What better way to celebrate a winter evening than with some festive sparkling wine? Matt Mavety of Blue Mountain Vineyard is coming to see us on Tuesday February 12th, just in time for Valentine’s Day, and he’s bringing four of his celebrated sparkling wines, plus six of his award-winning table wines: two Pinot Gris, two…
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BCWAS Tasting Howling Bluff
We’re starting 2012 with another great tasting – this winery is one of the best-kept secrets of Naramata, but we think that with all the awards they’ve won, they won’t be “secret” for long. This event will feature two Vertical Tastings! What is the only wine in BC to have won two Lieutenant Governor Awards of…
BCWAS presents Wade Stark of Ganton & Larsen
The BCWAS is proud to announce our first event of 2011: a special tasting with winemaker Wade Stark of Ganton & Larsen Prospect Winery! Ganton & Larsen Prospect is a true BC winery, proud to feature only BC grapes in their wines and BC artists on their labels. Okay, the winemaker’s from Ontario, but you…
BCWAS HOLIDAY BASH
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 – 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm The official motto of our British Columbia Wine Appreciation Society is “Discover, Discuss, Experience, Enjoy”, but we like to say that the unofficial one is “Enjoying wine in a non-snobby way.” Our annual holiday bash is the perfect example of that – lots of food,…
BCWAS Riedel and Mission Hill Tasting
Our annual October tasting is usually something a little different. Since it’s harvest, the wineries are too busy to come visit us, so we try to do something ourselves – and it’s always fun! This year, we are very lucky to be able to bring you a comparative tasting with Riedel (rhymes with needle), the…
Osoyoos Larose Tasting
We don’t know how many times we can invite you to join the B.C. Wine Appreciation Society for another special one-of-a-kind evening, but we’re doing it again! Come and meet Pascal Madevon, winemaker of the iconic Le Grand Vin of Osoyoos Larose. Pascal will be giving a wonderful presentation, and you’ll have a rare chance…
BCWAS presents Tinhorn Creek’s Cabernet Franc 10 yr vertical
Join the BCWAS for a very special evening, featuring winemaker Sandra Oldfield and a 12-year vertical tasting of Tinhorn Creek’s award-winning Cabernet Franc! This is a unique event in the history of BCWAS tastings – they’ve never done a vertical like this before. What’s a vertical tasting? It is where lucky people like you get…
BC Wine Association Features Wild Goose
Christmas with Wild Goose Started in Okanagan Falls as a “retirement project” in 1983 by the Kruger family, Wild Goose Vineyards is one of the oldest – and most-awarded – wineries in the Okanagan. Wild Goose was voted 2009 Winery of the Year by Wine Press Northwest, out of a field of over 1400 wineries…
BCWAS Big BC Reds
Who says BC can’t make good red wines? We challenge naysayers to attend our Big Reds event on Wednesday October 21, and find out for yourselves what world-class red wines we make here in BC. Prepare to be proved wrong! For all you fans of BC wines, here is another wonderful opportunity to taste some…
2009 BCWAS Barbecue, featuring Poplar Grove Winery
Come join your fellow BC wine lovers for some fun in the sun in beautiful Kerrisdale. Member Larry Burr has graciously offered to host us in his gorgeous backyard – including badminton, bocce, patio, and inground pool! Ian Sutherland of Poplar Grove is bringing his wines, and Tim Ellison is cooking – all you have…
Jackson Triggs Wine Tasting
Come join the BCWAS on June 24th for a chance to experience some of the best wines in the Okanagan, at a special tasting of Jackson-Triggs wines, led by their Red Winemaker, Brooke Blair. About Brooke: From South Australia, Brooke has her Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Oenology) from the University of Adelaide, Australia. She has…
