Best of BC Launches in BC Liquor Stores October 12
October 2, 2013 (Kelowna, BC) – With the fall harvest in full swing and Thanksgiving just around the corner, October is the perfect month to explore BC VQA wines. British Columbians are celebrating our local bounty and, what better way to honour our crops, than with the annual BC Liquor Stores ‘Best of BC’ release?
Every year, BC Liquor Stores carefully selects a small collection of BC wines which are in limited supply and high demand. In the interest of fairness to all of their customers, the whole selection is released at once, and this year’s release takes place on Saturday, October 12, 2013 in Signature BC Liquor Stores across BC. It’s ‘first-come, first served’, so BC wine fans are encouraged to hurry down and snap up the very best that our province has to offer.
In support of this annual release, the British Columbia Wine Institute has organized an extensive series of in-store wine tastings which will feature a variety of VQA wines from BC. From Vancouver’s West End to West Vancouver, from Victoria to Whistler, 12 different liquor stores will be home to sommelier-led wine tastings where customers can belly-up to the bar while doing their shopping, taste an assortment of BC VQA wines, and learn all about the vinicultural bounty that exists right here in our own backyard.
October brings out the best wines our province has to offer with the ‘Best of BC’ release and province-wide BC VQA in-store wine tastings. Enjoy a glass of your backyard bounty this month!
Dates of In-Store Tastings with Locations and Times
Thursday, October 3
Whistler Marketplace – 101 – 4360 Lorimer Rd, Whistler
3 to 7 PM
Saturday, October 5
Dunbar- 3453 Dunbar St, Vancouver
10 AM to 2 PM
Sunday, October 6
Highgate – 235 – 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby
1 to 5 PM
Friday, October 11
Northgate – 103 – 3433 North Rd, Burnaby
3 to 7 PM
Richmond Brighouse – 100- 8100 Ackroyd Rd, Richmond
3 to 7 PM
Alberni & Bute – 768 Bute Street, Vancouver
3 to 7 PM
Langley – 6435 – 201 Street, Langley
3 to 7 PM
39th & Cambie – 5555 Cambie St, Vancouver
3 to 7 PM
Westwood – 100 – 2748 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam
3 to 7 PM
Fort Street – 1960 Foul Bay Rd, Victoria
3 to 7 PM
Park Royal – 570 Park Royal North, West Vancouver
3 to 7 PM
Saturday, October 12
Northgate – 103 – 3433 North Rd, Burnaby
3 to 7 PM
Richmond Brighouse – 100- 8100 Ackroyd Rd, Richmond
3 to 7 PM
Dunbar – 3453 Dunbar St, Vancouver
10 AM to 2 PM
Alberni & Bute – 768 Bute Street, Vancouver
3 to 7 PM
Langley – 6435 – 201 Street, Langley
3 to 7 PM
39th & Cambie – 5555 Cambie St, Vancouver
3 to 7 PM
Westwood – 100 – 2748 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam
3 to 7 PM
Fort Street – 1960 Foul Bay Rd, Victoria
3 to 7 PM
Park Royal – 570 Park Royal North, West Vancouver
3 to 7 PM
Thursday, October 17
8th & Cambie – 2395 Cambie St, Vancouver
3 to 7 PM
Whistler Marketplace – 101 – 4360 Lorimer Rd, Whistler
3 to 7 PM
Highgate – 235 – 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby
3 to 7 PM
Featured Wines in ‘Best of BC’ Release
| Burrowing Owl Cabernet Franc 2010 | $32.89 | Product # 178756 |
| Painted Rock Syrah 2010 | $39.94 | Product # 130989 |
| Le Vieux Pin Syrah 2010 | $44.88 | Product # 875831 |
| Laughing Stock Blind Trust Red 2011 | $30.00 | Product # 492421 |
| Nk’Mip QwAM QmWT Syrah 2009 | $34.99 | Product # 561415 |
| CedarCreek Platinum “Block 4” Pinot Noir 2011 | $39.95 | Product # 464628 |
| Poplar Grove Cabernet Franc 2010 | $34.90 | Product # 894410 |
| Jackson-Triggs SunRock Shiraz 2010 | $34.99 | Product # 365635 |
| Stoneboat Pinot Noir 2011 | $24.89 | Product # 498170 |
| LaStella Fortissimo Selezione Di Famiglia 2010 | $34.88 | Product # 840504 |
For information about this press release, please contact:
The Wine Umbrella Inc.
Mireille Sauvé, Sommelier
604-565-2276
British Columbia Wine Institute:
Lindsay Kelm, Communications Manager
250-762-9744 ext. 103
cell. 250-317-8688
