The Vancouver International Wine Festival Update! Almost sold out!
Wine stars from around the world will travel to Vancouver for the 38th Vancouver International Wine Festival, February 20 to 28 at the Vancouver Convention Centre and other venues in Metro Vancouver. Here’s the Vancouver International Wine Festival Update.
Each of the 155 wineries from the 14 participating countries will send a high-level representative (owner, winemaker, senior executive) to the festival to present their wines. They’ll participate in educational seminars, team up with Vancouver’s best restaurants for exclusive dinners and pour tastes of some of their top drops in the Acura Tasting Room. This year the theme country is Italy, which promises a week of spectacular wines and sophisticated vine stars. For details on the 54 festival events, check out the interactive Festival at a Glance at VanWineFest.ca, updated constantly with sales status.
THEME COUNTRY VINE STARS: ITALY
All 60 participating wineries from Italy will have a principal in attendance in the ITALIA! section of the Acura Tasting Room and at the sumptuous Saturday lunch, Taste ITALIA!
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL TASTINGS
ACURA TASTING ROOM
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Vancouver Convention Centre West, 1055 Canada Place
Thursday, February 25, 7-10 p.m.
Saturday, February 27, 2:30-5 p.m. – extra half hour!
SPUMANTE & CO. Tuesday, February 23
Inform Interiors, 97 Water Street, 8-10 p.m., $69
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Like brilliant bubbly, remarkable rosato and wonderful white wines? Chic surroundings? Terrific food from Dirty Apron Catering? All for a bargain price? Then Spumante & Co. is for you. Pop the cork on the 2016 festival in the stylish surroundings of Inform Interiors and sip and savour 22 wines – including a fine selection of the ever-popular Prosecco – from Italy. It’s la dolce vita!
A ROCCATO RETROSPECTIVE
Tuesday, February 23
Glowbal 590 West Georgia Street 4-5:30 p.m. $90
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Tuscany’s tradition meets innovation. Roccato represents the encounter between the roots of Sangiovese, the modernity of Cabernet, and the barriques used for its aging. Sergio Zingarelli, President of Rocca delle Macìe, will lead an eight-vintage vertical tasting of Roccato, sharing his passion for the Tuscan land, and his family’s determination to produce exceptional quality wines.
TUSCAN TRAILBLAZERS
Wednesday, February 24
VCC West, meeting room 121 1055 Canada Place 4-5:30 p.m.$125
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The legendary Antinori Family has been making premium wines for over six centuries. These wines are of the highest quality, expressing the true appellation and varietal distinctiveness that only Antinori can deliver. Join us in a conversation and journey, through a vertical tasting of Tignanello and Guado Al Tasso, two first class Super Tuscans.
TASTE ITALIA!
Saturday, February 27
VCC West, Level 3 1055 Canada Place 12-2 p.m. $115
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Theme country Italy brings 60 wineries to the festival and every one of them is pouring two wines at this epicurean lunchtime trip through Italy. Sip and savour as you feast your way through a buffet that offers 19 dishes, including wild prawns, beef short rib Brasato lasagne, Zuppa di pesce “Cacciuncco”, fennel sausage/chicken, butternut squash agnolotti and wild mushroom risotto, to name a few. Click to see all the featured wines.
