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VOLUME 49

NUMBER 1

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F E AT U R E S

WINE AWARDS 27 Our Picks

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Now in its 12th year, our Wine Awards list is your go-to guide for wine selection in this city—and, yes, there are amazing $15 bottles.

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Cover: photography by Eydis Einarsdóttir, Glassware courtesy of Atkinson’s; This page: David Strongman

48 The Making

of a Gallery

Michael Audain’s unbelievable art collection has finally found its home—in Whistler of all places. How that came to be

By Neal McLennan

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World Classy as a recovering torontonian, i love how vancouver and our surrounding region doesn’t have a bizarre obsession with becoming a world-class city. We just do our own thing and if others want to come hang out, then they’ll probably find that they’re better for doing so. These first two months of 2016 feature two events that are the envy of cities around the world, but will in all likelihood fly under the radar for most Vancouverites too busy timing snowfalls on the local mountains or crawling out from under their holiday bills.

Nonetheless, we present an examination of both because of their improvements in the place we call home, both actual and potential. On page 58, we profile Michael Audain’s bold new art museum in Whistler, one that writer Neal McLennan says “will be a raft of firsts; the first privately funded museum of this scale in the province’s history, the first art museum in Whistler, the first museum dedicated to spanning British Columbia’s art from pre-contact to modern day. Most importantly, it will be the crowning gift of man who has spent a good part of his lifetime engaged in the pursuit of philanthropy.”

On page 14, meanwhile, I took advantage of our shorthanded editorial department (we’re mercifully back at full capacity now) to dust off the ol’ journalism degree and preview the TED Conference’s third year in Vancouver and what the city is doing to tap into all those captains of industry, tech and entertainment descending on the Vancouver Convention Centre. Elon Musk strolling the seawall, the founders of Google right behind him—it’s a tremendous opportunity to milk this global gathering for long-term benefit of the city. That’s especially true given that, as one person responsible for bringing TED here noted, “These are the mayor’s people!”

Rounding things out this issue are the 12th annual Vancouver International Wine Awards. Tasted and ranked by some of the best palates in the country, it is a vital reference for enlightened wine lovers who shop for their nectar locally. And yes, feel free to bring it with you to Bellingham as well. VM

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UBC has now built several structures primarily through the use of B.C.’s favourite export, wood, including the new AMS Student Nest and the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability

on a hot june day in 1886, just two months into Vancouver’s existence, a flame breached the newly incorporated city and burned everything to the ground in under an hour. In the weeks that followed, a new city was built over the ashes, this time with less wood and more brick. Look out at Vancouver’s skyline now and you’ll see a lot of concrete. B.C.’s most abundant resource, wood, has been trusted for two-storey homes, not towers. Wood, the thinking went, is a fire hazard and too weak to scale. But century-old conventional wisdom is changing. Last fall, both the Vancouver Art Gallery and UBC unveiled plans for massive wood structures: a new art gallery composed of colossal wooden boxes and an 18-storey student residence, respectively. In 2014, it was the six-storey Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George. What makes these buildings possible is a new wood material called cross-laminated timber (CLT), manufactured at Penticton-based Structurlam Products. CLT is incredibly dense, making it both strong enough to support towers and, importantly, very fire resistant.

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Influx of Influence

It’s March 2014 and Vancouver is hosting its first TED Conference (as in Technology, Entertainment, The iconic TED Conference and its and Design), the 1,200-person, visiting captains of industry are back in US$7,500-per-ticket, five-day town on Feb. 15. The City of Vancouver “brain spa” (as local organizers is trying to harness the (renewable) call it) gathering of some of the energy it will create wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet. Since 1984 al gore, munching on some they’ve come to Monterey, to Long masala from Vij’s Railway Express, Beach, and for the past two years is seated at a picnic table outside to Vancouver to see dozens of the Vancouver Convention Centre 18-minute insights ranging from while lunchtime office workers black hole theory to zombie insects stroll by obliviously. A few feet to Edward Snowden beaming in away, the founders of Google, Larry live from parts unknown. It’s a Page and Sergey Brin, queue at a US$50-million business spanning Tacofino food truck, craning their ubiquitous online videos, grants, necks to catch glimpse of the misty books, and more.

North Shore mountains behind But it’s all about those five them in pensive appreciation. Or is days in Vancouver, and everyit a eureka moment of self-piloting thing grows from that pilgrimage float planes? by the global cognoscenti with

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means. When Bill Gates or Sting or Cameron Diaz rush into the custom-built, temporary, locally sourced cedar-wood theatre in the west ballroom of the Vancouver Convention Centre, jostling for the best seat as if on the 99 B-Line, they are, quite possibly, the largest concentration of wealth anywhere at that particular time.

Vancouver has benefited from all that star power. In 2014, Canada’s Chris Hadfield helped a local concert fundraising for the Greater Food Bank Society raise thousands more when he corralled a few musically-inclined TED speakers to tweet their guest appearances. Last year Michael Green’s non-profit Design Build Research Institute donated the mobile terrace roof that kept billionaires dry on the convention centre terrace to Pigeon Park’s street market, and this year three of his warming huts for attendees will be helicoptered as donations to the three North Shore ski resorts. Meanwhile, the infamously exclusive event will again be accessible via live simulcasts to interested community centres, libraries, and schools months before the freshest talks are posted online.

Local businesses benefit as well, aside from the blocks of $2,000 hotel rooms and attendee tours of local innovative companies and schools. Six weeks after the 2014 TED, Microsoft announced its Vancouver expansion and 400 associated new jobs. Burnaby’s General Fusion Inc. appointed astronaut Mark Kelly to its ninemember advisory council and received significant investment from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, both of whom attended the event.

Given how closely this spectacle of progressive politics, local procurement, and green everything

Truth and Dare, Session 2: James Duncan Davidson/TED; Michael Green: Ryan Lash/TED

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aligns with Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Vancouver, the city has spent the past two years trying to figure out how to align itself with this influx of influence. Mayor Robertson has represented at TED after-parties the past two years, but there hasn’t been any official kickoff or welcome for what many refer to as the “Digital Davos.”

Greg Klassen, who as CEO of the Canadian Tourism Commission (now Destination Canada) helped land the conference, says that it’s the local government’s turn to pitch in. “Tourism helped bring TED here, but we expected it would get help when tourism support ran out,” he says. “TED’s values of philanthropy, sustainability, and green tech are the city’s stated values. These are the mayor’s people.”

While the mayor’s chief of staff, Mike Magee, points out the city’s support for the event— “We’ve helped TED sell its donor passes since the first event to wealthy locals”—he does acknowledge more ambitious collaboration this year. “Council just committed to having Vancouver be a 100 percent renewable-energy city by 2050, and we’re confident we can do this by 2035,” Magee says, adding that he’s been in conversation with Bowen Island-based Wade Davis, a TED speaker and National Geographic Explorerin-Residence. “With Wade and people like Elon Musk in town, we want to state our dedication to making Vancouver a renewable energy demonstration city. Once the Mayor and I return from [the Paris Climate Conference] with targets for making this happen, the next global event will be TED, which is a goodplace to announce the intent.”

—Tom Gierasimczuk

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A Brief History of TED 1984 TED launched as a one-off event

by Richard Saul Wurman

1990 TED becomes an annual event in Monterey, California

2001 Wurman sells the conference to current curator Chris Anderson, a media entrepreneur

2006 TED takes to the Internet and establishes its current ubiquity via online videos

2009 After squeezing 1,300 delegates into a space designed for 500, TED goes bigger in Long Beach, California

2013 TED announces its move to Vancouver

2014 The first TED conference outside of California is held in March in Vancouver and Whistler

2015 TED organizers announce that TED will stay in Vancouver until at least 2020

FIELD NOTES FOR WINTER PITCH AND PUTT A good walk unspoiled  The pitch and putt at Stanley Park

a junior golfing phenom, who gave the

is often listed among the city’s hidden

game up as an adult. He seldom even

gems. It’s fi tting, then, that it shines

removes his backpack, which contains

the brightest when nobody’s actually

a veritable mini-bar, before hitting the

looking at it. In the winter the grounds

ball—almost ashamed of his swing,

are nominally maintained, the old stone

which, to this day, is pure as quince

clubhouse left unstaffed. You can sim-

paste. It’s this kind of creature that you

ply walk on with your putter and what

spy in the January mist in Stanley Park,

the old golfers called a niblick and play

who has found some truth, playing

it as is. In these conditions, the pitch

for the skunks and spotted towhees,

and putt reveals its true self.

drenched in the rain.

