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Side by Side - The Wines of BC and Australia - SOLD OUT

24/2/2020

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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 will be attending.  Each Society has come up with one wine per course.  These wines are all currently available in the local marketplace, so this event affords you the ability to taste some really great wines and then add your favorites to your cellar!

Hosted by the Listel Hotel with food prepared by the attached, acclaimed Forage Restaurant, the four course menu will begin with reception sparkling and 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 Cellarmaster 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 do the wines represent a cross-section of BC, but all are highly acclaimed, award-winning selections still available for sale!


This will be a memorable event. Due to the limited number of seats available, this event will be "Members Only" at first. Guest seats may open up in time, but register soon to avoid disappointment!
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
Date:  Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Time:  7:00–9:30 pm
Place:  Listel Hotel (Sculpture Gallery), 1300 Robson Street, Vancouver
Price:  $159 for members AND guests - SALES ARE NOW CLOSED
2020 BCWAS membership: Join us now, and your membership is good until March of 2021. Only $40 for more than a year of our fun and fabulous events! Click here to become a member of the best wine club in town. Questions? Contact us at membership@bcwas.org

Please note that there are no paper tickets for our events. Once your purchase is completed you will be added to our attendees list. Please check in when you arrive.

Please note that we are unable to provide refunds. If you purchase a ticket but cannot attend the event, please let us know with as much advance notice as possible and we’ll try to re-sell your ticket, but we cannot guarantee this.
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Please make sure you have a safe way home: take transit, call a cab, or ask a friend to be a designated driver. We will have free transit tickets on hand for those who take transit home.
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BC Wine Chat Live 2020

25/1/2020

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The BC Wine Appreciation Society is pleased to once again host
#BCWineChat

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 is this event? We’ll be hosting a fun, walk-around wine tasting featuring some fabulous wines from a selection of BC’s top wineries. (Although many BC wineries will be present at the Vancouver International Wine Festival, nearly all those present for our event are unique.) Attendees to this event with Twitter handles will be encouraged to tweet about the wines and maybe meet some fellow tweeps “IRL” – In Real Life.

What’s 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!

Who’s pouring?
  • Blasted Church Vineyards
  • Fairview Cellars
  • Fort Berens Winery
  • Hillside Winery
  • Intrigue Wines
  • Kitsch Wines
  • Lariana Cellars
  • Moraine Winery
  • O'Rourke's Peak Cellars
  • One Faith Vineyards
  • Roche Wines
  • Stag's Hollow Winery
  • The View Winery
  • Tightrope Winery
  • TIME Winery
  • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery

Best of all, proceeds from this event benefit the BC Hospitality Foundation :)
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Time: 7:30–9:30 pm
Place: Chali-Rosso Art Gallery, 549 Howe Street, Vancouver
Price: only $40 for all attendees (members or guests) via e-transfer to info@bcwas.org (preferred) or via Paypal (below). Cheques can be mailed to: BC Wine Appreciation Society, PO Box 48912 Bentall Station, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1A8

Please send us your Twitter handle for our name tags.
2020 BCWAS membership: Join us now, and your membership is good until March of 2021. Only $40 for more than a year of our fun and fabulous events! Click here to become a member of the best wine club in town. Questions? Contact us at membership@bcwas.org

Please note that there are no paper tickets for our events. Once your purchase is completed you will be added to our attendees list. Please check in when you arrive.

Please note that we are unable to provide refunds. If you purchase a ticket but cannot attend the event, please let us know with as much advance notice as possible and we’ll try to re-sell your ticket, but we cannot guarantee this.
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Please make sure you have a safe way home: take transit, call a cab, or ask a friend to be a designated driver. We will have free transit tickets on hand for those who take transit home.
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Cellar Singles Tasting

12/12/2019

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By mid-January everyone should be recovered from the holiday excesses and ready to celebrate the lengthening days and a brand new decade ahead of us! Last year's singles tasting was very well received, offering opportunities to taste a number of special,  one-of-a-kind delights. Over the course of 2019 our Cellarmaster visited wineries across BC seeking extra-special bottles to prepare for another opportunity such as this. This year's tasting will feature a number of newer, award-winning bottles that you just might still find on shelves if you're lucky! Check out some of the wines being poured:

