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Blind Tasting Review: 2009 Boekenhoutskloof Porcupine Ridge Syrah

by paulkamon 01.17.2011

I have been playing a wine game with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town and beyond where I show up with a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind. By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved.
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PR Party – 2011 Special Events Edition

by Editor 01.15.2011

Tickets on sale now for Tales of the Cocktail Vancouver!; Tickets to Playhouse Wine Fest on sale January 25th; The Glowbal Collection: Countdown to Dine Out Vancouver; Blue Mountain and Friends: A Feast for the Senses; Eat Drink Local – January 16-19; Red Card Puts a Unique Spin on Dine Out 2011; Upcoming events at Legacy [...]

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Thumbnail image for Blind Tasting Review: 2007 Doña Paula Los Cardos Cabernet Sauvignon

Blind Tasting Review: 2007 Doña Paula Los Cardos Cabernet Sauvignon

by paulkamon 01.04.2011

I have been playing a wine game with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town and beyond where I show up with a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind. By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved.
Come inside and read the review of our [...]

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Imminent Holidays PR Delivery

by Editor 12.21.2010

Vancouver restaurant industry trio make Food Bank appeal; Blue Mountain and Friends: A Feast for the Senses; Maenam goes southern Thai; New Year’s Eve wine drinker dinner at Two Chefs and a Table; The GLOWBAL COLLECTION of Restaurants celebrate New Year’s Eve; Celebrate the holidays at Hamilton Street Grill; Holiday events at db bistro and [...]

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Incoming Pre-Holiday PR Transmission

by Editor 12.11.2010

CRU Restaurant & Osoyoos Larose winemaker’s dinner; TOC Cocktail apprentice program coming to Vancouver; Mission Hill Family Estate celebrates first decade of the bells; ‘Tis The Season…LFNG Portfolio gifting ideas; ‘Tis the season for lingering lunches at Pied-à-Terre; Todd Howard appointed Executive Chef of CinCin Ristorante; Top Table holiday info; Christmas & New Years Offering [...]

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Laughing Stock Wine Party at Divino

by paulkamon 12.06.2010

Every once in a while a restaurant can surprise you with a few ‘wow moments’ that you neither expected nor imagined when you first sat down.  This ephemeral moment is where the flavours converge to momentarily silence and focus your mind, they imprint deeply and pleasurably into your palate’s evolving memory for future reference. Last [...]

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PR Snowball!

by Editor 11.24.2010

Advance tickets for North America’s leading wine festival on sale November 30th; JoieFarm Wines receive rave reviews; Legacy Liquor Store opens its doors at Millennium Water on November 25; Celebrate the holidays at Hart House; Savour the flavours of winter with new menus at Restaurant 62; Culinary Capers’ Beijing operation moves into great new space; [...]

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Le Gavroche and Tinhorn Creek Seek Gold

by Degan Beley 11.22.2010

When the oldest fine-dining restaurant in Vancouver teams up with an established Okanagan winery, you know that good things are going to happen. Tinhorn Creek and Le Gavroche have been a solid team for years, and now they’ve recently announced that proprietor and chef of Le Gavroche, Manny Ferreira, and Tinhorn Creek will launch a [...]

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Wine and Music Convene at Sutton Place

by Katherine van der Gracht 11.22.2010

Care for a little classical music with your Cabernet? LaStella Winery owners Sean and Saeedeh Salem and director of the winery, Rasoul Salehi certainly do, as was demonstrated by the lavish November Wine Maker’s Dinner hosted by Vancouver’s Sutton Place Hotel this past Tuesday evening.

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Wines of Castilla-La Mancha

by Katherine van der Gracht 11.10.2010

In mid-November, AIS Wine Imports will unveil sixteen exclusively selected value-driven wines from the Spanish region of Castilla-La Mancha through a series of public tastings in 38 wine stores around the province. Finally, European pricing comes to North America, as these in-store releases will feature a distinctive new line of vibrant Spanish reds and whites [...]

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Autumn Season PR Celebration

by Editor 10.19.2010

Cornucopia kicks off the 2010 Season in style on November 11-14; Sydney Island Venison Week at The Cascade Room; Corner Suite and Caleb’s Hope team up for a star-studded benefit dinner on October 19; Seasons in the Park wine tasting; Organic wine and food tasting at Hamilton Street Grill; Sweeney’s Hockey Night in Yaletown; Two [...]

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VQA Celebrates 20 Years of BC Wine

by paulkamon 10.05.2010

BC wines have come a long and storied way in 20 years. With the launch of the Vintner’s Quality Alliance standards in 1990, when the business was still in flux from the GATT treaty from 2 years prior resulting in a massive replanting, the stage was ceremoniously set for BC’s fledgling wine industry to embark [...]

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