Photo by Dave Niddrie, courtesy of Vancouver International Wine Festival
Tickets have just gone on sale for the 35th Vancouver International Wine Fest. For a full week (Feb. 25-March 3), the city will be awash in wine tastings and wine-paired dinners, lunches and brunches. The focus this year is on those delicious California wines from south of the border, with a special highlight on everyone’s favourite white wine, Chardonnay.
The Wine Fest is jam-packed with 55 different events that draw some 25,000 attendees. The most popular events tend to sell out fast, scooped up by Vancouver’s resident oenophiles. While tickets are still available, here’s a quick look at 5 can’t-miss events this year.
International Festival Tastings: The uncontested highlights of the festival, these gala tastings featuring 176 wineries from 15 different countries are held in the waterfront Vancouver Convention Centre. Thousands of guests pack the enormous ballrooms to sip and savour some 767 different wines, in an atmosphere that feels more like one big party than an ordinary wine tasting. Vancouver Convention Centre. Feb. 21, March 1, March 2; 7 p.m-10 p.m. $95 Continue reading:
Top 5 Can’t-Miss Events at the 2013 Vancouver Wine Fest
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