONE<\/a>, TWO<\/a> and THREE,<\/a> for more on Barb’s head to her Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n