Vancouver Has A Taste For The BC Children’s Hospital Foundation
For its 18th year, Liberty Merchant Company hosted over 500 guests at the Four Seasons Hotel to indulge in drinks and fare from BC’s best wineries, breweries, distilleries, cideries and food purveyors.
Taste BC 2012 raised in excess of $15,000 for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Oak Tree Clinic.
Liberty Merchant Company would like to thank everyone who donated time, effort and product to our cause.
Taste BC 2012 was proudly sponsored by 100.5 the Peak, CTV, Edible Vancouver, Metro News, Yelp.ca, Precision Graphics & Fluff Designs.
A special thank you to our generous donors: Banana Tans, Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar, Butchart Gardens, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Coquitlam Centre, Craigdarroch Castle, Dezire Chic Corsets, Edible BC, Grouse Mountain, Hagensborg Chocolates, Lesley Stowe Fine Foods, Museum of Anthropology, Okanagan Opals, Opus Hotel, Pacific Surf School, Prince of Whales, Skoah, Suite Living, Sun Peaks, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival, Ted Loo Fitness and The Wickaninnish Inn.
People’s Choice Awards
Favourite Winery: Domain de Chaberton Estate Winery & Cedar Creek Estate Winery
Favourite Brewery: R&B Brewing
Favourite Food: Savoury Chef – Pumpkin Tarts
Official Judging Results
Judges: Kurtis Kolt, Jake Skakun, Robert Stelmachuk, Jason Yamasaki & Tyler Dawson
Best of Show Wine: Hester Creek 2009 Cabernet Franc Reserve
Best of Show Beer: Lighthouse Brewing Uncharted Belgian IPA
Wine
Gold Medal Wines: Averill Creek 2010 Pinot Grigio, Blue Mountain 2010 Gamay Noir, Blue Mountain NV Gold Label Brut, Elephant Island 2010 Framboise Dessert Wine, Fairview Cellars 2008 Mad Cap, Foxtrot 2008 Pinot Noir, Foxtrot 2010 Chardonnay, Lake Breeze 2010 Pinot Blanc, Painted Rock 2009 Red Icon, Quails’ Gate 2010 Dry Riesling, Wild Goose 2010 Autumn Gold.
Silver Medal Wines: Blue Mountain 2010 Chardonnay, Calliope 2010 Sauvignon Blanc, Cedar Creek 2007 Platinum Merlot, Ex Nihilo 2009 Pinot Noir, Ex Nihilo 2010 Riesling, Forbidden Fruit 2009 Pomme Desiree, Hester Creek 2010 Character Red Blend, Lake Breeze 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Seven Poplars, Lake Breeze 2010 Semillon, Mt. Boucherie 2010 Gewürztraminer, Painted Rock 2009 Merlot, Painted Rock 2010 Chardonnay, Quails Gate 2010 Chardonnay, St. Hubertus 2009 Dry Riesling, Stoneboat 2010 Chorus, Summerhill Pyramid NV Cipes Brute, Thornhaven 2009 Pinot Noir, Thornhaven 2010 Pinot Gris, Tinhorn Creek 2009 Merlot, Wild Goose 2010 Blanc de Noirs, Wild Goose 2010 Riesling Stony Slope.
Bronze Medal Wines: Averill Creek 2008 pinot Noir, Blasted Church 2010 Hatfield’s Fuse, Calliope 2010 Rosé, Cedar Creek 2008 Chardonnay, Domaine de Chaberton 2010 Bacchus VQA, Elephant Island 2009 Pink Elephant, Fairview Cellars 2009 two Hoots, Fort Berens 2010 Chardonnay, Hester Creek 2010 Character White Blend, Lake Breeze 2010 Chardonnay Seven Poplars, Moon Curser 2009 Dead of Night, Quails Gate 2008 Stewart family reserve Pinot Noir, Stag’s Hollow 2010 Con-Fusion, Thornhaven 2008 Evolution.
Honorable Mention Wines: Averill Creek 2010 Cowichan Black, Blue Mountain 2010 Sauvignon Blanc, Calliope 2010 Figure 8, Elephant Island 2010 “I Told You So”, Mt. Boucherie 2010 Gamay Noir, Mt. Boucherie 2010 Pinot Gris, Mt. Boucherie 2010 Pinot Noir, Oak Bay 2010 Gewürztraminer, Rustic Roots 2010 Plum, Sonoran Estates 2007 Forbidden Love Icewine, Sonoran Estates 2007 Oraniensteiner Icewine, St. Hubertus 2010 Chasselas.
Beer
Gold Medal Beer: R&B Brewing Eastside Bitter.
Silver Medal Beers: Lighthouse Brewing Belgian Black, R&B Brewing Hoppelganger IPA.
Bronze Medal Beers: Lighthouse Deckhand Belgian Saison, R&B Brewing Raven Cream Ale, R&B Brewing Red Devil Pale Ale, R&B Brewing Sun God Wheat Ale, Tree Brewing Hop Head IPA, Tree Brewing Vertical Winter Ale.
Honorable Mention Beers & Ciders: Lighthouse Overboard Imperial Pilsner, Trees Brewing Dukes Cider, Tugwell Creek 2009 Harvest Melomel.
About Liberty Merchant Co.
Established in 1986, Liberty Merchant Co. is the parent company of Liberty Wine Merchants, the largest chain of private wine stores in Western Canada. Liberty imports more than 400 exclusive and affordable wines and spirits, all hand-selected from over 120 of the world’s top wine producers. Liberty Wine Merchants carries 5,000 wines through five locations in Metro Vancouver, along with its original location in Point Roberts, WA.
For additional information on Liberty Merchant Company, please visit http://www.libertymerchantcompany.com.
