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Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival

Mar 2, 2006

By Catherine Barr

 

The 28th Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival was held all last week at various venues around the city. France may have been the host country this year but they were not alone as 15 countries and 186 wineries took part in wine dinners, trade tastings, seminars and feature food events. The Bacchanalia Gala Dinner and Auction brought out the big bidders at the Fairmont Vancouver March 1, but the International Festival Tasting Room at the Vancouver Convention Centre was where friends met last weekend to sample some 1,320 individual bottles for themselves.


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Pouring the sauvignon at the Omaka Springs table were Ian "Blagg" Marchant and Erika McGrannathan.
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Maxxium and Authentic wine reps got a chance to sample at the trade tasting last Thursday. From left: Lee Ivans, Claire Boutin, Mickey So and Rob Dion.
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At the Festival Tasting Room, Claudia Kroll (left) and Erica Crawford kept the glasses filled with a selection of New Zealand Kim Crawford wines, made by Erica's husband.
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Savory Coast Restaurant's Dee Anand (left) and Aslan Sinclair sampled and swirled at the trade tasting days.
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Stile Wines' own sommelier salesman Kyle McIntyre (left), was seen with Whistler's Bearfoot Bistro icon Andre St. Jacques who didn't let a torn tendon, or his wheelchair, keep him from bidding on the best at the Gala auction.
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Argentina's Iduna Weinert was thrilled to help host the Tango Night wine dinner at Capilano Golf and Country Club where she met newly elected West Van MP Blair Wilson (left), club member Dave Bull and guest Mark McAlduff.
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Party guests Traci Myles (left) and wine rep Megan Moyle posed with winemaker Ray Signorello and his Gala purchase - a $32,000 bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild 2000 which was on display at his house during his famous wine fest after party.

 

     

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