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Wednesday, March 6, 1991 - North Shore News

Trade and Convention Centre
hosts wine and food fests

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supermarkets.

Because, diners, it is time once
again for the annual one-two wine
and food punch supplied by the
Vancouver Playhouse  Interna-
tional Wine festival and the Viva
food and beverage show.

The two run in iandem at the
Vancouver Trade ead Convention
Centre and supply a good over-
view of what is being digested in
the wide world of food and drink.

Table Hopping will relay the
observations culled from staff as
they visit both events later this
week. Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, as a small preview:
THE 13TH At4NUAL VAN-
COUVER PLAYHOUSE INTER-
NATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL,
MARCH 6 to 10 AT THE
VANCOUVER TRADE AND
CONVENTION CENTRE. CALL
280-4444 (FOR TICKETS).

Viticultural folk, oenophiles,
oenologists, wine buffs and grape
gluttons: get our your wine-stained
notebooks and ready your bou-
quet-sensitive snouts.

The Vancouver Playhouse In-
ternational Wine Festival will ex-
pand your horizons, tickle your
palate and improve your spirits.

This year, as in the past dozen,
the festival presents an interna-
tional range of wines, ports and
champagnes from some of the
world’s best wineries.

Besides the regular festival
tasting sessions ($39) offered in the
main wine festival compound, fes-
tival organizers have put together
various accompanying special
wine and food events, includin
*Beijing and Bubbles “Friday,
March 8; $100 per person; New
Harbourside Hetel; reception at
6:30 p.m. dinner at 7:15 p.m.):
Sounds like a new madcap Disney
movie, but the event, subtitled
When East Meets West, features
an 11-course Cantonese banquet
teamed with eight international
sparkling wines’ selected by wine
columnist Anthony Gismondi.

Hew about a glass of bubbly
with Oysters and Sea moss? One
of my favorites from way back.
*The Vintners’ Brunch (Sunday.
March 10; $52 per person: Van-
couver Trade’ and Convention
Centre, Ballroom A; 11:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m.): Winemakers from
around the world meet chefs from
around the world and swap shop
talk from around the world. Chets
scheduled to attend include those
from The Raintree, The Cannery

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HIS IS a great week for all those who regularly pur-
chase breakfast cereal sample packs and mob the
demonstration tables at local fiquer stores and

TIMOTHY
RENSHAW}

table hopping

and the Chateau Whistler Resort:
wineries represented include ‘Iron
Horse from California, Villa Banfi
from Tuscany, Italy, and Gray
Monk from B.C.

*Nacional, Port Vertical Tasting
by Quinta Do Noval (Saturday
March 9, 1991; $67 per person;
Vancouver Trade and Convention
Centre, Meeting Rooms 2 & 3; 2
p.m. to 4 p.m): A standup
showcase of vintage and rare port
wines. Scheduled to be sampled
are the 1966, 1970, 1975, 1985
and 1987 Nacional and Noval
Vintage ports — enough to turn

vertical into horizontal.

Complimentary taxi rides home

trom the festival (up to a $15 max-
imum) will be provided courtesy
ot Molson Breweries for those who
sip more than they sample.
VIVA ‘91, MARCH 7 to 9 AT
THE VANCOUVER TRADE AND
CONVENTION CENTRE, 641-
1572 (FOR INFORMATION)

This fourth annual event
showcases everything from fruit
juices to popped corn cakes.

Available for sampling are menu
items from a host of Lower
Mainland restaurants, ethnic foods
from Viva’s special International
Pavilion, and wares from all man-
ner of food and drink suppliers.

Hog heaven, me hearties.

Apart from the edible items,
Viva folk can take in demonstra-
tions from such members of the
culinary aristocracy as James
Barbeg food critic, author and
social gadily.

Hey, and don’t forget the Clever
Cleaver Brothers. Billed as a pair
o’ ‘‘culinary cut-ups,’’ the
Cleavers will cook up “a buffet of
buffoonery’”’ for all.

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