June 17 at the Fairmont Pacific Rim.  Benefiting the BC Hospitality Foundation and hospitality professionals, this exciting joint fundraiser will feature more than 25 wineries from across Chile’s diverse wine regions, food from 12 of Vancouver’s best restaurants, and a high-stakes pisco-sour-themed cocktail competition. This dazzling night is sure to delight and entertain (tickets, $99 via the BC Hospitality Foundation).

Wines of Chile is the THEME REGION for the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival in 2012! Ready to expand upon the innovative initiatives of the festival, we hope to make 2012 a year to remember. Wines of Chile is ready to present their best to the wine world at the Festival, which sees more than 1500 wines, 60 events, and 25,000 people who visit every year!

On the final day of tasting at the 2011 Playhouse Wine Festival, Chile kicked off the next year of planning with a surprise for those waiting in line:

We hope you will pass this along to your friends and colleagues, to share this video widely and help us spread the word. We want next year to be the best festival ever!

About Chile:

The Chilean wine industry has undergone numerous and profound transformations over the past 30 years. These transformations have allowed a new generation of talented viticulturists and winemakers to capitalize on Chile’s viticultural paradise and to produce World Class Wines of unique character and personality. Chile is the world’s seventh largest wine producer and the fifth largest exporter, with 150 destination countries and 1.5 billion consumers per year, Chilean wines are positioned as the country’s most emblematic and best known world ambassador.

The vision of the Chilean wine industry is to become the number one producer of sustainable and diverse premium wines by 2020. Wines of Chile offer unique sustainable premium quality and diversity, ranging from cool climate to full-bodied fruity wines, with consistent high quality and value.