Wine Seminars Saturday, April 2 Wine’s F-Word
Fortified Wine & Food Pairing Seminar VCC East, meeting room 11 999 Canada Place Way 1:00-2:45 pm $50
Good Gracious Grenache! VCC East, meeting room 1 999 Canada Place Way 3:00-4:45 pm $50
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F is for the fabulous and flexible flavours of fortified wines. This is an extremely versatile and exclusive global family, including Ports, Sherries, and Madeiras, as well as the captivating sweet wines from the south of France. From the finesse of Manzanilla to robust vintage port, from flamboyant Banyuls to smooth tawny, each Fortified Wine will be put to work with magnificent food matches that show off their culinary adaptability. DJ Kearney, Chef, Wine Consultant and Journalist, leads this romp through wine’s F-words, joined by the now-legendary panel of chefs: Julian Bond, Executive Chef, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts; Tony Lawrence, Philadelphia’s A Chef For You; Blair Rasmussen, Executive Chef, Vancouver Convention Centre; and Dino Renaerts, Executive Chef and Owner, Fraîche. You may find yourself using the F-word in a whole new way! The Spaniards baptized it Garnacha, but most countries just call it Grenache. This lesser-known grape variety shows up in many more wines than you would think. From cheerful rosés, full-bodied reds such as Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Priorato and Rioja, to lusciously sweet elixirs, Grenache has numerous guises. Michelle Bouffard and Michaela Morris from house wine will introduce you to some of its finest expressions hailing from Spain, France, California and Australia. Discover just how versatile Grenache can be. Sponsored by Wine Access
Meet Your Match
VCC East, meeting room 8 999 Canada Place Way 5:00-6:45 pm $75
Calling all enthusiastic vinophiles! In a follow up to last year’s inaugural event, we invite you to join us and find your perfect wine, get up, close and personal with fascinating international winery principals, and discover first-hand the intimate secrets of some of the world’s outstanding wines and wineries. Based on the speed dating model, the event will deliver a fresh twist on the standard wine seminar. Chaperoned by master wine matchmaker Anthony Gismondi, you’re destined to find your perfect wine match! Meet Your Match will be presented in a format that allows small groups direct and personal interaction with the wine’s winery producer. The group will have about 6 minutes with each producer to taste their wine, hear their story and ask any questions they like.
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Photo: David Niddrie
Sponsored by Wine Access