Links and resources for the 2012 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
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Karen Hamilton
February 28, 2012
I’m excited to check out this year’s Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival! 3 months’ gestation is not going to stop me from furthering my wine education, though my tasting notes will mostly be secondhand or drawn from the archives.
Watch this space for spotlights on the Chilean winemakers present at the Festival. Tell me what you want to ask them via comments here, on Facebook, or on Twitter, and I’ll make sure to pass your questions along.
To help you navigate this week-long affair, I’ve compiled and will continue to update my favourite Festival reports and resources below.
Official Festival resources
- Website: playhousewinefest.com
- Buy tickets online: http://tickets.vancouverplayhouse.com/winefest/calendar.aspx
- Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PlayhouseWinefest
- YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Playhousewine
- Twitter: @PlayhouseWine, or follow the official hashtag, #VPIWF
If you’re attending Festival events, consider downloading the official app to your iPhone to take notes and favourite the wineries that appeal to you in the tasting room.
Festival tips and etiquette
- Video: Anthony Gismondi’s 2012 guide to the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival [Vancouver Sun]
- Navigating the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival [BC Living]
- Who to meet and what to taste at the 2012 Festival [Daenna Van Mulligan, Wine Diva / Wine Scores]
- Printable list of what to taste at the 2012 Festival (3-pager) [Daenna Van Mulligan, Wine Diva / Wine Scores]
Festival highlights
- Video: 2012 festival preview with Anthony Gismondi [Vancouver Sun]
- Video: Executive Director Harry Hertscheg launches the 2012 festival [Playhouse YouTube Channel]
- 2012 festival launch tasting notes from The Wine Thief [Wine Thief]
Reports on Chile – 2012 Feature Region
- Chile cultivates a new image [Vancouver Sun]
- 15 great Chilean bottles [Wine Diva]
- Spotlight on Chilean Wineries [Wines of Chile press release]
- Chilean wines sparkle at week-long Vancouver festival [Globe & Mail]
- Best Chilean Carmeneres at the Fest [Vancouver Sun]
- From the Tiny Bites Archives: Wines of Chile Supertasting
- From the Tiny Bites Archives: Wines of Chile 2009 photo gallery
Reports on Cabernet – 2012 Global Focus
- 10 Cabernet Sauvignon Picks for Playhouse [Wine Access]
- Best Cabernets, the Festival’s Featured Grape [Vancouver Sun]
Wineries and Wine Media
Follow these personalities on Twitter for live commentary during the week.
Festival Reps
- @PlayhouseWine – official Twitter channel
- Harry Hertscheg – Executive Director, Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
- #VPIWF – official hashtag
- #Chile2012 – Wines of Chile’s festival hashtag
Wineries
- Wines of Chile
- Wines of Chile [Western Canada]
- Anakena Wines [Chile]
- Viña Caliterra [Chile]
- Viña Canepa [Chile]
- Carmen Wines [Chile]
- Clos du Soleil [BC]
- Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery [Chile]
- Hahn Family Wines [CA, USA]
- Hester Creek Estate Winery [BC]
- Kim Crawford Wines [NZ]
- Nk’Mip Cellars [BC]
- Road 13 Vineyards [BC]
- Viña Santa Carolina [Chile]
- Sumac Ridge Winery [BC]
- Tinhorn Creek [BC]
Media and Oenophiles
- Anthony Gismondi – Vancouver Sun
- Daenna Van Mulligen – The Wine Diva
- Terry David Mulligan – Tasting Room Radio, Hollywood & Vines
- Kurtis Kolt – Cherries and Clay
- Jake Skakun – Cherries and Clay
- Rhys Pender – Wine Plus
- Andrès Caballero – Winemaker for Viña Santa Carolina [Chile]
- Bradley Cooper – Winemaker for Black Cloud, Township 7
- Sandra Oldfield – Winemaker for Tinhorn Creek
- Korol Kuklo – Tinhorn Creek
- Lindsey White – Tinhorn Creek
- Andrew Moon – Tinhorn Creek
- Mark Butschler – Tinhorn Creek
- Wine Access Magazine
If there’s a tip, link, or channel that needs to be added, let me know and I’ll add it to the list.
Drink well and be merry!
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@SandraOldfield Thanks. Added all of you to the list. http://t.co/6NEfpqrk
@ClosduSoleil Here’s the post. If you hear of any other wineries tweeting around the festival, please let me know. http://t.co/6NEfpqrk
Wow, great work Karen! Thank you and will do! RT @tinybites: @ClosduSoleil Here’s the post. http://t.co/pDexKUTV
Wineries at #vpiwf Chilean Crush at @BrixVan are on Twitter: @ConoSurWines @CarolinaWines @CarmenWines. Added to list: http://t.co/6NEfpqrk