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SUMMARY:International Festival Tasting - Thursday Evening
DESCRIPTION:NB: Ticket price will increase to $125 on February 29\, 9:30 a.m. \nThe Wine World is Here\nIf you attend only one of the festival’s events\, make it an International Festival Tasting. The Tasting Room at the Vancouver Convention Centre is the heart of the festival\, where all 147 participating wineries and their principals gather to pour their select wines. Discover exciting new wines\, or return to your favourites\, sipping from premium wine glasses. The room will also feature wine and food-related exhibitors\, and Regional Tasting Stations featuring wines from California\, New Zealand\, Italy\, and sparkling wines from around the world. \nHIGHLIGHTS OF THE TASTING ROOM \nDiscovery Italy\nThis is the year to learn more about storied wines of Italy\, with 71 wineries from 13 different regions featured at the festival. The magical boot of Europe boasts hundreds of varieties\, wine styles\, interpretations\, and breadth\, many of which you’ll discover in the room. \nVine Stars\nThe stars of the global wine scene – winemakers\, proprietors\, senior execs – come to Vancouver every year to pour and discuss their wines with festivalgoers. That’s what makes this festival special. Each winery will be represented in the room by a principal\, someone closely involved in the wine-production process\, there to share their wines and knowledge. You’re quite likely to find that the person serving your wine has their name on the bottle. Identify the vine star by his or her royal blue lanyard. Chat them up! \nBCLIQUOR Festival Wine Shop\nFree bottle check and wine delivery\nAll wines served at the winery tables are available for purchase at the BCLIQUOR Festival Wine Shop in the Tasting Room\, but some are in VERY limited supply. When you discover a wine that you want to enjoy at home\, don’t wait until the end of the session to buy it as it might be sold out – put it in the handy bottle check\, and then continue your tasting session. Repeat as necessary. When you’re ready to leave\, check out your wines. And if you live in British Columbia\, whether you’ve bought one bottle or several cases\, your wine can be shipped free of charge to your nearest BCLIQUOR store. Very convenient! \nPlease note: the entrance to the Festival Wine Shop is in the Tasting Room and is only accessible to International Festival Tasting ticketholders during their tasting session. \nWords to the wise\nThis is a wine tasting\, not a food event. Be sure to have a meal before you arrive. That said\, food samples are available to enhance your tasting experience. \nPace yourself. Have a game plan – you can’t taste every wine in the room. And don’t swallow everything that’s poured into your glass. Have a taste and then make use of the spit buckets at every table\, by spitting or pouring out the rest. And if you do want to taste a lot of wines\, we offer four tasting sessions over three days\, so repeat as necessary! \nPlease don’t wear fragrance! All the noses and palates in the room will thank you. \nMust be 19 or older (No Minors) to attend Vancouver International Wine Festival events. Two pieces of ID (one containing photo & birthdate) are required. Infants and children are not permitted. \nDon’t Wine and Drive!\nDon’t even think about bringing your car or bike. \n\nTake transit. BCLIQUOR offers a free transit ticket at their Get Home Safe booth in the onsite Festival Wine Shop.\nAssign a designated driver\nTake a cab or limo\nWalk\n\nFestival events are subject to Public Health Orders and/or venue policies. As per the current situation\, we are not requiring proof of vaccination for entrance to events\, and masks are not required. If the situation changes prior to the event\, however\, we will update our policy to ensure we are in line with provincial guidelines. As we have a firm policy of no refunds or exchange\, please keep that in mind when making your purchase. \n
URL:https://vanwinefest.ca/event/thursday-evening-ift-2024/
LOCATION:VCC West\, Ballroom C\, 1055 Canada Place\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Featured,International Festival Tastings
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