  • Maverick Wines NV "Ella" Sparkling Brut - rarely available!
  • Road 13 2015 Sparkling Chenin Blanc - hard to find, winery exclusive!
  • Harper's Trail 2018 Riesling - National Wine Awards 2019 Platinum Medal and top-scoring Riesling
  • JoieFarm 2018 "Orange" Gewurztraminer - unique and unusual, a real treat!
  • SpearHead 2018 Riesling - Best White Wine in Canada at the All Canadian Wine Championships
  • Nk'Mip "Mer'r'iym" 2017 White Meritage - National Wine Awards Platinum Medal
  • Meyer 2017 Tribute Series Chardonnay - one of four BC Platinum medal-winning Chardonnay in 2019!
  • Deep Roots 2017 Reserve Gamay - small lot, Wine Club exclusive!
  • Blasted Church 2017 Pinot Noir - National Wine Awards 2019 Platinum Medal and top-scoring Pinot
  • Daydreamer 2017 "Amelia" Syrah - National Wine Awards Platinum Medial
  • Ursa Major 2016 Syrah - National Wine Awards Platinum Medal
  • Moon Curser 2017 Touriga Nacional - the only one in Canada, and another Platinum medal-winner!
  • Painted Rock 2014 Red Icon - the revered blend from the Skaha Bench, 92-points from Gismondi!

As we have limited quantities of each bottle, we’re setting up three tables with eight wines each. You can choose four wines from each table for 12 samples, as usual. Don’t worry - everyone will have a fantastic tasting! We’ll make sure that each table has a broad selection of fabulous wines to try. As the guest list grows so too will the number of wines, we have more lonely singles in the cellar looking for love!
Date:  Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Time:  7:30 to 9:30 pm
Place:  Water Street Cafe, 300 Water Street, Vancouver
Price:  Members/Guests $49/$64 by PayPal, E-transfer to info@bcwas.org, or cheque (mailed to BCWAS, P.O. Box 48912 Bentall Station, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1A8). Please e-mail us if paying by cheque so we can hold your spot.
e-mail info@bcwas.org for more info
Please note that there are no paper tickets for our events. Once your purchase is completed you will be added to our attendees list. Please check in when you arrive. We are unable to provide refunds: if you purchase a ticket but cannot attend the event, please let us know with as much advance notice as possible and we’ll try to re-sell your ticket, but we cannot guarantee this.

Please make sure you have a safe way home: take transit, call a cab, or ask a friend to be a designated driver. We will have free transit tickets on hand for those who take transit home.
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Moon Curser Winemaker's Dinner

31/10/2019

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This summer Moon Curser Vineyards was named Best Performing Small Winery in Canada at the WineAlign National Wine Awards, an awesome coup for this adventurous Osoyoos winery. On the back of several prominent Gold medals and a very rare Platinum, it was a well-deserved win. Proprietor and Winemaker Chris Tolley will be joining us at Water Street Cafe for this exciting dinner, featuring some unique Okanagan grape varieties that include Touriga Nacional (the aforementioned Platinum medal winner) and Tannat, plus Gold medal-winning Malbec and Dolcetto. Even the library-vintage Dead of Night blend we will enjoy also won a Gold medal at the 2015 National Wine Awards - it's an embarrassment of riches!
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Moon Curser Proprietors Chris & Beata Tolley
Check out this awesome menu prepared by Water Street Chefs Alan Tse and Todd Bright - five delicious courses of creative and mouth-watering delights to pair with Chris' worthy wines:

GRILLED PRAWNS
cauliflower purée, jicama salsa
"AFRAID OF THE DARK" VRM 2018

YARROW MEADOWS DUCK CONFIT MAC N’ CHEESE
sunny side up quail’s egg, crispy duck skin
TOURIGA NACIONAL 2017

BRAISED FRASER VALLEY LAMB TURNIP CAKE
sautéed king pea tip shoots, Malbec jus
MALBEC 2017

SURF & TURF
crispy seared halibut cheeks, kangaroo tail tortellini,
smoked carrot purée, charred corn and celeriac
"DEAD OF NIGHT" SYRAH-TANNAT 2012