With no driving range or practice

Rupert Park, by contrast, is a fever

greens, the first hole is a cold open.

dream. If you want to emasculate a

It would feel a little too much like real

golfer who thinks they’re too good for

golf except for the emphatic sign that

pitch and putt, take them, on a wet,

reminds you to “enjoy your game!” And

windy day, to Rupert, with its ponds and

another that tells you how to co-exist

tiny greens atop the knolls. The only

with coyotes. And also the fact that the

mean hole you find at Stanley Park is

fairway has a square footage barely

the seventh, which runs up a hill before

larger than your condo.

the green breaks back down in differ-

It’s not until the third hole that the

ent directions. Those who play regular

golf course begins to melt away and

golf have a tendency to overthink the

you enter the shire. The bench is set

seventh hole.

back deep into the bushes, behind the

They also have a tendency—not

tee box. In the summer, this is where

having paid green fees—to simply walk

most of us crack our first cold tin. In the

off at the ninth. However, the tenth,

winter—with nobody on your tail—you

which looks out to Second Beach,

can pour mulled wine and linger. The

where the air is a little saltier, feels

hole runs down a gentle slope. You suck

like an entirely new round. Here, you

the scent of the Ted and Mary Greig

feel the human history as much as the

Rhododendron Garden into your lungs

flow of the West Coast. In a park where

and take your first big swing of the day.

Warren Harding’s memorial co-exists

You’ll land, but the declivity will carry

with Frances E. Willard’s camellia bush,

you onto the green. Even if you’re in the

it’s the little plaque on the bench at

heavy grass, you’re putting for birdie.

the 13th hole, dedicated to Elizabeth

Avoid the prehistoric-looking ferns

(Bessie) Shaw, that kind of gets you.

to the right of the fourth green. Should

You’ll be soaked to the bone here, early

the rain pick up, the bench before the

in February, when the blossoms begin

fi fth is a good place to fi x yourself

to open. The plaque says: “HOLDER

a bowl of instant ramen, under the

OF 20 HOLE-IN-ONE CERTIFICATES.”

tall cedars. There are no sand traps

It says: “HER FAVORITE PLACE.” My

or water hazards anywhere in the

friend calls this hole the rapture.

course’s 1,200 yards. I like to play with

—Chris Koentges

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Age of Ambition How Ryan Beedie is developing real estate for the Vancouver of tomorrow—or trying to photogr aph by matthew chen

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in a low-slung building set on a nondescript industrial street beside Highway 1 in Burnaby, Ryan Beedie stands in front of a map that covers the entire wall of his company’s boardroom. He moves from one side to the other like an energetic teacher, pointing at one and then another of the

orange rectangles scattered across the map. This is the billion-dollar Beedie empire, one that has crept in recent years into the heart of Vancouver, popping up in some surprising places.

Beedie knows the purchase price, the current value, the future of many of these pieces of land,

reeling off the numbers in his words-tumbling-over-each-other way, the style of a guy whose IQ tested at 139 and whose school years were marked by hyperactivity. “‘Ryan can’t sit still, he talks too much.’ That’s what they used to say about me,” says Beedie, 47, back at the boardroom table. “I have attention-span issues.” That restlessness, however, has paid off. Beedie has grown the Beedie Development Group by almost 20 times since he started working for his father’s company in 1993.

In the last few years, he has moved it into ventures his father, Keith Beedie, wouldn’t have dreamed of. The Beedie Development Group, once an exclusively industrial operation, has entered the high-stakes world of condo building. The company made plans to develop a new Coquitlam neighbourhood of 8,000 people along the river and two towers near the new Evergreen line, also in Coquitlam. It’s in the middle of a massive project at Station Square in Burnaby. Beedie has talked about a potential redevelopment of the Kingsgate Mall site it’s leasing from the Vancouver school board, in the middle of Mount Pleasant, which is turning into a millennialfamily world at warp speed. The company is also into its second year of negotiations over a condo tower in Chinatown, a historic neighbourhood fraught with peril for outsiders bearing plans for change.

That has provided some tough lessons, lessons that have made Beedie slow down and rethink.

“This is new for us. Cities love us. We’re the biggest industrial developer. They treat us with such respect because we’re providing jobs and taxes. Here, we’ve had to pause, look at the lay of the land.”

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Proof that he’s also got his father’s cautiousness in him. That will affect what he does with key properties his company owns around the city.

The business that became Beedie Development Group (Beedie Industrial, Beedie Living, and Beedie Capital Partners) started 70 years ago, when Keith Beedie, after dropping out of school in Grade 11 and starting a woodworking business, built his first house in Marpole in 1946.

Keith turned his operation into one of the biggest local players in industrial development by the time Ryan started working for the company at age 25.

But that didn’t come easily.

Keith’s focus on his company had repercussions at home for Ryan, who has an unusual relationship with his father. “It’s not like he’s father of the year,” Ryan says, looking down at his day planner filled with pencilled notes. “I’m sort of the afterthought. His second wife wants to have a kid, okay, there you go. He’s a very good husband and overall a good father, but the business was his priority. We wouldn’t know what time he was getting home, 7, 7:30, 8. He kind of leaned over to me two or three years ago and said, ‘I didn’t really want more kids.’ And I knew that. Tell me something I don’t know. ‘But I’m glad I did,’ he said.”

When Ryan was in his early teens, interest rates shot up and Keith struggled to keep his company above water. Ryan scrambled to get his MBA in his early 20s because he could see he was going to be needed. “My dad at the time was 65. I was a little bit worried about his health.” He started working at the company shortly after. By 2001, when Ryan was 32 and his dad was 75, he became its

“WE PUT A PAUSE ON FRASER MILLS BECAUSE WE WEREN’T SURE WHAT WE WERE DOING THERE. THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT ASSUMED THE SKYTRAIN WOULD BE COMING DOWN THAT WAY”

Clockwise, from top: MEC’s new flagship store in Olympic Village; the Crown tower in Coquitlam, next to the soonto-be-operational Evergreen Line; Ryan Beedie breaks ground on the Crown with Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart (left), father Keith Beedie (hat), and Helen Ghabel of the YWCA Metro Vancouver (right)

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president. But Keith continued to come into the office, as he does to this day, watching his son expand the company far beyond what it had been: as he bought and sold properties, as he created a wildly successful strata-style of industrial development, as he took the company into Alberta, as he upped the family’s donations to charity exponentially, as he grew into the tricky area of residential real estate four years ago.

Every major step has been discussed with his dad or been about his dad. When Ryan’s friend Tom Gaglardi wanted to buy the Vancouver Canucks, Ryan wasn’t so sure. But his dad, who was a huge Canucks fan, was all for it (after further investigation, so was Ryan). His dad resisted moving the office from its longtime Kingsway location to the newer building near Canada Way and Gilmore. After Ryan talked him into it, he made sure that Keith’s new office was refurbished to look exactly like the old one, down to the weird ceiling tiles, rug, and wood panelling.

One of the things Keith loves doing in that new office is watching, on his computer screen, the buildings go up at Station Square in Burnaby, a five-tower redevelopment that Ryan undertook with business partner Anthem Properties. That’s been perhaps the most successful of Beedie’s ventures.

The rest have been case studies of what can go awry in the hornet’s nest of development in this region.

The massive Coquitlam project is being re-worked. “We put a pause on Fraser Mills because we weren’t sure exactly what we were doing there. The original design concept kind of assumed the SkyTrain would be coming down that way,” says Beedie. The provincial government—the Liberals whom

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he has always supported—decided on a different route. It became clear to the Beedie team that the high-rises they planned wouldn’t work without the line. Investors, who account for a significant portion of sales, want units near transit that are rentable. “We’re having to take a step back,” Beedie says. The Crown tower next to the new Evergreen line is going ahead, but Beedie was startled by the vehement public opposition. He was also taken aback by the fierce objections to the condo tower the group planned for Chinatown, which became the target of pent-up frustration over the rapid pace of change throughout the neighbourhood. He sounds cautious about taking on anything new. The Kingsgate Mall?

