An anthology of the 2009 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
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Karen Hamilton
March 25, 2009
Wednesday is my breather from the frenzy of the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. I’ll be back in the scene in some way, shape, or form on Thursday and Friday. Till then, please enjoy this collection of Wine Fest recaps from the official and alternative presses, which I will continue to update as new stuff comes in.
From the wire
Reports from TV, radio, mags, and rags:
- Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is just around the corner (Anthony Gismondi, The Vancouver Sun)
- BC wines face homecoming test (Alexandra Gill, The Globe and Mail)
- Good Eats: B.C. wines take centre stage at Vancouver Playhouse Int. Wine Festival (Bruce Stephen, North Shore Outlook)
- Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival Launches (Anya Levykh, Metro Vancouver)
- Reality Check in Vancouver (Peter Mitham, Wines & Vines)
- Playhouse Wine Fest Cheat Sheet (David Scholefield, Vancouver Magazine)
From the blogosphere
What bloggers and online publications have been saying:
- How to Survive the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival 2009 (The Blog According to Buzz)
- International Wine Fest 2009: live coverage of BC wines at Earls and West (Tiny Bites)
- Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival – Day 1 (Wine Bard)
- Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival Begins! (Full-Bodied)
- Winefest Blog #269: The 1st Day In The Big Shoes Of Sid Cross (Scout Magazine)
- WineFest Blog #628: Dinner At Bishop’s And 17 Again At Boneta (Scout Magazine)
- Wine Festival Kick Off (Urban Diner)
- Joy in a Glass (Urban Diner)
- The 2009 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival Kicks Off (Vinifico)
- WineFest Blog #270: Heidi Noble As Globe & Mail “Flashpoint” (Scout Magazine)
- International Wine Fest 2009: live coverage of Caymus Vineyards at CinCin (Tiny Bites)
- WineFest Blog #271: Sid Cross Shares His CinCin Tasting Notes (Scout Magazine)
- 2009 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival – Brunello, Barolo and Beyond… event (Vinifico)
- WineFest Blog #272: 2 Wines And 20 Vintages With Sid Cross (Scout Magazine)
- WineFest Blog #273: The Trade Tasting & Mike Bernardo’s Shoe (Scout Magazine, with a gallery containing my photography)
- CedarCreek Winemaker Dinner at Bishops (City Food Magazine)
- Make Wine She Said: Divas at the Met (City Food Magazine)
- New Wines to Try at the Festival: Pink Elephant Sparkling (City Food Magazine)
- Vancouver WineFest Thursday Trade Tasting Report (Full-Bodied)
- Andrea Vescovi Named Sommelier of the Year (Urban Diner)
- Caymus Wine Dinner At Cincin (Urban Diner)
- 2009 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival – Beringer Private Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Vertical Tasting (Vinifico)
- 2009 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival – Wine folks talk about their wines and the value of social media (Vinifico)
- WineFest Blog #274: Spit Bucket Barricades & Fashionistas (Scout Magazine)
- *News Flash* 2010 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival (Wine Bard)
- WineFest Blog #295: Five Days And Nights & Still Going Strong (Scout Magazine)
- Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival – Summary (Wine Bard)
From the Twitterverse
Trying out yet more fun tech. Below is a feed of the most recent Twitter musings that have been tagged by the official hashtag of the event, #vpiwf.
If you’d like to see the full collection of #vpiwf commentary, you can look it up on Twemes, which has the added benefit of showing you all Flickr photos (like mine) tagged with vpiwf.
Update: Wine Fest personalities on Twitter
Would you like to know which participating wineries to follow after the Wine Fest winds down? Here’s a list to start you off.
- @township7 – Township 7, BC
- @blackcloudwine – Black Cloud Wine, BC
- @dfwinery – Dunham & Froese, BC
- @stoneboat – Stoneboat Vineyards, BC
- @road13vineyards – Road 13 Vineyards, BC
- @prospectwinery – Prospect Winery, BC
- @tinhorncreek – Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, BC
- @sokolblosser – Sokol Blosser Winery, Oregon
I had a heck of a time finding many participants on Twitter from outside of BC, although there are at least 60 wineries on Twitter from around the world. Please help me flag down any wineries that you follow that were represented at this year’s Wine Fest.
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Festival Gallery
Here is my share of visual documentation of this week’s festivities. Click on a thumbnail and use the Prev and Next buttons to navigate through the rest.
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hey kare, just heard you on Virgin talking about the wine fest, Road 13 & Connundrum – talk about deja vu! good job!!
I had just missed you on the radio! Sorry to have missed it! Glad you mentioned Road 13, their wines are fabulous!
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