CHERRY CRISP
Szechuan cherry jus, vanilla bean gelato
DOLCETTO 2018

Vegetarian options available upon request - please inform us at info@bcwas.org before sign-up.
Date:  Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Time:  6:30pm
Place:  Water Street Cafe, 300 Water Street, Vancouver
Price:  Members/Guests $129/$144 via e-transfer to info@bcwas.org or $134/$149 by PayPal, or $129/$144 by cheque (mailed to BCWAS, P.O. Box 48912 Bentall Station, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1A8). Please e-mail us if paying by cheque so we can hold your spot.
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Please note - there are no paper tickets for our events. Once your purchase is completed you will be added to our attendees list. Please check in when you arrive. We are unable to provide refunds. If you purchase a ticket but cannot attend the event, please let us know with as much advance notice as possible and we’ll try to re-sell your ticket, but we cannot guarantee this.

Make sure you have a safe way home: take transit, call a cab, or ask a friend to be a designated driver. We will have free transit tickets on hand for those who take transit home.
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A Quintessential Vertical

17/9/2019

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In 2004 Kim Pullen purchased Victoria Estate Winery in Saanich and renamed it Church & State. The endeavour grew rapidly and eventually shifted production to the Black Sage Bench, from where it became one of BC's most well-known and respected wineries. From 2005-2013 Church & State produced a highly regarded icon red blend - Quintessential - and the BCWAS has spent many years collecting every vintage. It's high time to share this carefully-conserved vertical collection with our membership! Please join us next month - Sunday, October 20th - to celebrate a historical BC wine and the enterprising family behind it.

First, some back-story: the Pullen family sold the Church & State brand, winery, and (Saanich & Black Sage Bench) tasting rooms in 2017, while retaining selected South Okanagan vineyards. The Pullens have now launched Second Chapter Wine Co., producing a new range of wines from those same premium vineyards that helped to produce Quintessential and other Church & State gems for many years. Kim, and/or his son John (former Church & State Sales Manager) will be joining us for this vertical, sharing their knowledge and history of the early days and the evolution of Quintessential.
As an extra-special treat, to start our evening we'll enjoy the extremely rare 1999 Church & State Sparkling - a traditional method Pinot Noir that is now 20 years old! Some members may recall our Bus Tour visit to Church & State in 2016, when we received the first public taste of this special wine, and were even given the opportunity to buy some before release. A few bottles in the BCWAS cellar have been waiting for their time to shine and this is the perfect opportunity!

The first vintage of Quintessential - 2005 - was produced with help from consulting winemaker Bill Dyer, who also helped Burrowing Owl make a name for themselves in the early days. In 2014 the name was changed to Coup D'Etat as part of a label refresh, but even that version was subsequently discontinued by the winery's new owners; so we have a rare opportunity to investigate a BC wine in its entirety, from sunrise to sunset. Learn more about the history of Quintessential, including it's many prominent awards, from John Schreiner's informative article in 2017. WineAlign members can also read reviews of several vintages online, as well as see the various National Wine Awards medals and other accolades received over the years. For those who enjoy powerful and complex red blends, this is the tasting for you!
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Date: Sunday, October 20, 2019
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Place: False Creek Yacht Club, 1661 Granville Street (at the foot of Granville Street); take stairs or elevator to 3rd floor​
Price: $80/$90 for members/guests via e-transfer (to info@bcwas.org) or cheque, or $85/$95 by Paypal.
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Directions:  We strongly urge you to use taxis or transit. From the bus stop on Granville Street there is a short walk down to the waterfront. An alternate way to start your evening is with the Aquabus from Granville Island to the Hornby Street Dock. Check with the Vancouver Aquabus or Translink to find your appropriate access route. Although driving is not recommended, there is a limited quantity of spots at the Yacht Club for parking during the event.
Please note - there are no paper tickets for our events. Once your purchase is completed you will be added to our attendees list. Please check in when you arrive.

Please make sure you have a safe way home: take transit, call a cab, or ask a friend to be a designated driver. We will have free transit tickets on hand for those who take transit home.

Please note that we are unable to provide refunds. If you purchase a ticket but cannot attend the event, please let us know with as much advance notice as possible and we’ll try to re-sell your ticket, but we cannot guarantee this.
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