OUR EVENTS IN 2020
FEBRUARY 2020
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Australian Side by Side
The Australian Wine Appreciation Society graciously reached out to BCWAS last year to arrange a friendly dinner with AWAS, featuring wines from both BC and Australia. BCWAS enthusiastically agreed, and we have been working together on the details since then.
Members from both Societies attended. Each Society came up with one wine per course. These wines are all currently available in the local marketplace, so this event afforded us the ability to taste some really great wines and then add our favorites to our cellar! Hosted by the Listel Hotel with food prepared by the attached, acclaimed Forage Restaurant, the four course menu began with reception sparkling to take us on a homegrown journey from sea to land. We are very grateful for the excellent pairing menu that Executive Chef Welbert Choi has created for us all - no small challenge given the ten different wines to be kept in mind! Our BCWAS cellar master focused on sourcing wines from across the province, representing five different sub-appellations including Vancouver Island and Lillooet, plus the Okanagan, Thompson, and Similkameen Valleys. Not only did the wines represent a cross-section of BC, but all were highly acclaimed, award-winning selections still available for sale! |
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Reception
Averill Creek Charm de L'ile Thomas Goss Sparkling Shiraz |
Dungeness crab salad roll, pickled carrot, cucumber, cabbage, hazelnut black garlic cured egg yolk, watercress pesto
Fort Berens Reserve Riesling 2018 Jim Barry Watervale Riesling 2019 |
BC Spring salmon "chowder", double smoked bacon, puffed salmon skin, prawn oil
Quails' Gate Stewart Family Reserve Chardonnay 2017 Voyager Estate "Estate" Chardonnay 2016 |
Grilled BC leg of lamb, creamed polenta, charred leek, onion mustard crema
Privato Woodward Tesoro Pinot Noir 2016 Mont Alto Pennon Hill Pinot Noir 2018 |
Braised bison tortellini, Tiger Blue cheese, Canados demi glaze, pan seared king oyster mushroom
Vanessa Syrah 2015 Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz 2017 |
JANUARY 2020
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BC Wine Chat
What is #BCWineChat? BC Wine Chat is a Twitter chat, held every Wednesday night from 8-9 pm. Each week, a different wine-related topic is discussed. Interested in wine? Have a Twitter handle? Join #BCWineChat on Wednesdays!
What was this event? We hosted a fun, walk-around wine tasting featuring some fabulous wines from a selection of BC’s top wineries. Attendees to this event with Twitter handles were encouraged to tweet about the wines and maybe meet some fellow tweeps “IRL” – In Real Life. What was included? A selection of wines from 14 wineries, a selection of appetizers, a chance to meet and chat with winery owners and representatives, and time to hang out with fellow wine lovers in a beautiful, artistic space! Best of all, proceeds from this event benefit the BC Hospitality Foundation :) |
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