It’s official. I’ve received my Media accreditation for the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020. As part of the accreditation, I will be attending various events. Besides meeting winery principals and tasting their wines, I’m always happy to chat with anyone…
One of the things that the Vancouver International Wine Festival is known for is winemaker dinners. One upcoming winemaker dinner I think will be exceptionally good. It will be a pairing of the Rhone Valley’s wines by Jean-Luc Colombo with…
Did you know that at the Festival Tasting room for the Vancouver International Wine Festival this year there will be 700 wines for you to try? France is the theme country and there will be 42 French wineries pouring their…
One of the coolest things about VanWineFest is that each winery represented at the Festival has to bring a winery principal, who could be the owner or a family member, or their winemaker. When you ask them to pour you…
Cremant and white wines from Alsace are always food-friendly. Read about Arthur Metz Company and the wines they will present at VanWineFest 2020 in their own words. About Arthur Metz Company The Maison Arthur Metz is ideally located at the…
Maison Sichel would like you to know about their winery and try their wines at the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2020. Read about them in their own words. About Maison Sichel James Sichel and his 4 brothers own and manage…
In an earlier article, I wrote about the flight of wines that I sampled with Bernard Duseigneur from his Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyards. Before we started to taste his wines together, I asked Bernard a few questions about how he grew into…
Please welcome Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aîné, an iconic winery from Hermitage in the Northern Rhone Valley to the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Let them introduce themselves to you today. About Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aîné In 1834, a full 100 years…
Let’s welcome Maison Joseph Drouhin from Burgundy to the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Read about this winery’s long history and the wines that they will be pouring for us, in their own words. About Maison Joseph Drouhin With close to…
Let’s welcome Taittinger and their beautiful Champagne to VanWineFest. Hear them talk about their history and wines they will be pouring for us. About TAITTINGER The Taittinger family has managed the Champagne House for nearly a century. Its aim has…