For The Love Of Port

TICKETS TO THE VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL ON SALE JANUARY 8

Vancouver, BC, January 3, 2013 - Tickets to the ever-popular Vancouver International Wine Festival, presented by The Vancouver Sun, go on sale January 8, 2013. Beginning at 9:30 am, tickets may be purchased online at vanwinefest.ca, in person at 305-456 West Broadway, or by phoning the box office at 604-873-3311 or toll-free at 1-877-321-3121. Many of the festival’s coveted 55 events are expected to sell out in the first few days of onsale, so wine lovers are encouraged to buy early.

Celebrating its 35th year of bringing the world of wine to Vancouver, the 2013 festival welcomes California as its Theme Region and puts the Global Focus on Chardonnay. The festival runs from February 25 to March 3. One of North America’s most exciting gatherings of leading winemakers and their wares, this year’s festival will feature 176 wineries from 15 countries, attracting 25,000 participants to the Festival’s seven days of tastings, dinners, seminars and wine minglers at the Vancouver Convention Centre and top restaurants, hotels and venues.

Full festival details are online at VanWineFest.ca

Thanks for the head's-up, Roy. Perhaps it's worth noting that among the over 100 exhibitors are The Fladgate Partnership, Jose Maria da Fonseca, and Ramos Pinto; and, the Baron Philippe de Rothschild S.A. and Famille Perrin. The prospect of sampling Taylor, Fonseca, Mouton, and Chateau de Beaucastel sounds almost too good to be true.

Ray, have you purchased tickets yet?

Not yet, Roy.