“There’s a long way to go there.

We have no interest as a company to go in and do something that everybody’s against.” If the opportunity is right, yes. A sign of the times: Beedie became one of the first developers in a long time who chose to put a commercial building, Mountain Equipment Co-op, on a valuable piece of close-todowntown property recently.

Condos were an option on that piece of land at Quebec and Second. But Beedie decided instead to build for a company whose values he liked.

As for future possibilities? If the price is right. Too many developers are chasing too few sites in this town right now, he says. He’s not going to get suckered into paying too much. He’ll be aggressive, not foolish. “It comes from me growing up seeing my dad in 1981,” he says. “Interest rates are 18 percent, and I can see in his eyes he’s afraid of losing his company.

We’re not going to put ourselves in that position.” VM

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two screens. on one, her; the other, him. Two actors looking straight at the camera, directed to play the last scene of a movie over and over again. Eternal, a film by acclaimed New York artist Daniel Fish, takes the final scene of Charlie Kaufman’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and dissects it every which way, the actors flitting through alternatives, their emphasis mutating the effect on the audience. Fish has a background in both theatre and film—and here, he conjoins the disciplines to create an artwork that becomes a master class in acting. “The text of that final scene, from a film about recursion and return and the willingness to keep doing it, really can’t be listened to enough,” wrote the New York Times. “It’s gorgeous.

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Though the dancers will all be new, the choreography will remain close to the original. Not so with the score: originally a cut-and-paste affair

by Gingras (with the band’s blessing), it had to be completely revisited for a live show.

“The problem for them is timing,” Gingras says with a smile. “In true prog-rock style, they usually play on and on. That precision is going to be where the work has to happen, because the dancers are the baseline; they are rooted to their tempo and their counts.”

She adds, laughing: “We’re going to need clocks everywhere.” Pushfestival.ca

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almost 50 years ago, four lads from Birmingham, England, created a whole new genre— heavy metal—after noticing (or so the canon of music mythology has it) the popularity of horror movies and wondering if scary songs would prove as commercial. Well, myth or no, it’s hard to argue against the notion that Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward collectively found a successful niche; many regard them as the best metal band of all time. Osbourne—who was thrown out of the band in 1979 (only returning in 1997) due to his out-of-control drug abuse—may have since become a commodity every bit as ludicrous as the Kardashians, but put the reality TV aside and a farewell Black Sabbath tour remains serious news for

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The lineup has changed more than once over the years—Ronnie James Dio’s stint as lead singer the most notable—but for this tour, called The End, it’s mostly back to the original 1968 group (Ward’s involvement was uncertain at press time). And, despite many yards of ink devoted to Sabbath’s Satanic leanings, Butler put that myth to bed in an interview with Classic Rock Magazine. “Satan isn’t a spiritual thing,” he said. “It’s warmongers. That’s who the real Satanists are, all these people who are running the banks and the world and trying to get the working class to fight the wars for them.” Ticketmaster.ca

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july 2014 marked the end of an era: La Bodega on Howe Street, a Spanish favourite for over 40 years, served its last tapa. The restaurant had been sold to a developer and the wrecking balls were en route. But the spirit of La Bodega lives on with Paul Rivas—son of La Bodega founder Francisco Rivas—who recently opened Bodega on Main, a new take on the old eatery and one that blends hipness (this is Main Street, after all) with history. “I wanted to balance the elements of my family’s culinary history in this city with a modern, edgy feel,” Paul says. The result: burgundy leather benches, a bar that could double as a library, red-and-white checkered napkins (channelling the tablecloths of the old La Bodega), and a massive montage of bullfighting posters.

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The menu reads “casual fine.” nordstrom creates buzz wher- There are pizzas and flatbreads, ever it opens. Vancouverites were burgers, salads, pastas, and steaks. talking about the store for years The service at first reminded us of before the doors were unlocked, experiences had at Joey and Earls: and its reputation for fastidious a room swarming with inexperiperfection earned it 14th place on enced servers, none of whom seem Fortune magazine’s latest list of the responsible for serving you. world’s 50 most admired compaBut after that first 15-minute nies, between Nike and BMW. wait for water, the food itself came With that in mind, and knowing fast on ordering. And the appetizother high-end department stores ers were excellent. The ahi tuna like Bergdorf Goodman and Neipoke is the best I’ve had since man Marcus have invested heavily Hawaii. Served with soy, wasabi,

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and seaweed salad, the piece of tuna and garnish on a fried wonton was crunchy, umami wonderfulness. The roasted mushroom bruschetta likewise offered a complex but rewarding mouthful: rich and earthy, with arugula, balsamic, and Manchego cheese to brighten the dish. The micro-planed lemon zest garnish was the perfect chef ’s touch, lightening the mouthful and priming the taste buds for more.

But the last appetizer we ate was the real surprise. Smoked wild salmon with johnnycakes isn’t a dish yet in danger of becoming cliché around here, and I was curious about the marriage of corncake and salmon. Napped with horseradish dill crème fraîche, and given an acid zing with pickled onions and crisp capers, this is a balanced and big-flavoured plate.

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Executive chef JJ Fraser (right) takes the helm at Bistro Verde.

Fraser previously worked for Earls, a relationship that spanned 15 years.

His last Earls gig was in Colorado, where he was head chef of a 400-seat space in downtown Denver

Right at the moment we were thinking Bistro Verde truly left the “casual fine” herd far behind, our mains arrived, and here things wobbled. The plates were served onto the table without any of the appetizer dishes being cleared, leaving a chaos of dishes and glasses and cutlery, and two of the three we tried were distinctly lacking. The sake-marinated black cod, with shrimp dumplings, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, and soy broth, had a slightly non-committal, pan-Asian feel to it. But the fish was cooked perfectly, sous-vide soft and lightly browned.

The skirt steak with salsa verde was also cooked perfectly, with well-cooked if slightly predictable garnishes: heirloom potatoes, pattypan squash and asparagus, balsamic onions. The problem here was seasoning. There wasn’t any.

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Sure, there’s salt on the table, but if I’m salting your $27 plate, you’re not doing it right.

What I anticipated most, however, was ultimately the biggest disappointment. The short rib grilled cheese, with blackberry jam and white cheddar cheese, sounded fantastic. Cooked correctly, the collagen connective tissue in the rib muscle dissolves into gelatin, separating and coating the muscle fibers, which are themselves still moist from not being overexposed to heat. Cut correctly, which is to say against the meat’s very evident grain, you end up with a truly luxurious mouth feel.

But immediately I could see the execution problems. The tiny meat serving left the sandwich almost pancake-flat when grilled, with little discernible beef flavour. Opened for inspection, it was clear the short

rib had been overcooked and cut along the grain, leaving it dry and stringy. For the record, I love this idea: short ribs, jam, and cheese on bread. Bring it. But Bistro Verde needs to rethink this one.

Having said that, the floor manager’s response to the gaffe was Nordstrom-quality. The item came off the bill, and from his response to my comments I’m prepared to bet they kick that sandwich into shape. I intend to personally investigate in a few months’ time.

Having finished with a homey apple cobbler, I left feeling that whether Bistro Verde measured up depended on whom they were compared to. Chef Fraser came from Earls, and in that category Bistro Verde already stands out. Residing within the walls of the 14th most admired company in the world, however, there is room to grow. VM

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An under-appreciated spirit, Calvados bears delectable fruit for those who discover its charms what a difference a name makes. If I were to say I enjoy sipping on apple brandy, some might picture me in overalls, railing on about the War of Northern Aggression and expressing admiration for Donald Trump. But if I say I’m partial to Calvados, I’m a continental sort who flits from one world capital to another. At their core, however, the two are the result of the same process: gather up some apples (and the occasional pear) from the orchard floor, press them into juice, and let it ferment. Then take this rough ’n’ ready version of dry cider, fire up the still (either a rustic pot still or a modern column version), and out

comes apple brandy—or Calvados if it hails from lower Normandy and undergoes a minimum two years of oak aging.

