| Vancouver's biggest wine event of the year is looming | | | | that this event will be long remembered as the start of |
| on the horizon. With B.C. Front and center as the | | | | a new era for B.C. wines. |
| theme region, the 2009 Vancouver Playhouse | | | | 'We are so darned Canadian about what we do, we |
| international wine Festival promises to be the most | | | | are unprepared for the excitement that we see when |
| dynamic and wide-ranging to date. | | | | an Australian tastes Merlot from the Okanogan,' says |
| B.C. wine ambassador David Scholefield said he | | | | Scholefield. |
| remembers a time when the wine Festival had no B.C. | | | | If you're a fan of B.C. wines you'll want to move |
| wine in it and the notion that any good wine had to be | | | | quickly to snap up tickets to see one of the |
| imported. | | | | boardroom tastings, all of which celebrate B.C. |
| 'That was then, this is now,' says David, who points to | | | | premium wines including a vertical tasting of 10 years |
| the 58 wineries pouring from all regions of the province. | | | | of Mission Hill oculus, with winemaker John Simons and |
| We also agree with Scholefield that one of the most | | | | proprietor Anthony von Mandel; a fascinating |
| exciting aspects of this festival will be to witness how | | | | components and variety tasting of six vintages of |
| the wine community from around the world sees B.C. | | | | Osoyoos Larose; and nine vintages of Black Hills Nota |
| wines, many of whom have likely have never tasted | | | | Bene with president Glenn Fawcett and winemaker |
| any before. | | | | Graham Pierce. |
| 'We have such tremendous diversity, so many ways, | | | | Event tickets go on sale January 27 at 9:30 a.m. |
| themes and regionality says Scholefield, who suggests | | | | |
