Posted in Blog, Wine, Wine Jargon on Nov 30th, 2009
Over the past year I have taken several courses in the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) and recently completed my Advanced Certification Level 3 with Fine Vintage Ltd.. Bit of a mouth-full, isn’t it? Basically all it means is I now know a little more about vinification and viticulture than before I started and [...]
Posted in Event, Vancouver, VinoCamp, Wine, WineCamp, ad-hoc, unconference, vinocampvan on Aug 4th, 2009
[Update: Wow! What a day - from all accounts, everyone had an amazing time, plenty of wine and cheese was had by all, we learned a ton, met new people and enjoyed a civilized ad-hoc afternoon. Thanks to all of our sponsors - check the Flickr Pool for photos of our day (thanks to one [...]
Posted in Event, Vancouver, VinoCamp, Web 2.0, Wine, WineCamp on Aug 16th, 2008
It’s 10:45am. I am tasting my first wine: a Sauvignon Blanc from Wild Horse Canyon - yes.
VinoCamp has commenced… the day started with a pick-up at 8:15 of fellow comrade committee guy, Boris, where the joke of setting your alarm clock to get up and have a day full of wine first got its [...]
Posted in Event, Vancouver, VinoCamp, Wine on Jul 23rd, 2008
What more do you want than a whole summer’s day set aside for wine tasting, a Mediterranean spread, wine learning from some of best wine-makers and minds in the country, all the while surrounded by a quiet, lush setting at Vancouver’s Botanical Gardens. Enter VinoCamp.
What exactly is Vinocamp?
This is definitely not the wine festival. In [...]