Those expecting a glass of boozy SunRype will be pleasantly surprised, however. In the same way that neighbouring French eaux de vie Cognac and Armagnac don’t exactly taste like grapes, Calvados does not scream apples.

Younger versions have a light, fresh tartness that channels crab-apple skin, but as the spirit ages and gains more complexity it starts to move toward richer flavours like cinnamon, caramelized sugar, and even orange peel—like a slightly more rustic version of Cognac. But

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Gazing at the spectacular 35th-floor view of English Bay from the Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites, as four teams of judges work through yet another flight of wines for the 12th Annual Vancouver Magazine International Wine Competition, I’m taken aback by the monumental scale of what we do every year.

I’m aware that sympathy is not to be expected, but tasting wine all day isn’t exactly a bowl of grapes. It grows gruelling after several hours as your teeth begin to hurt. Which is nothing compared to the mental strain: concentrating on the nuances of dozens of similar wines requires stamina, and even though we spit out everything we taste, it’s a tiring exercise that demands years of training.

Of course, the days of actual tasting are merely the tip of the iceberg. Months of receiving deliveries from around the world, warehousing, coding, collating, categorizing, and flighting precedes the tremendous backroom task of organizing, opening, and pouring. But over the years, we’ve become a welloiled machine. After all, our 17 judges participate in the Wine Awards in large part out of love.

Our goal remains unchanged: We believe Vancouver has an important role to play in the evolution of food and wine, and we want to promote and celebrate new synergies that are developing in our multicultural city. European wine culture and AsiaPacific food culture are comingling in a uniquely Vancouver way, and we’re thrilled to see B.C. wineries adapting their winemaking accordingly.

Our extensive list, 115 this year, is a celebration of this diversity. Some personal tips from this edition include a lovely suite of rosés (the stunning category winner is French, but all the others are from B.C.); an astonishing array of sparkling wines, more varied than ever before; an arresting Croatian white; and four lovely sakes that carry a whole new category— one befitting the shifting city we live in.

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First produced in 1954, Wynns Coonawarra is a benchmark for Aussie cabernet that has a well-deserved reputation for great longevity. It also has a long-established connection with B.C., where it has been sold for over 40 years. Many shrewd collectors have precious old bottles that would have been purchased for less than $10. Our judges took great delight in the brilliant performance of an old standby—in the world of wine, the thrill of the new is equalled only by the thrill of the old.

Coonawarra (located near the South Australian coast 380 kilometres south of Adelaide) is a legendary wine region, where a thin strip of weathered limestone topped with ironrich red soil combines with the cooling effect of the Southern Ocean to produce an ideal environment for cabernet sauvignon. The persistently grey skies so atypical for Australia provide the long, slow growing season that cabernet needs to develop fully ripe flavours.

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Giusti Cuvée Extra Brut

Vaporetto Prosecco Brut

Louis Roederer Brut Premier

Codorniu Clasico Brut

Jansz Tasmania Premium Cuvée

SPAIN

Oyster Bay Sparkling Cuvée Rosé

ITALY

ITALY

FR A NCE

$65.43

$17.29

$61.99

$13.99

NEW ZE A L A ND

Sophisticated, distinctive sparkler combines chardonnay and glera grapes

Refined, dry-tasting prosecco for your daily bubbly needs

Tiny bubbles, racy acidity, and elegance from a great champagne house

$25.99

Best buy for your next house party

$22.49

Premium sparkling wine from coolclimate Tasmania

Pretty, pink, perfectly pitched bubbles from a crowd favourite

AUSTR A LIA

UNSUNG GR APES

L’Acadie Blanc

Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut

FR A NCE

Bailly LaPierre Crémant de Bourgogne Réserve

$57.99

FR A NCE

Rich and toasty, this champagne is for food pairing

$24.49

Lanson Black Label Brut

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Perennial winner offers champagne-like experience for a steal

FR A NCE

Benjamin Bridge Méthode Classique Brut 2008

Wolf Blass Gold Label Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2012

$55.99

CA NA DA

AUSTR A LIA

Top-quality Grand Cru grower champagne combines power and elegance

$43.49

$24.99

Quickly becoming one of Canada’s cult wines

Stylish and wellpriced Aussie bubbly over-delivers yet again

This little-planted complex hybrid grape rises to new heights in Benjamin Bridge’s stylish Brut. Bred in Ontario to withstand –25˚C winters and a short growing season, it’s become Nova Scotia’s signature grape.

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L IGH T W H I T E Lemony, crisp light whites pair well with shellfish, while fruity aromatics with a whisper of sweetness will temper spicy cuisine BEST OF CATEGORY 50th Parallel Estate Riesling 2014 CA NA DA $18.00

Full of energy and drive, this Lake Country riesling displays floral perfume, lime citrus, and generous peach flavours. Minerally, mouthwatering succulence and a pleasingly dry finish make it a glorious food wine. Grant Stanley, who made wine at Quails’ Gate for a decade, has brought his immense talent to 50th Parallel Estate.

Unsworth Allegro 2014

Clos du Soleil Pinot Blanc 2014

Château de Sancerre Blanc 2014

La Chablisienne Chablis “La Pierrelée” 2013

CA NA DA

CA NA DA $19.90

$23.00

Characterful blend of two wacky grapes is on top wine lists

Delicious white from the rugged Similkameen Valley evokes pears and citrus

FR A NCE $26.29

FR A NCE

Graceful and minerally sauvignon blanc from the homeland

$29.49

Marisco The Ned Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Wild Goose Gewurztraminer 2014

Mission Hill Reserve Riesling 2014

Reh Kendermann Uber Riesling Kabinett 2014

NEW ZE A L A ND

CA NA DA

CA NA DA

GERM A N Y

$14.99

$20.65

$20.29

$14.79

Aromatic local hero with a whisper of fruit on the finish

Dry riesling lush with peach and lime flavours

Killer value offdry riesling for an uber-hot curry

Steely, lemony, minerally chablis defines light white

W H O S E M A R K E T I S I T A N Y WAY ?

Half the wines we drink are from abroad

6%

New Zealand

6%

Spain

7%

Others

8%

Chile

9%

Argentina

12%

France

14%

Australia

15%

Italy

23%

United States

Source: BC LDB, Quarterly Market Review March 2015

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L IGH T W H I T E

M E DI U M W H I T E Medium white wines offer a notable flavour and great adaptability for cheesy risotto, pizza Bianca, or rosso pasta sauce

Wine awards 2016

BEST OF CATEGORY The Bernard Series Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2013 SOU TH A FRICA $22.99

Haywire Switchback Vineyard Pinot Gris 2013

Fontanafredda Gavi DOCG 2013

CA NA DA $24.90

Suave Italian from a great estate in Piedmont

Game-changing Okanagan white, fermented in concrete eggs

ITALY $19.39

Laurenz V Singing Grüner Veltliner 2013

SpierHead Chardonnay 2014

AUSTRIA

$24.90

$19.99

Gorgeous steely chardonnay from a Kelowna winery to watch

If you’ve never tried Austria’s flagship grape, grüner veltliner, buy this

Paul Mas Pays d’Oc Viognier 2014

CedarCreek Estate Chardonnay 2013

SPAIN

Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Chardonnay 2013

FR A NCE

CA NA DA

$17.79

USA

$12.29

$16.49

Killer value from Spanish superstar Telmo Rodriguez

$26.79

Perfumed, rich, dry viognier grown in the sunny south of France

Gently oaked peachy and crisp chardonnay

Casal Garcia Vinho Verde

Telmo Rodriguez Basa 2014

PORTUGAL $10.99

Best-value light and zesty white blend from cool, coastal Portugal

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This ravishing wine from the staggeringly beautiful Cape Winelands shows chenin blanc in a new light. Native to the Loire Valley, chenin travelled to South Africa long ago, becoming the country’s mostplanted grape. Grown in high-altitude granitic vineyards, old vines lend depth and expression to this Meursaultlike thoroughbred.

Perfumed with white flowers, honey, and spice.

