Our annual grand tasting featuring dozens of international, terroir-focused wineries, craft breweries, cideries, and the people behind them!

2017 Participants

WINERIES
Alta Alella – Catalonia, Spain
w/ Laura Bret, Export Manager
Bachelder – Burgundy/Oregon/Ontario
w/ Thomas Bachelder, Winemaker
Baron de Ley – Rioja, Spain
w/ Sergio Soriano, Export Manager
Bartier Bros – Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
w/ Michael Bartier, Owner/Winemaker
Bookwalter Wines – Columbia Valley, Washington State
w/ John Bookwalter, Owner/Winemaker
Calmel & Joseph – Languedoc-Roussillon, France
w/ Thierry Seve, Co-Owner/Export Manager
Cambria Estate Vineyard and Winery – Santa Maria Valley, California, USA
w/ Denise Shurtleff, Winemaker
Caves Bernard Massard – Grevenmache, Luxembourg
w/ Antoine Clasen, Director
Chappellet – Napa Valley, CA, USA
w/ Jay James MS, Director of Sales & Marketing
Corvezzo – Treviso, Italy
w/ Luca D’Andrea, Export Manager
Culmina Family Estate Winery – Okanagan Valley, BC
w/ Don Triggs, Co-Proprietor
Champagne Devaux – Champagne, France
w/ Jean-Noël Girard, Export Director
Domaine Boutinot – Rhone Valley, France
w/ Eric Monnin, Winemaker
Dorrance Wines – Western Cape, South Africa
w/ Christophe Durrand, Owner/Winemaker
Fattoria Colmone Della Marca – Marche, Italy
w/ Giovanni Meschini, Owner
Finca Decero – Mendoza, Argentina
w/ Stephanie C. Morton-Small, VP Sales & Marketing
Gramercy Cellars – Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.A.
w/ Greg Harrington MS, Founder/Winemaker
Herdade do Esporão – Alentejo, Portugal
w/ Pedro Vieira, Sales Manager
John Duval Wines – Barossa Valley, South Australia
w/ Tim Duval, Second Generation, Marketing, Sales & Production
Little Farm Winery – Similkameen Valley, BC, Canada
w/ Rhys Pender MW, Co-Owner/Winegrower
Marchesi di Barolo – Piedmont, Italy
w/ Valentina Abbona, Family Proprietor/Marketing Manager
Masseria Li Veli – Puglia, Italy
w/ Giuseppe Gullo, Manager
Musella – Veneto, Italy
w/ Maddalena Pasqua, Proprietor
Okanagan Crush Pad – Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
w/ Christine Coletta, Proprietor
Pianirossi – Tuscany, Italy
w/ Serge Lévéque, Export Manager
Roche Wines – Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
w/ Pénélope Roche, Winemaker/Viticulturalist/Owner
Synchromesh Wines – Okanagan Falls, BC, Canada
w/ Alan Dickinson, Owner/Winemaker/Farmer
Tawse Winery – Niagara Escarpment, Ontario
w/ Paul Pender, Winemaker
Truchard – Carneros, California
w/ Anthony Truchard, Owner
Vietti – Piedmont, Italy
w/ Luca Currado, Founding Family/Winemaker/CEO
Villa Wolf – Pfalz, Germany
w/ Kirk Wille, General Manager
Viña Falernia – Elqui Valley, Chile
w/ Paolo Flessati, Founding Family/Export Director
Yangarra Estate Vineyards – McLaren Vale, Australia
w/ Jennifer Huether MS, Brand Ambassador

REGIONAL TABLES
Wines of Chile
Wines of Germany
New Zealand Wine
Wines of South Africa

BREWERIES
Faculty Brewing Co. – Vancouver, BC
Strange Fellows Brewing – Vancouver, BC
Superflux Beer Co. – Vancouver, BC
The Parkside Brewery – Port Moody, BC
Yellow Dog Brewing Co – Port Moody, BC

CIDERIES
Dominion Cider Co. – Summerland, BC
Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse – Vancouver Island, BC

Event proceeds support the B.C. Hospitality Foundation

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