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Dish n’ Dazzle June 17

May 31st, 2011 admin

Wines Chile presents Dish n’ Dazzle 2011

Pacific Rim Hotel – 1038 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC

Friday, June 17th

6:30-9:30pm

 

Meet visiting winemakers and taste wines from wine regions across Chile from over 25 visiting wineries, each pouring up to five different wines at their table. Chilean styled passed hors d’oeuvres will be provided to pair with the fabulous wines on offer. Educate yourself on Chilean wines while sampling additional wines at three focus stations. After tasting your way around the room, peruse the silent auction and take in the Sour themed cocktail competition featuring Vancouver’s hottest bartenders.

  • Sample… Over 25 Chilean wineries + 12 of Vancouver’s finest restaurants
  • Learn… Four focus stations highlighting Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Carmenere & organics
  • Enjoy… Fabulous wine, delicious food, excellent music and great company

This event is a fundraiser for the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation (www.bchospitalityfoundation.com). The BCHF provides support for individuals within the hospitality community, coping with extraordinary costs arising from a serious health crisis. The Foundation also awards scholarships and bursaries to students enrolled in Hospitality programmes.

WINERIES Amayna, Concha y Toro, Cono Sur, De Martino, Emiliana, Errazuriz, Estampa, Geo Wines, Koyle, Luis Felipe Edwards, Maquis, San Pedro Tarapaca, Santa Rita, Sur Andino, Viña Caliterra, Viña Carmen, Viña Falernia, Viña Hacienda Araucano, Viña Maipo, Vina Santa Carolina, Viña Ventisquero, Viña Veramonte

RESTAURANTS O’Doul’s Restaurant & Bar, Rockford Wok|Bar|Grill, Heron’s West Coast Restaurant and Bar, Cru, Oru Restaurant at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Coast Restaurant, Yew Restaurant + Bar, Fleuri at the Sutton Place Hotel, The Salmon House Restaurant, Nu Aegean Cusina, Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House, Market by Jean-Georges

BARTENDERS Joel Virginillo – The Bar @ Shangri-la, Derek Vanderheide – Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Colin Turner – CinCin, Trevor Kallies- Donnelly Group, Evelyn Chick – UVA Wine Bar, Gerry Jobe – RauDZ Regional, Jacob Sweetapple – Fairmont Pacific Rim

Purchase tickets in advance at http://www.winesofchile.org/register/canada/

 

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Red Cross Red Carpet Soiree May 12

April 25th, 2011 admin

The Canadian Red Cross Red Carpet Soiree is an annual gala event offering guests red carpet arrival with “paparazzi”, award-winning canapés, fine wine and a silent auction featuring items donated by celebrities, high-end retailers and Red Cross corporate supporters.

This fabulous event raises funds for the Canadian Red Cross of the Lower Mainland Region and promotes awareness of the countless Canadian Red Cross programs benefitting local, national and international communities.

Here is a taste of this event that I attended last year. This is a fabulous charity event that you do not want to miss.

Blue Water Cafe, for the 4th Annual Red Cross Red Carpet Soiree on May 12, 2011 at 7pm.

To purchase your ticket to the 2011 Canadian Red Cross Red Carpet Soiree here.

Get your tickets soon as this even always sells out in advance!

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Food Fight! The Battle for Brunch April 10

March 7th, 2011 admin

Calling all Foodies! Food Fight! The Battle for Brunch, presented by Variety – The Children’s Charity and MarketPlace IGA, is back for the second year in a row! This fun and unique fundraising event will bring together some of BC’s finest Chefs in a battle for your taste buds. Mingle with friends as you sample each delicious brunch offering and cast your ballot to declare one Chef the Food Fight champ!

This year, Food Fight competitors include: Market by Jean-Georges, O’Doul’s Restaurant & Bar, Terminal City Club, Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Resort, YEW restaurant + bar, among others. Silent and live auctions will feature items donated by LIFT Bar & Grill, Skoah, Cookworks, Mink Chocolates, Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse, and many more. Emceed once again by fabulous Vancouver personality, Fred Lee, this stellar lineup is sure to please foodies of all ages and palate predilections so make sure to get your tickets early! A cash bar will be offering a variety of wines, champagne and other liquid libations.

Event takes place from 11am – 2pm at the Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings Street.

Tickets are $45 and available online at www.variety.bc.ca/foodfight.htm or by calling the Variety office at 604.320.0505.

