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The Vancouver International Wine Festival has published several key dates regarding ticket releases for the coming 2024 wine festival, with Italy as the theme country. The full lineup of Wednesday dates is as follows at vanwinefest.ca:
• Advance tickets and StayVancouverHotels tickets go on sale Nov. 15 at 9:30 a.m.
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• Bacchanalia Gala Dinner and Auction tickets go on sale Nov. 22 at 9:30 a.m.
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• Trade Days Pass goes on sale on Dec. 13 at 9:30 a.m.
• Winery dinners go on sale on Jan. 3 at 9:30 a.m.
• All remaining public events go on sale on Jan. 10 at 9:30 a.m.
• All trade events go on sale on Jan. 17 at 9:30 a.m.
Big White opens its 60th season with Big Reds at Big White Winter Wine Festival weekend. Partnered with the Okanagan Wine Festival and its winery partners, you can work through various varietal expressions at on-site tastings and dinners after full days of skiing and snowboarding. Friday, Dec. 8, The Magic of Meritage will feature some of the valley’s best red blends from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Bullwheel. Tickets are $70 per person. On Saturday, Dec. 9, the Elevation Grand Tasting will connect you with winery principals, tasting wines from across the Okanagan Valley, complete with grazing food stations designed to pair with your wine. The evening runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Happy Valley Day Lodge. Tickets are $90 each, and capacity is 250 tasters. Book your tickets at bigwhite.com.
Umani Ronchi CaSal di Serra Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore 2020, Marche, Italy
$19.99 I 89/100
UPC: 8032853721124
The engine of this wine is an organically grown verdicchio, and vines up to 30 years old sitting on calcareous, clay, loamy hillsides. The fruit shines, mixing citrus, pear, and toasted almonds, all supported by a stony fresh mineral undercurrent with a surprising amount of weight. Any shellfish selection, raw or cooked, on the West Coast works here. It is fine value and a fun wine to serve to curious wine drinkers.
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