This stylish Napa benchmark has always kept on point

CA NA DA

Inniskillin Okanagan Discovery Series Chenin Blanc 2014 CA NA DA $14.70

Flavours of pear, honey, and sagebrush define this dry white

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M E DI U M W H I T E

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R ICH W H I T E Creamy, full-flavoured wines need weighty food like pork roast, grilled salmon, or triple cream cheese BEST OF CATEGORY Wolf Blass Gold Label Chardonnay 2014 AUSTR A LIA $22.99

C.C. Jentsch The Quest 2014

Clos du Soleil Capella 2014

CA NA DA

Jackson-Triggs Grand Reserve Riesling 2012

$17.90

CA NA DA

27.90

Stately white blend from star Golden Mile winery

$17.39

Elegant mélange of sauvignon blanc and semillon styled like Bordeaux blanc

Try this rich and weighty riesling with pâté or pork belly

The only repeat category winner this year is a celebration of consistency. The gold label series is special, focusing entirely on wines that express place and grape. High-altitude Adelaide Hills fruit gives this oaked chardonnay focus.

Flinty like good white Burgundy, with lemon curd and crème brulée favours, this vintage saw very low yields with tremendous concentration, lending extra richness.

CA NA DA

Taylors St. Andrews Chardonnay 2013 AUSTR A LIA $59.99

One of the most elegant, age-worthy chardonnays in Australia is worth every penny

UNSUNG GR APES

Vermentino

AUSTR ALIA

Kunde Sonoma Valley Chardonnay 2014

$17.49

USA

Louis Latour Ardèche Chardonnay 2014

Glorious bone-dry riesling struts lime and grapefruit succulence

$22.00

FR A NCE $15.99

Spicy, full-bodied rich white for a great price

Generous mouthfilling wine from top Burgundy house

Argiolas Vermentino di Sardegna Costamolino 2014

Wakefield Riesling 2015

ITALY $17.99

Dry white from Sardinia’s star grape, vermentino

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Vermentino is one of Italy’s great white grapes, where it achieves renown on the island of Sardinia, as well as the Tuscan and Ligurian coasts.

Delicate almond perfume, crisp acidity and mid weight make it a highly versatile white.

Le Vieux Pin Ava 2013 CA NA DA $34.90

Honeycomb flavours, waxy texture, resinous acidity, and a stony, dry finish

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SA K E As versatile as wine, sake can be deployed far beyond the Asian kitchen. Try nigori with prosciutto and melon, or refined junmai ginjo with smoked salmon and capers BEST OF CATEGORY SakéOne G Joy Genshu Junmai Ginjo USA $17.39

C.C. Jentsch Small Lots Series Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2014

Mission Hill No.5 Lone Pine Chardonnay 2013

Stina Pošip 2013

CA NA DA

CA NA DA $35.90

$45.00

Talented winemaker Amber Pratt is making sensational wines

Ultra-serious chardonnay for sale at winery and restaurants only

Runner-up best rich white stunner from the pošip grape grown in Croatia

Sake: is it beer or wine?

Actually, it’s both brewed and fermented, but that doesn’t matter.

The truth is that sake is brilliant with food— Asian and Western.

Sake comes in an array of styles and weights, and our judges loved the balance and hefty flavour of this bold and smartly packaged rice wine. Hand-crafted in Oregon using ancient Japanese techniques and premium American rice, it’s a perfect fusion of East and West, like our city.

CROATIA $46.99

USA $35.99

Masterfully oaked chardonnay for a fine dinner or a fine cellar

$21.99

Snow-white, rich, and creamy nigori is unfiltered sake SAKE RICE

Pošip

Many rice strains are used for sake production, but no matter the strain, sake quality hinges on polishing the grain to expose the starchy core. Finequality sake grades like daigingo have had 50 percent of the grain polished away.

Monte del Fra Custoza Superiore DOC Ca’ del Magro 2012

Yoshinogawa Gokujo Ginjo Premium Sake

ITALY $19.79

Brewing since 1548 in Niigata Prefecture, this is a refined fennelflavoured sake

Savoury white with creamy texture and sizzling acidity

USA

UNSUNG GR APES

Planted on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, pošip (say posh-ip) is a fine-quality white grape with firm acidity and orchard fruit fl avours. It’s also dried to make a popular Croatian dessert wine.

Beringer Luminus Chardonnay 2013

SakéOne Momokawa Pearl Junmai Ginjo Nigori Genshu

JA PA N $15.69

Gekkeikan Horin Ultra Premium Junmai Daiginjo Sake JA PA N $17.39

A top-of-the-line sake from California-based Gekkeikan

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RO SÉ

Wine awards

Combining the structure of red and the refreshment of white, pink wines are for 360 pleasure.

Try with Niçoise salad or steamed mussels

2016

L IGH T R E D Juicy, light reds are thirstquenching and bright. Try with grilled chorizo or salmon burgers BEST OF CATEGORY Garry Oaks Estate Pinot Noir + Zweigelt 2013

BEST OF CATEGORY Château de Nages ButiNages Rosé 2014

CA NA DA $25.00

How fitting that a wine from Salt Spring Island should trump this popular category. Wine from the fringe has never been hipper, and this frisky, gutsy wine defines marginal.

From a century farm overlooking the (ironic but fitting) Burgoyne Valley on Mt. Maxwell, the vines were planted 15 years ago on slopes so steep that some are terraced. Pinot noir and zweigelt sizzle in this edgy, juicy, peppery, red-berried wine.

FR A NCE $18.99

Rosé futures are way up these days, as more and more wine lovers enjoy them year-round. Syrah and grenache from stony vineyards in the southern Rhône Valley blend into a pomegranate-hued, savoury rosé. You’ll find wild strawberry and herbal notes, with fresh acidity, a grippy texture, and a dry finish for charcuterie or sausage stew.

Tinhorn Creek Oldfield Series Rosé 2014

Kismet Estate Infinity Rosé 2014

CA NA DA

$15.99

$19.99

Appetizing, fullflavoured rosé for spicy cuisine

Cabernet franc gives this rosé heft, structure, and a herbal punch

CA NA DA

UNSUNG GR APES

Grenache

St. Hubertus & Oak Bay Estate Pinot Noir 2012

Red Rooster Pinot Noir 2014

CA NA DA

CA NA DA

$18.29

$18.90

$20.00

Lip-smacking raspberry-flavoured rosé for a steal

Cleansing pinot with pure fruit and vigorous acidity

Plums, cherries, and a kiss of Okanagan sagebrush

Stoneboat Faux Pas Rosé 2014

Haywire Gamay Noir Rosé 2014

CA NA DA

CA NA DA

Okanagan Crush Pad Narrative Rosé 2014

$18.90

$17.86

Expressive dry rosé gets a shot of pinotage for extra stuffing

Light, crisp, bone-dry rosé from juicy gamay is an Okanagan classic

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Known as garnacha in its native Spain, grenache travelled to France and Italy long ago when the Kingdom of Aragon dominated the southern Mediterranean. Famed for rosés (like our ButiNages), Rioja blends, and Côtes du Rhone wines, it loves a hot climate.

CA NA DA

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M E DI U M R E D Expressive fruit and modest tannins are tame enough for fish yet flavourful enough for pepperoni pizza or meatloaf BEST OF CATEGORY Fontodi Chianti Classico 2011 ITA LY $31.99

It’s fair to call this classy Chianti runnerup for Best of Show, so close was the gripping final ballot among our judges. Sited in the heart of the Chianti Classico region and organically farmed since 2008, this all-sangiovese wine is aged in old barrels.

Judges praised its fruity, spicy, earthy, oaky layers, all given extra dimension from a warm and generous vintage. It’s a true and pure expression of the grape and terroir.

