Vancouver Garagiste Wine Festival Date April 17, 2016

 

GARAGISTE – (gar-ah-jeest) noun, Fr. : The garagiste originally refers to a group of winemakers in the Bordeaux region of France, producing “vins de garage” or “garage wine”. They were renegade small-lot winemakers, sometimes working in their garage, who refused to follow industry laws and protocol. synonyms: Rebels, pioneers, renegades, individualists, mavericks, driven by passion.

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The first of its kind in Canada, Garagiste “The Small Guys” Wine Festival, celebrates the artisan winemaker creating commercially produced small case lot wines (under 2000 cases). An eclectic gang, they are a blend of passion and experience, new and old, the cult and the boutique, the virtual and custom crush—all gathered in one spot. The inaugural festival in 2014 held in Okanagan Falls captured the hearts of the wine-loving crowd who were delighted to taste these exclusive wines and have the opportunity to talk directly to the winemaker.

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On August 21, 2015, the London Financial Times ran an article “Five of the best: wine festivals” featuring five festivals around the world! The locations of the five festivals chosen were: Italy, South Africa, Australia, USA and Garagiste North, Canada.

 

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2016 Garagiste Vancouver Festival info:

Where: WISE HALL, 1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver

When: Sunday, April 17, 2016, 2 – 4:30 pm 

What: wine tasting + delicious food from Chicha Restaurant & live music from Chicken Like Birds

How: Tix $49 available on Eventbrite 
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more info at garagistenorth.com

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Partial proceeds from the Festivals will benefit our Garagiste North Wine Study Scholarship at Okanagan College, helping people in our community get involved in this industry! Our 2015 recipient was Kareen Neufeld-Greaves.

Garagiste Okanagan Festival is scheduled for September 18th in Penticton – stay tuned for details!

For more information please contact: Jennifer Schell 250-469-4549 or email garagistenorth@nullgmail.com

 

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