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Dining Out for Life

March 3rd, 2011 admin

With a record number of restaurants participating, this years Dine Out for Life Vancouver fundraiser on Thursday March 24th is featuring 238 restaurants from around the lower mainland. Participating restaurants will contribute 25% of their sales that day to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Dining Out For Life is BC’s largest restaurant fundraiser, benefiting A Loving Spoonful and Friends For Life. A Loving Spoonful provides free, nutritious meals to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS in Greater Vancouver and the surrounding areas. Friends For Life supports people living with life-threatening illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, their families and their caregivers.

This is a really good way to help those in need, so invite your friends and dine at a participating restaurant for breakfast, lunch or dinner (or all three!). View participating restaurants in Dining Out For Life.

Mark your calendars for Dining Out For Life Thursday, March 24, 2011. For wine lovers–presenting sponsor Sumac Ridge Estate Winery will donate $1 from every bottle of wine sold anywhere in B.C. during the month of March.

Follow them on Twitter @DiningOut4LifeVan

 

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Whoopie Pie Day March 5th

February 28th, 2011 admin

Whoopie Pie Day on Saturday, March 5th at all Tracycakes Bakery Cafe

locations in White Rock, Fort Langley and Abbotsford.

From 10 am – 5 pm, all Whoopie Pies will be sold 2 for 1 (just $3.00 for two!) with proceeds going to the BC Cancer Foundation. Tracy Dueck, the owner of Tracycakes has chosen to launch her Whoopie Pies by hosting this fundraiser to support cancer research and programs, after having a brush with a cancer scare herself.

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California Wine Fair March 11

February 21st, 2011 admin

Whether you are a casual wine enthusiast or a serious wine connoisseur, don’t miss this exciting opportunity to sample the finest wine from over 100 wineries from the Napa, Sonoma and Central Coast regions. Now in its 31st year of touring across Canada the 2011 CALIFORNIA WINE FAIR BALLROOM TASTING includes products currently available in the market, as well as new vintage and varietals that have yet to be released to the Canadian Market.

You will also enjoy our diverse & exciting silent auction featuring hard to find private cellar wines, dinner-theatre packages, travel getaways and more.

Captivate your palate and intensify your knowledge and love of wine. See the list of participating wineries this year.

Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, 999 Canada Place. 7PM

Tickets: $65 regular price, $55 each for groups of six or more (must be booked at one time).

For Ticket and Info, call box office at 604.687.1644 or buy online.

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Taste BC 2011

February 1st, 2011 admin

Jonah & Andrew from Bentons Cheese

I recently attended Taste BC 2011, a fundraiser put on by Liberty Wine Merchants with proceeds going to BC Children’s Hospital – Oak Tree Clinic. The event held at the Hyatt gave my friends and I a chance to walk about the large room and taste wines, ciders and beers from fine producers from around BC. I was able to chat with many of the producers to find out which products were new or how they were made and where they were available.

Rustic Roots Fruit Wines

Kettle Valley "Starboard" Wine

For Wine, loved the Rustic Roots fruit wines, Painted Rock wines, Laughing Stock wines, and the Kettle Valley ‘Starboard’ dessert wine. The best food booth was Bentons Cheese who offered up samples of many different cheeses that paired well with the wines.

By: Richard Wolak

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Mission Hill Winemaker Dinner Feeds the Foodbank Nov 10

November 3rd, 2010 admin

Over the summer, Provence Restaurants have been partnering with Mission Hill Winery to raise money for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. For each bottle of Mission Hill Wine sold at both Provence locations, Mission Hill donates $1 to the Food Bank. To date more than $1,000 has been raised.

Now Mission Hill and Provence Marinaside are upping the ante by hosting a sumptuous wine-maker dinner on November 10th with Ingo Grady, Director of Education for Mission Hill Family Estate Winery. In addition to a five-course dinner (especially created by Executive Chef/Proprietor Jean-Francis Quaglia) with pairing of some select Mission Hill wines; the evening also includes a silent auction including works by local artists (Travis Watters, Zoe Hodgson, John M. Parlett, Emrys Horton and Catherine Adamson) along with tempting gift baskets and other selected goodies.

To accompany Chef Jean-Francis Quaglia’s menu, the following wines will be poured:

  • Mission Hill Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2009
  • Mission Hill Perpetua 2008
  • Mission Hill Quatrain 2007
  • Mission Hill Oculus 2006
  • Mission Hill ‘SLC’ Riesling Ice Wine

Click here to view the full menu:

http://www.provencevancouver.com/marinaside/html/events/wine/mission_hill_menu.htm

Tickets are priced at $150 including tax and gratuity and are available by calling Provence Marinaside at 604-681-4144. We regret that on-line reservations cannot be accepted for this event.

Please join us on November 10th to taste some good wine, enjoy an excellent meal, engage in lively conversation and feed the Food Bank.

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