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For those who’ve never been to the grand tasting hall of a wine festival, it can be a bit overwhelming. The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival had over 700 wines to taste this year, from 176 wineries in…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: festival, international, sherry, Spanish, vancouver, VPIWF, Wine | No Comments »
Fortified wines were front and centre at this year’s Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival and while I sampled some sherry-style wines at the beginning of the week, I wanted to get further into it. Whammy…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, festival, pairing, sherry, vancouver, VPIWF, Wine | 1 Comment »
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival kicked off last week at the Shore Club where Executive Director Harry Hertscheg welcomed media and gave an introduction to the festival. Seventeen wines were opened,…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Categories: Worship | Tags: event, festival, fortified, playhouse, port, sherry, tickets, Wine | No Comments »
So much of Spanish culture appeals to me. When I read of Spaniards ducking into late night tapas joints for some pulpo or sardines on toast before heading home from a night of drinking, it makes the Granville Street…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: downtown, granville street, late night, octopus, pintxos, pulpo, sardines, sausage, sherry, snacks, Spanish, tapas, vancouver, Wine | 19 Comments »
Cornucopia is billed as Whistler’s celebration of wine and food and while there was certainly some celebrating happening in the tradional style, at parties (more on that later this week), there was also some great…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cornucopia, cornucopia09, sake, sherry, Whistler, Wine, wine tasting | No Comments »
An event almost passed through my twitter feed without me noticing last week but luckily it didn’t completely pass me by. The evening was hosted by “Vancouver’s most passionate wine bloggers & sommeliers” and…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, November 16th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: champagne, sherry, social media, sommeliers, tasting, Wine | 6 Comments »