Arrowleaf Pinot Noir 2013

Niche Pinot Noir 2014

CA NA DA

CA NA DA

$17.39

$24.22

A pure, fresh pinot that has wowed at many competitions

Red and black fruit flavours for grilled local salmon

SPAIN $11.99

Bodegas Castaño Lujuria 2014

Marotti Campi Orgiolo Lacrima di Morro d’Alba DOC Superiore 2013

Santa Carolina Reserva Pinot Noir Maule Valley 2014

Two Hands Angels’ Share McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012

Giovanni Rosso Langhe Nebbiolo 2012

Undurraga Sibaris Pinot Noir Gran Reserva 2013

CHILE $12.29

AUSTR A LIA $34.99

ITA LY

CHILE $13.99

Powerful yet elegant wine from prized oldvine shiraz in ancient terroir

$26.99

Eloquently transmits the exceptional terroir of the chilly Leyda Valley

SPAIN $8.99

Soft and supple Spanish blend is a colossal value

ITALY $25.99

Lithe and exotic red from the Marche’s rare lacrima grape

Navarro López Pergolas Old Vines Tempranillo Crianza 2012 Mellow tempranillo blend is a well-loved Spanish bargain

Deep cherry flavours with woodsy smoke

Nebbiolo’s distinctive flavour, for a steal

Damilano Lecinquevigne Barolo 2010 ITA LY $43.99

Perfumed, leathery, muscular wine typifies the “tar and roses” of Barolo

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M E DI U M R E D

Wine awards 2016

Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir 2012

Casa Planeta Syrah 2013

AUSTR ALIA

Brotte La Fiole Côtes du Rhône 2013

Montes Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

ITA LY

Altos Las Hormigas Malbec Reserva 2012

CHILE

Castiglion del Bosco Rosso di Montalcino 2012

$26.09

FR A NCE $17.49

$15.59

A RGEN TINA

Cool-climate Yarra pinot noir that’s sleek and silky

$14.99

ITA LY

Silky smooth, spicy southern Rhône blend for your next hearty braise

Judges adored this dense but juicy syrah from famous Sicilian estate Planeta

$30.99

Plush and polished cabernet from one of Chile’s great valleys

$24.49

Vistalba Corte C 2014

Moon Curser Carmenere 2013

Cusumano Sicilia Nero d’Avola 2013

Telmo Rodriguez Viña 105 2013

Luccarelli Puglia Negroamaro 2012

ARGEN TINA

CA NA DA

ITA LY

Mezzomondo Salento Negroamaro 2014

SPAIN

ITA LY

$20.49

$42.90

$16.29

ITA LY

$12.99

Memorable malbec blend from prestigious Mendoza terroir

Chile’s signature grape clearly loves the Okanagan

Sicilian warmth and terroir shines through chewy fig and cassis flavours

$19.79

$8.99

Robust bistro red from savant winemaker Telmo Rodrigues

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Exceptional malbec that’s an internationally acknowledged benchmark

Soft, fruit-forward red is well-built and well-priced

Think of this as baby brunello for earlier drinking and less money

Cheerful bargain red from the heel of Italy’s boot

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Bodegas Piqueras Castillo de Almansa Reserva 2011

Stags’ Leap Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

SPAIN $12.29

$49.99

Pour, sip, repeat, and pat yourself on the back for scoring such a steal

Pedigreed Napa cab with powerful black fruit from a superb vintage

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R ICH R E D

Wine awards

Bold and powerful, these reds are loaded with flavour, emphatic tannins, and rich body. Best in a big-bowled glass with robust food: stir-fried beef or steak tartare

2016

BEST OF CATEGORY Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 AUSTR ALIA $24.49

Our Best of Show is the 57th edition of an Australian classic.

Signature cassis, a hint of mint fragrance, and savoury dark fruit flavours glide over smooth and seamless tannins.

Well-etched acidity and Coonawarra’s dusty mineral stamp shows on the long, firm finish. Fullbodied and elegant, with claret-like refreshment, this is the kind of wine to buy by the case and tuck away for a decade.

Painted Rock Syrah 2013

C.C. Jentsch Syrah 2013

Musella Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2012

Poplar Grove Munson Cabernet Franc 2012

CA NA DA

CA NA DA

$34.69

$29.90

Cool-climate B.C. syrah with black fruit, cracked pepper, and lithe tannins

This champion was the best syrah in the recent Judgment of BC

ITA LY $28.99

$34.90

Think of this tip-top quality valpolicella as baby amarone

One of Canada’s most celebrated wines from elite Poplar Grove

Heartland Spice Trader Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

KWV Roodeberg 2012

Giusti Umberto I 2008

SOU TH A FRICA

ITA LY

Howard Park Leston Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

$12.29

$181.70

AUSTR A LIA $35.99

AUSTR A LIA $17.49

Seven-grape Cape classic that’s been around since 1949 at an astonishing price

Impressive vin de garde from a Canadian-owned Venetian estate

CA NA DA

B E H I N D T H E W I N E C U R TA I N  Our backroom sommeliers are as expert as our judges. It takes many hands to successfully stage these wine awards, and we have Vancouver’s top somms queue up to toil in the back. They arrive at 8am, coffee mugs in hand, and get to work polishing then stickering thousands of glasses, cranking out corks, torqueing screw caps, and pouring wine at a ferocious pace. All day long, giant trays topped with winefilled glasses are borne into the judging room with silent flair. Our somms heave wine cases around, dump spittoons, banter about wines they like. Then they leave at 5pm for their restaurants, where they pair, open, and pour wine until the doors close.

That’s 17 hours on their feet, and they’re back for more at 8am, coffee mugs in hand.

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Cab-shiraz blend from superstar winemaker Ben Glaetzer

Margaret River is the region for elegant, structured, ageable cabernet sauvignon

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R ICH R E D

Wine awards 2016

Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Wolf Blass Gold Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Poplar Grove The Legacy 2011

Glen Carlou Grand Classique 2011

Colomé Estate Malbec 2012

CA NA DA

SOU TH A FRICA

A RGEN TINA

Langmeil Barossa Valley Floor Shiraz 2013

AUSTR ALIA

$49.90

$19.99

$26.99

AUSTR A LIA $29.49

USA $35.99

$24.49

Blue-blooded cabernet sauvignon hits all the brain’s pleasure centres

Inky, earthy, curranty, minty beauty from the Gold Label program

Potent and polished four-grape blend from the Naramata Bench

Elegant, classified growth wine from Paarl

From the world’s highest-altitude vineyards, this is very special malbec

High-impact shiraz from one of the custodians of Barossa’s old-vine heritage UNSUNG GR APES

Amarone

Gabbiano Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2011

Ca’Rugate Amarone della Valpolicella 2009

Tinhorn Creek Oldfield Series Merlot 2012

Ruffino Modus 2012

Emiliana Coyam 2012

ITA LY

CHILE $27.49

ITALY $24.99

ITALY $62.99

CA NA DA $27.49

$30.49

Benchmark Chianti shows consistent quality vintage after vintage

Superb velvety amarone with molten dark fruit—a fireside wine

Dark chocolate, fruitcake, and toasty oak combine to great effect

Modern, well-priced Tuscan wine blends sangiovese, merlot, and cab

Hoard a case of this biodynamic, globallyadmired Chilean red blend

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Amarone is a powerful Venetian wine made from a blend of red grapes. Corvina and Corvinone often form the backbone (as in our Ca’Rugate winner) and, while they sound similar, are distinct varieties. Both grapes are air-dried after picking for three months, to concentrate dark cherry fl avours.

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DE S SE RT/FORT I F I E D A diverse collection of wines boosted in sweetness or alcohol. Fortifieds flatter savoury foods like strong cheeses or nuts, while sweet wines uplift desserts such as lemon tarts or chocolate truffles

Wine awards 2016

THE JUDGES

BEST OF CATEGORY

DJ Kearney Chief judge

Cockburn’s Special Reserve

Alana Dickson Competition manager

PORTUGAL

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Celebrating 200 years of production, Cockburn’s (say Coe-burn’s) is now part of the prestigious Symington family of ports. First created in 1969, it quickly became the world’s leading reserve ruby port. High-quality wines are burnished for years in oak casks, fashioning a mellow, spicy ruby port for stilton cheese or chocolate truffles.

