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Chef Meets Grape

September 23rd, 2011 admin

Chef Ned Bell of the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver

Last night I attended Chef meets Grape, the largest annual celebration of BC VQA wines and local food with 75 BC wineries sharing their new fall releases, delectably paired with inspired dishes from 12 top Ocean Wise partner restaurants.

Each of the twelve restaurants, renowned for their delectable wine and food pairings, each created appetizer-sized portions of a dish using BC ingredients, paired with their selected BC VQA wine.

YEW Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver "Salmon 3 Ways" & Painted Rock Chardonnay 2009.

I sampled all the dishes tasting my way around the room and my favourite and most impressive dish was “Salmon 3 Ways” created by Chef Ned Bell and his team from YEW Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver which was perfectly paired with the Painted Rock Chardonnay 2009.

Fraiche with their Confit: Thiessen Farms Pheasant & Wild Mushroom Tart paired with Laughing Stock Portfolio 2008

Miradoro with his Angus Beef Meatball paired with Tinhorn Creek Oldfield series Merlot 2008

O’Doul’s with his Pinot Noir cured Pacific Provider Wild Pink Salmon paired with Garry Oaks Pinot Noir 2009

The other dishes that I enjoyed the most were Chef Jefferson Alvarez of Fraiche with their Confit: Thiessen Farms Pheasant & Wild Mushroom Tart paired with Laughing Stock Portfolio 2008; along with Chef Jeff Van Geest of Miradoro with his Angus Beef Meatball paired with Tinhorn Creek Oldfield series Merlot 2008; along with Chef Chris Whittaker of O’Doul’s with his Pinot Noir cured Pacific Provider Wild Pink Salmon paired with Garry Oaks Pinot Noir 2009.

Ethical Bean's Emily Sproule and their Chocolate Toffee Explosion Donuts

Guests were able to taste over 250 award-winning Wines of British Columbia, as well as treat themselves to Apple Pie Ice Cream cones from Miradoro, chocolates from Daniel Chocolate Belge along with Fair Trade Donuts and Coffee from Ethical Bean.

Organized by the British Columbia Wine Institute (BCWI), ChefmeetsGrape is proud to support the Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise program, the event was held at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

By: Richard Wolak

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ChefmeetsGrape September 22

September 7th, 2011 admin

ChefmeetsGrape, the largest annual celebration of BC VQA wines and local food, is once again coming to Vancouver! On Thursday, September 22, 75 BC wineries will be sharing their new fall releases, delectably paired with inspired dishes from 12 top Ocean Wise partner restaurants.

This year, guests will enjoy wines from all of British Columbia’s five designated viticultural areas and sample dishes from top chefs from Vancouver, Whistler and the Okanagan. The twelve restaurants in this year’s event, renowned for their delectable wine and food pairings, will compete for the honour of “Judges Choice”, as they each create appetizer-sized portions of a dish using BC ingredients, paired with their selected BC VQA wine. New this year is a critic’s choice raw bar (sponsored by the BC Shellfish Growers Association) featuring wine pairings from top BC wine writers and sommeliers.

With over 250 award-winning Wines of British Columbia, 12 mouth-watering dishes, and the critics’ choice raw bar, this is truly an evening you and your tastebuds will never forget!

Organized by the British Columbia Wine Institute (BCWI), ChefmeetsGrape is proud to support the Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise program with 10% of all proceeds going towards their vital conservation efforts. Tickets are $85 (plus HST & s/c), and available through Tickets Tonight at ticketstonight.ca or by phone (604-684-2787).

For up-to-date event details, visit winebc.com.

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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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Taste and Sip at TASTE BC 2010

January 23rd, 2010 admin

I recently attended Taste BC, 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.

Sabelfish Crostini by Bridges

Vista D’Oro Wines

Le Vieux Pin Wines

Oysters from Rodney's Oyster House

Race Rocks Amber Ale

Red Roofs Apple Cider 2007

Wild Sweets Chocolates

Forbidden Fruit Winery

Raven Ridge Cidery

For Wine, both Le Vieux Pin Sigma Blanc white blend NV and Le Vieux Pin Pinot Noir “Belle” 2006 from (Le Vieux Pin in Oliver); the Vista D’Oro 2007 from (Vista D’Oro in Langley), the Pearsuasian Asian Pear 2008, Caught Apricot Mistelle 2008 and the Cerise D’Eve Cherry Port 2007 all from (Forbidden Fruit Winery). For Beer, the Race Rocks Amber Ale from (Lighthouse Brewing in Esquimal). For Cider, Red Roofs Apple Cider 2007 from (Orchard Hill) and both the Braeburn Ice Cider & Fuji Ice Cider from (Raven Ridge Cidery in Kelowna) were all outsanding.

By: Richard Wolak

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