GOODS: Tickets For The Popular Playhouse Wine Festival Go On Sale January 10th
January 6, 2012
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Fest | Mar. 28 to Apr 3 | Tickets: 604-873-3311 | playhousewinefest.com
The GOODS from The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Fest
Vancouver, BC | Tickets to the wildly popular Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival go on sale January 10th, 2012. Marking its 34th year with the Theme Region Wines of Chile and a Global Focus on Cabernet(s), the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival runs from February 27th to March 4th, 2012. A fundraiser for the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company and arguably one of the most important wine events in North America, this year’s event will bring 180 participating wineries from 15 countries. Expected to entertain some 25,000 oeno-enthusiasts at 64 events, the Festival will offer seven days of tastings, seminars, and wine focused minglers hosted at the Vancouver Convention Centre West and top Vancouver restaurants, hotels and venues. Get all the details after the jump… Read more
GOODS: Playhouse Wine Festival Announces 2011 Trade Competition Award Winners
April 1, 2011
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Fest | Mar. 28 to Apr 3 | Tickets: 604-873-3311 | playhousewinefest.com
The GOODS from The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Fest
Vancouver, BC | The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival announced this year’s trade competition winners at the 8th Annual Awards Lunch on Friday, April 1st, 2011. “The trade competitions give the Festival an opportunity to honour and celebrate those professionals who have developed and enhanced the extraordinary wine and food culture of our region,” says Festival Executive Director Harry Hertscheg. In honour of the awards, guests enjoyed lunch prepared by culinary talent Blair Rasmussen, Executive Chef to the VCC, and toasted winners with wines from Spain, this year’s Festival theme region. Find out who won after the jump… Read more
WineFest: Spit Bucket Barricades & Fashionistas
March 28, 2009
Sid Cross & Philippe Rivet, export director of Champagne Deutz
Sid Cross is doing a little guest-blogging for us this week as we cover the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. Widely considered one of the finest palates in the world, Sid’s list of honours and accomplishments are staggering. He is Wines Committee Chair for The International Wine & Food Society (www.iwfs.org) headquartered in London England; an Officer in France’s prestigious Ordre du Merite Agricole; a Membre d’Honneur of the L’Academie du vin de Bordeaux (and the only Canadian to receive that honour); and he has been named The Gourmet of the Year by The Society of Bacchus America. He’s also co-founder and an advisor to The Chef’s Table Society of BC, and an all around gent, first class.
Leave it to this man to lead you through a night and day you didn’t have. Sid Cross, live from the Wine Fest… Read more
Sid Cross Shares His CinCin Tasting Notes
March 26, 2009
Sid Cross is doing a little guest-blogging for us this week as we cover the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. Widely considered one of the finest palates in the world, Sid’s list of honours and accomplishments are staggering. He is Wines Committee Chair for The International Wine & Food Society (www.iwfs.org) headquartered in London England; an Officer in France’s prestigious Ordre du Merite Agricole; a Membre d’Honneur of the L’Academie du vin de Bordeaux (and the only Canadian to receive that honour); and he has been named The Gourmet of the Year by The Society of Bacchus America. He’s also co-founder and an advisor to The Chef’s Table Society of BC, and an all around gent, first class… Read more