Christina Burridge BC Seafood Alliance executive director Rhys Pender, MW Owner, WinePlus+

Elephant Island Framboise 2014

Whistler Viognier Icewine 2014

CA NA DA

CA NA DA

$18.99

$55.00

Tangy raspberry flavour for ice cream or chocolate pairing

Jasmine perfume, apricot flavours, and silken texture

Iain Philip Barbariain Wine Consulting; senior wine instructor, Art Institute of Vancouver Terry Threlfall Sommelier and wine consultant JUDGES Sid Cross Wine and food educator Anthony Gismondi Gismondionwine.com, Wine Align principal critic Kurtis Kolt Wine consultant and journalist, the Georgia Straight

Micheala Morris Wine writer and educator Tim Pawsey Journalist, the Courier, North Shore News, and HiredBelly.com Barbara Philip, MW Barbariain Wine Consulting; buyer, BC LDB Treve Ring Executive editor, Gismondi on Wine; national managing editor, WineAlign Mark Taylor Owner, Siena Trattoria and Biercraft Wesbrook Village Shane Taylor Wine director, CinCin BACK ROOM Beck Chung Amber Dickson Kieren Fanning Alex Kearney Kristi Linneboe Suzanne Martin Jayton Paul Peter van de Reep Di Wu Hao Yang Wang THANK YOU

Sebastien Le Goff Service director and sommelier, Cactus Club Café restaurants

Special thanks to the Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites for hosting our three-day competition

Bryant Mao Wine director, Hawksworth Restaurant

CedarCreek Estate Platinum Riesling Icewine 2014

Pillitteri Estates Vidal Icewine 2013 CA NA DA

Inniskillin Okanagan Riesling Icewine 2013

CA NA DA

$19.99

CA NA DA $52.19

$52.99

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Audain spent years searching for a place to house his massive private collection, mostly in Vancouver.

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it was the morning of september 21, 2012, and Whistler had never looked better. The leaves were just turning colour, the weather was unseasonably warm, and the village was buzzing with short-sleeved tourists soaking it all in. Just across the road from the gondola, a 75-year-old man quietly contemplated the municipal works yard, a utility space sandwiched between two vast public parking lots. It was in the village, but there were ample mature trees around, evoking a real sense of nature. The man liked that. A group assembled around him included the new mayor, Nancy Wilhelm-Morden, and Whistler’s chief administration officer, Mike Furey, and they discussed the site’s attributes: it had the trees, of course, but it also flanked Fitzsimmons Creek and was near the main and upper villages, yet set apart from both. Later, over trays of catered sandwiches, they discussed the topic at hand: was there a possibility that the man would locate his proposed museum in the mountain community. The mayor started the discussion: “What can we do to make this project happen?”

It was all Michael Audain needed to hear.

Fast forward to today, January 2016, when the Audain Art Museum is preparing to open its doors within a few months, an astoundingly fast 40 months after that fateful day. (By contrast, the VAG was engaged in the act of investigating the idea of a new building for over 120 months.) The stunning new 56,000-sq.-ft., Patkau-designed museum will be a raft of firsts: the first privately funded museum of this scale in the province’s history, the first art museum in Whistler, the first museum dedicated to spanning

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British Columbia’s art from pre-contact to modern day. Most importantly, it will be the crowning gift of man who has spent a good part of his lifetime engaged in the pursuit of philanthropy.

Even now, as Audain discusses that day of his decision, he’s awed by how quickly it all came together.

“It wasn’t more than a couple of hours after visiting that site that we decided to move ahead,” he recalls.

Sitting in his comfortable but low-key office on a stretch of West Broadway best known for utilitarian doctor’s offices, he confesses that the very idea for a private museum had only been on his mind for a few months prior to that day. “I had been on the VAG relocation committee from 2006 to 2011 and it had always been my hope to see a new museum started during that time,” he says. His generous gifts to that museum—including Emily Carr’s Emily and Lizzie— and to the National Gallery in Ottawa speak to a man who clearly had no aspirations to build his own museum. But as his tenure on the museum’s board went on it became clear that a new VAG—one capable of housing his art collection—wouldn’t be happening anytime soon, and he began to think what to do with his ever-expanding collection. Ever since he bought his first piece in the early 1960s (a $25 piece by Bill Bissett) Audain has been governed by two maxims: he only buys art he can’t live without, and he has always imagined that his art would someday be enjoyed by the public.

Snippets of Audain’s 200-odd pieces had been shown in a VAG show in 2011, but the sheer scope of the collection was known only to a select few. There

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“I’m a firm believer that we only ever have custody of great works of art”

Renderings of the Audain Art Museum, a 56,000-sq.-ft. building (designed by Patkau Architects) in the middle of Whistler Village—yet surrounded by trees, evoking a sense of nature. It will be Whistler’s first art museum

is of course the legendary stash of Emily Carrs he has amassed, most notably The Crazy Stair (The Crooked Staircase), for which he quietly paid a record $3.4 million in 2013. But there is also one of the greatest private collections of northwest First Nations art and major pieces from every modern British Columbia artist from Jack Shadbolt and Gordon Smith to Jeff Wall and Rodney Graham. In terms of spanning the art of this province, it has only the VAG as an equal.

It was always Audain’s intention to have the massive body of works he has collected put on public display. “I’m a firm believer that we only ever have custody of great works of art,” he says. But it was clear if he wanted to be secure in the knowledge that this would be done in his lifetime, he’d have to take matters into his own hands.

While the idea of an eponymous gallery was never a dream for the intensely private housing magnate, in reflection he speaks of a long-held affinity for the concept of the smaller museum. As a young man, Audain visited the Dulwich Picture Gallery near London and was struck to learn that the museum was created from the bequeathment of a single large set of once privately held works.

Later, he and his wife, Yoshiko Karasawa, would visit the Maeght museum in Saint-Paul de Vence in the South of France and likewise marvel at the completeness of a museum stemming from one family’s personal collection. The personal aspect of the collection is the sole reason his name is on the museum at all. “I had originally thought of naming it after Princess Diana,“ he recalls. “I greatly admired her

bravery in teaching the world about AIDS… but I was persuaded that because the collection has such a personal bent, it would make sense to put our name on the building.” But, he quickly adds, “Who knows, one day a future board might decide to rename the building”—as if the prospect was of no import to him in the least.

But the idea of one’s own museum and the reality of building it are two very different matters. The first decision was where to locate it. The first and most obvious choice was Vancouver, but despite several meetings with City Hall and even a few inspections of potential sites, the idea went nowhere—a fact that still irks many of the city’s art lovers, who feel that the Robertson regime was insufficiently motivated to take advantage of Audain’s hugely generous gift. Other suburbs were considered and Audain even seriously investigated locating the museum in Pender Harbour, where he and Karasawa have long maintained a summer home. But there was always a catch—a slow-moving bureaucracy, a site too distant or isolated—such that by early September of 2012 the multi-million-dollar collection of art still had no serious prospect of a home. And then Audain’s longtime friend, Jim Moodie, suggested Whistler.

Audain’s company, Polygon Homes Ltd., was one of the few Vancouver builders that had never built in Whistler, and as neither Audain nor Karasawa ski, they had spent scant time in the mountain community. But Jim Moodie had long been involved in Whistler development and thought its mix of international visitors coupled with a new progressive town council

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SEMINAL WORKS FROM THE AUDAIN COLLECTION Audain made the news when he bought Emily Carr’s The Crazy Stair (The Crooked Staircase) for $3.4 million in 2013; E.J. Hughes’s Departure from Nanaimo anchors a seminal collection of that artist’s work; and a late 19th century Sun Mask from a Kwakwaka’wakw artist

should be a serious consideration, so he took it upon himself to call the new mayor.

As Nancy Wilhelm-Morden finished her conversation with Moodie she couldn’t believe her luck. She and an entirely new town council had been elected less than a year before on the platform of actively transforming the town of Whistler away from being solely reliant on the famed snowy vertical for its prosperity. “All I could think of was what a mind-boggling opportunity this was for the municipality. We had a broad goal of moving towards a more weather-independent, long-term plan and the growth of cultural tourism was going to be a cornerstone of that,” Wilhelm-Morden says. The concept of a philanthropist with one of the greatest collections in the country not only willing to donate his art but also create the building to house it could not have found a more receptive audience. “I was incredibly concerned about not letting this opportunity slip away,” she says.

