Stewards from 50 wineries — featuring more than 200 reds and wines from 10 countries — will pour samples of their liquid grapes in Coquitlam next Saturday.
The Tri-City International Wine and Food Festival, an event created by the same team that hosts the biannual Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival and BC Uncorked, hosts its third annual wine and food pairing on Oct. 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. in a new location: the show theatre at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam).
Partial proceeds from the event, which is sponsored in part by The Tri-City News, will support the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation; that non-profit is currently on a $1.49-billion drive to redevelop the New Westminster hospital that also serves Tri-City residents.
Besides the wine, the festival will also have appetizers from a dozen local restaurants, caterers and food companies such as Caffe Umbria, Hart House Restaurant and The Bennet Craft Kitchen.
As well, Everything Wine will have a pop-up wine shop, selling one featured bottle from each vendor.
Among them, Blasted Church Vineyards, Lang Vineyards, Pacific Wine & Spirits, Summerhill Pyramid Winery and Township 7 Winery.
West Coast Experiences is also running a free shuttle service between the Braid SkyTrain station and the Hard Rock show theatre every half hour, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. As well, the Greater Vancouver Designated
Drivers will be available to take guests home in their own car..
For tickets, visit tricitywinefestival.com.
