Here we go again, it’s Wine Festival time in Vancouver!
The big front-and-centre part is most definitely the International Tasting Room at VCC West, this Thursday, Friday & Saturday.  The regional themes are New Zealand and Argentina, with the global focus being pink wines, which is awesome.
The official website, with all the relevant info is here.
It’s [...]

The California Wine Fair, the biggest tasting of California wines in Canada, hits Vancouver today!
Over 90 wineries and 350 wines are on offer, the list is right here…
The Trade portion is 2:00 - 5:00, Consumer at 7:00 - 9:30.
Get there early, there’s a lot of ground to cover!

Always a good time, the Naramata Spring Release event is coming up on April 12th and I’m stoked!
I’m going to be there on behalf of Salt, with some great cheese & charcuterie, teaming up with Nichol and Van Westen’s wines.  The former’s Syrah and the latter’s Viognier are two of my favourite BC offerings.
To brush [...]

The much-lauded and discussed Blood Into Wine (we talked about it here…) finally hits the big screen in Vancouver for a one-week run starting Friday at East Van’s Rio Theatre!  Show-times are on their site’s calendar and, once again, here’s the trailer:

Jason Priestley, who is no doubt eying a glass of Blackhills Nota Bene.
A short Globe and Mail article from this past Sunday discusses the political motivation behind some of the wines you’ll be served at Olympic functions. No offense Wayne, but I tried your Chardonnay last night, and that shouldn’t be served to anyone. May [...]

Don’t miss the boat!

This is a must hit tasting for anyone in San Francisco tomorrow. Taste white, rosés and reds from the ultra traditionalist Rioja producer R. López de Heredia with vintages rolling back to the 80’s.
Tomorrow (Thurs. Jan 28th) at Arlequin Wine Merchant between 6:00pm and 8:00pm. $25 will let you taste and there will be special [...]

This is a fantastic opportunity for Vancouverites to donate money to relief in Haiti. Mark Taylor and his staff at Cru Restaurant are graciously offering a four course, wine paired dinner for $100, which will be matched by the Canadian Government. Details from Cru below.
Haiti Earthquake Relief Dinner

Support the people of Haiti at an Earthquake [...]

For all you San Franciscan wine lovers, this is a must. Tomorrow, Thursday December 3rd, Ian and the crew at Arlequin are throwing what’s sure to be another awesome tasting. Between 6:00pm and 8:00pm, they’ll be pouring somewhere in the neighbourhood of 30 different Champagnes with discounts for those of you who want to stock [...]

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I will always advocate for people to drink whatever wine it is that they enjoy drinking. If you enjoy drinking Beaujolais Nouveau or already have tickets to attend a paired wine dinner on November 19th, please enjoy yourself. My goal is to help people from getting hopelessly swallowed up in an unjustified consumer frenzy and [...]

Taste Napa is today! 
Trade from 2:30 - 5:00, Consumer 7:00 - 9:30.
Check out all these wineries:
* indicates C & C favourites!
*Ancien Wines
Barlow Vineyards
Beaulieu Vineyard
Beringer Vineyards
*Blackbird Vineyards
Boeschen Vineyards
Bourassa Vineyards
Cain Vineyard & Winery
Chappellet Winery & Vineyard
Cliff Lede Vineyards
Clos Du Val
Cuvaison Estate Wines
Darioush
Diamond Creek Vineyards
*Diamond Terrace
Faust Folie a Deux
Grgich Hills Estate
Heitz Wine Cellars
Hestan Vineyards
*John Anthony
Laird Family Estate
Miner Family [...]