Despite the initial excitement, Audain still had to find an architect, a builder, and a team of curators. Whistler leaders needed the support of council and the community, the rezoning of the property, and a way to lease it in a manner that assured the long-term tenure of the museum. It’s these sorts of details that can turn a fast-track project into a delay of, well, VAG-like proportions. But there was too much at stake for both Audain and the municipality to let that happen, so by December, Audain and Karasawa were standing in front of Whistler town council, signing the formal memorandum of understanding with Wilhelm-Morden. As the mayor put pen to paper, she whispered to Audain, “My hands are shaking,” to which he whispered back, “Mine are too.” But in short order, the land was soon rezoned and a lease drawn up. Whistler proposed 99 years; Audain said, “Put a one in front of that and it’s a deal.” An unheard-of 199-year lease at the bargain price of $100 was offered to the museum. Less than

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a year after Audain first laid eyes on the site, ground was broken.

The building that will open will be a far cry from the modest wooden structure Audain envisioned at first. For starters, it will be a lot bigger. The original plan in the memorandum called for a structure of 25,000 square feet, but Audain soon realized that while such a space could accommodate his holdings, it wouldn’t be able to host touring shows. Audain also secured the long-term loan of 15 major E.J. Hughes canvases from Vancouver’s Barbeau Owen Foundation and needed a gallery to display them. Plans were quickly modified to bring the museum up to its present 56,000 square feet. The finished product will include not just the exhibition space but also a conservator’s space and a formal Japanese tea room where Audain and Karasawa will be able to welcome visitors, and the museum its VIPs. An outdoor sculpture garden is also in the works.

For most people, overseeing such a Herculean process would be a full-time job, but it’s one Audain somehow manages while still actively involved as the chair of Polygon. He is also still the honorary chair of the VAG and is sincere in the hope that the new building will proceed (the extensive blueprints of which were sitting on his coffee table awaiting his review).

Then there is Audain’s other philanthropic local work: he and Polygon recently donated $4 million to the new location for North Vancouver’s Presentation House Gallery (to be renamed The Polygon Gallery and, like Whistler, also to be designed by the Patkaus). But it’s clear that the opening of the Audain Art Museum has the normally reserved man more than a little excited. When asked what impact it will have on him, he gazes at a monumental Takao Tanabe canvas on one wall and at an E.J. Hughes above his desk and a huge Robert Davidson mask around the corner and quips, with typical understatement, “I guess my office walls are going to look a little bare.” VM

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The Big Chill Once considered long on potential but short on results, Vancouver Island’s cooler Cowichan Valley is perfectly positioned to be the next big wine region by neal m c lenna n the grape harvest in the okanagan this year was a full three weeks earlier than normal. While some oohed and aahed about “the vintage of the century,” others had serious concerns about the effects of climate change and the long-term viability of the region (and much of Washington and California, to boot). Enter Vancouver Island, a wine region whose main fault—the occasional inability to fully ripen its grapes—suddenly seems like a smart bet for the 2025 vintage.

And just as its cool climate is suddenly in vogue, its wineries are doubling down—some with sleek new spaces, some with deep-pocketed new owners, and all with a serious dedication to winemaking.

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Young Langley native Mike Nierychlo and wife Robin—the M and R pronunciation behind their Emandare winery (Emandarevineyard. com)—have bought a beautiful vineyard overlooking Somenos Lake. Mike, who ran a successful wine-tasting YouTube channel in Vancouver, is building the winery by himself (its tasting room is set to open this summer) and, if that weren’t enough, they’re also pioneers on the all-natural front—no irrigation, no commercial yeasts, organic farming techniques, and the bare minimum of sulfur. So far the results are stunning—the future of Island wine rests here.

Retired physician Andy Johnston founded Averill Creek (Averillcreek.ca) in 2001, which makes him the de facto grandfather of Island wine and the voice of experience in these parts. His early

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FIELD NOTES ISLAND VIBE Vancouver Island has 390 acres of planted grapes totalling 4% of all of B.C.’s vineyards

THREE’S COMPANY There are three wine regions of Vancouver Island: Cowichan Valley, Saanich Peninsula, and Comox Valley

GOOD TIMES Most wineries open for tours and tastings May to September, a few year-round.

Weekend visits are best as many are closed Mondays or Tuesdays

Averill Creek vineyard, late autumn

pinots helped put this wine region on the map and his still-modern winery with its million-dollar view of Cowichan Bay showed everyone that the region’s wine didn’t have to be made in a converted garage.

“The Island’s version of Mission Hill” is how more than one resident described the pricey regeneration of Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Vineyard (Bluegrouse.ca) by its owner, Paul Brunner. The ultramodern, two-storey winery/tasting room is the nicest in the region, as is the winemaking equipment.

The slate of wines from winemaker Bailey Williamson channel aromatics and freshness above all else.

Kerrisdale resident Tim Turyk bought property in 2009, promptly opened Unsworth (Unsworthvineyards.com), and so far has made owning a winery look downright easy. The on-site restaurant is hopping and each year’s production

gets a little larger—but still not enough to satisfy the drinking public’s demand as they routinely sell out.

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The area does B&Bs well; not so much resorts—so until one of the wineries (we’re looking at you, Blue Grouse) builds some nice vineyard accommodation, you’re bunking in at the Oceanfront Suites at Cowichan Bay (Oceanfrontcowichanbay.com). The facade screams family road trip, but the rooms—each overlooking the Cowichan Bay Marina—are all suites and stocked with a full complement of wine glasses.

* Note: Request the 5th floor: the rooms here have all been redone with sleek ash-grey floors, slick Marvel fridges, and Blomberg cooktops.

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Unsworth is one of two B.C. wineries making Proseccostyle sparkling wine (Oliver’s Stoneboat Vineyards is the other), and one sip of their Charme de L’Ile shows the potential of bubbles to be a pillar of the area’s growth

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Daniel Hudson of Hudson’s on First (Hudsonsonfirst.ca) is that rare breed of chef who has both a wonderfully experimental palate and a customer-first approach to cooking, so you never leave more impressed than happy. His restaurant, set in a 106-year-old heritage building in downtown Duncan, has been at the top since it opened in late 2012 and his mix of attentive service (the valley’s Achilles heel) and innovative cuisine has not wavered since. Dishes like roast cauliflower risotto with truffles—for $17—set the standard in the region.

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Frederic Desbiens and wife Ingrid Lehwald arrived in the valley in 2006, planted their first grapes in 2008, and opened the adjacent rural Saison Market Vineyard (Saisonmarket.ca)— where Lehwald serves as in-house baker—in 2009. Today, Desbiens is the region’s most sought-after grape grower (his grapes go quietly into many top local wines), but that demand is nothing compared to the crush of people clamouring for Lehwald’s pastries and bread. Grab a seat on a Saturday morning and you’ll see every winemaker in town make time for a coffee and a scone.

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year’s Deerholme Vegetable Cookbook being the most recent of his 12 titles), and longtime Vancouver magazine Restaurant Awards judge Bill Jones was a pioneer when he opened the agrarian mecca that is Deerholme Farm (Deerholme.com) over a decade ago. Now, he’s a local legend. If one of his famous themed farm-totable dinners is on, drop everything and go—it’s likely to be the best meal in the province that night. Local food with foraged wild fare and global technique make for revelatory plates like Chanterelle and prawn toast with hazelnut sate sauce. VM

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Carruthers & Humphrey focuses on beautiful natural-looking outcomes, ensuring our patiences feel like the best version of themselves, throughout the ages. Combined with their attentive patient care model, world-class clinic and ground-breaking research, perhaps 2016 is the year to try new things after all.

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“I went through my closet last week and donated all my size 12-14 clothing. I’m now fitting into size

8-10 and I like how I look in clothing for the first time in 10 years. I am heading into my 40’s in the best shape of my life. CoolSculpting completely kick-started my new healthy lifestyle journey. I was so happy to see that I didn’t have to ‘crash diet’ or starve myself to see great results in a short period of time, and the staff at Pender Medi Spa have been incredibly supportive.

I recently ran into a few people I hadn’t seen in over a year and they didn’t recognize me. One said, ”I looked over and thought…is that Renee? But then I thought no…that girl is too slim to be Renee.” But it was ME – the new me!!

I still socialize with friends and go for cocktails here and there. I’m a social person and need to have a balance that allows me a bit of both worlds for a more sustainable longterm life program. My confidence is growing by the day while my health is also getting better. I couldn’t be happier.”

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