{"id":1885,"date":"2019-04-09T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T01:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanwinefest.ca\/tradedays\/?page_id=1885"},"modified":"2019-04-23T16:01:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T23:01:19","slug":"2019-seminar-recaps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanwinefest.ca\/tradedays\/2019-seminar-recaps\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Seminar Recaps"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]Wine Industry Symposium<\/a><\/p>\n

Unexpected California<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]Lessons From California<\/a><\/p>\n

Napa Valley Cab: 2005-2014<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]Growing Forward in California<\/a><\/p>\n

Truth in Terroir<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]What’s Cool in Sonoma<\/a><\/p>\n

Zinfandel on the World Stage<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

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Wine Industry Symposium<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wednesday, February 27, 9:30-11:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by Karen Wright, Savvy Company<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was delighted to have a bird\u2019s eye view at the Wine Industry Symposium, a VIWF industry event packed with industry notables. Our seminar kicked off with a lively discussion to determine, \u201cWhat exactly is a Canadian Wine\u201d? \u201cHow would you describe it\u201d? \u201cCool Climate?\u201d Despite the best efforts of the panelists, it proved rather difficult to have a single description that covered the vast variety of Canadian wines and wine regions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Read the full recap.<\/a><\/p>\n

Moderator<\/strong>: Jon Bonn\u00e9
\nPanelists: <\/strong>Christine Coletta, Nik Darlington, Janet Dorozynski, Dr. Jamie Goode, Sebastien Le Goff[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”1893″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

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\nUnexpected California<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Thursday, February 28, 5:15-6:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by Debbie Trenholm, Savvy Company<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming soon!<\/p>\n

Moderator<\/strong>: DJ Kearney
\nPanelists<\/strong>: Jamie Benziger, Brian Bostwick, Harvest Duhig, David Gates, Jr., Ralf Holdenried, Randy Lange, Jon Ruel, Emma Swain, Karl Wente, Joanne Wing[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”1895″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

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\nLessons from California<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Wednesday, February 27, 12-1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by Karen Wright, Savvy Company<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Over a delicious buffet lunch, celebrated wine writer and author of \u201cThe New California Wine\u201d, Jon Bonn\u00e9 shared his thoughts and insights on the lessons that Canada can glean from California\u2019s experience and transformation. If you hadn\u2019t heard before now, a new generation of winemakers has emerged in California; people like Nathan Roberts, Duncan Meyers who forged their own path, much like Paul Draper and Josh Jensen did before them. The \u201cNew California Winemakers\u201d didn\u2019t follow the popular style trends prominent in California at the time, but instead focused on the wine they wanted to make; their own reinterpretation of the past. Happily, or perhaps luckily, these small producers were at the forefront, leading a sea change to a fresh new style of California wines…and they were just ahead of the new consumer.<\/p>\n

Read the full recap.<\/a><\/p>\n

Keynote Speaker: <\/strong>Jon Bonn\u00e9[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”1887″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

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Napa Valley Cab: 2005-2014<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Wednesday, February 27, 2-4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by Karl Kliparchuk, My Wine Pal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our moderator was Anthony Gismondi. We had a winery principal for each of the wines we tasted. Our panelists were Gillian Balance MS, Jean-Charles Boisset, Michael Eddy, Vivien Gay, Kirk Grace, Dave Guffy, Ralf Holdenreid, Thomas Price, Ray Signorello, and Emma Swain. The wines were tasted in order from 2005 up to 2014. Each winery principal talked about their wine and what the vintage conditions were for that wine, e.g. was it a hot summer or did it have a cool, rainy fall?<\/p>\n

Read more at MyWinePal,com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Moderator: <\/strong>Anthony Gismondi
\nPanelist<\/strong>: Gillian Balance MS, Jean-Charles Boisset, Michael Eddy, Vivien Gay, Kirk Grace, Dave Guffy, Ralf Holdenreid, Thomas Price, Ray Signorello, Emma Swain[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”1888″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

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Growing Forward in California<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Thursday, February 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by John Schreiner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1994, Benzinger Family Vineyards, in the words of vice-president Chris Benziger, \u201cwent cold turkey\u201d by completely changing its vineyard practices. The Sonoma winery was a pioneer of organic and biodynamic practices. Today, many producers are following suit, driving California winemaking down the path of sustainability. The sea change in viticulture was a major theme during a panel discussion of California producers at the Vancouver International Wine Festival.<\/p>\n

Read the full recap.<\/a><\/p>\n

Moderators: <\/strong>Anthony Gismondi
\nPanelists<\/strong>: Chris Benziger, Bob Blue, Jean-Charles Boisset, Gina Gallo, Austin Hope, Joel Peterson, Justin Seidenfeld, Randy Ullom, Russ Weis, Karl Wente[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”1886″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

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Truth in Terroir<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Friday, March 1, 9:30-11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by Kim Gertler<\/strong><\/p>\n

To find the \u201ctruth in terroir\u201d is no simple assignment \u2013 defining how a wine can somehow express a sense of place \u2013 is wine\u2019s elusive \u201choly grail\u201d that continues to baffle and defy scientists, academics and authors. It\u2019s top of mind here in Vancouver where you can trace your favourite grape\u2019s shifting flavours and aromas through a dozen countries in a single room. But to define that sense of place in a mere eight glasses\u2026 is a daunting task indeed. So how did the Truth in Terroir session approach the above conundrum? By presenting a surprising array of unlikely wines grown in precise single vineyard locations from around both worlds \u2013 old and new. I recorded the entire session so you can hear some great stories and \u2018taste\u2019 along.<\/p>\n

Read the full recap.<\/a><\/p>\n

Moderator: <\/strong>Mark Shipway
\nPanelists<\/strong>: Chris Benzinger, Matt Dumayne, Lorenzo Gucci, Emil Mehdin, Thomas Price, Maria Sosa, Sara Triggs[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”1889″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n

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What’s Cool in Sonoma?<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Friday, March 1, 9:30-11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by David Hopgood<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cspeed dating\u201d style of this seminar was a brilliant format that allows wine lovers to get face time with ten different wine producer principals in the space of less than two hours. The room is set up with ten stations, each with two high top tables, the representative from the winery and a bottle of wine. Groups of eight are assigned to one producer and get a close up explanation of the winery and one of their wines. After about eight minutes the music rises and it is time to move to the next producer. This allows the attendees to ask questions directly of the winery person behind the table. This is much more relaxed and effective than trying to raise a question in a room of a hundred people.<\/p>\n

Read the full recap.<\/a><\/p>\n

Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Anthony Gismondi
\nPanelists<\/strong>: Brian Bostwick, Gina Gallo, David Gates, Jr., Vivien Gay, Yoav Gilat, Mike Gilboy, Tom Gore, Justin Seidenfeld, Eric Stine, Randy Ullom[\/vc_column_text][mk_gallery images=”1892,1891,1890″ height=”350″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

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Zinfandel on the World Stage<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Friday, March 1, 9:30-11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

Recap by John Schreiner<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the renewed interest in Zinfandel wines, California vintners have the significant advantage of producing Old Vines Zinfandel, wines of depth and complexity from vineyards more than 100 years old. A tasting panel at the recent Vancouver International Wine Festival celebrated Old Vines Zinfandel \u2013 and discussed the varietal\u2019s roots in Croatia.<\/p>\n

Read the full recap.<\/a><\/p>\n

Moderator<\/strong>: Dave Rudman, DipWSET
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