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		<title>10 Wicked BC Bubbles for BC Day and Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BC Bubbles are continuing their effervescent ascent! What better way to toast BC than with a glass of something fun (or serious!) and sparkling? I don’t know the exact number of BC wineries making sparkling wine these days. But there’s no shortage: I’m guessing well over 100. It seems as if just about every  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>WWS Turns 10: Wine Wrangler Sleuth Champions Rarer Grapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Vancouver wine importer World Wine Synergy (now known simply as WWS) invited me to their ten-year anniversary luncheon I decided to pay attention. After all, if the restaurant industry in these parts can be tricky even at the best of times, being in the wine biz is also not for the faint of heart.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Top Drop &#8217;25 on Deck: Still Time to Go!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Pawsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 06:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Top Drop ’25 has almost arrived! Tuesday sees the return to the Roundhouse of Top Drop Vancouver (May 13th.). This laid-back showcase tends to highlight mainly smaller wineries and other craft producers. It’s popular with wine enthusiasts and sommeliers looking to tweak their lists. This year’s edition of Top Drop includes a few cideries  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lakeboat Winery Blossoms in Kaleden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lakeboat may well be the Okanagan’s most tucked-away winery hiding in plain sight. The management team of owner Tara Mathison and GM / winemaker Mireille Sauvé has emerged as a dynamic duo that’s transformed this previously struggling property into a serious contender.]]></description>
		
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		<title>6 Wines to Elevate Your Malbec World Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Pawsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Malbec World Day (April 17th) is right around the corner. A sure sign of its success, the celebration of Argentina’s flagship variety just seems to get bigger every year.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Alpha Taster’s Guide 2025 Vancouver International Wine Festival</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Pawsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alpha Tasters Guide is a quick summary of where to go and what to taste at Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2025. The chance for consumers and trade to meet the people who grow the grapes and make the wine face to face adds up to a unique opportunity. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>10 Great Tips for #VIWF Wine Tasting Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here's how to make the most of the International Tasting Room. The centrepiece of the Vancouver International Wine Festival, it’s where everything—and everybody—comes together. It’s where the who’s who of the wine world gets to connect. And the buzz is palpable.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where to Eat &#038; Drink Well at Vancouver International Wine Festival</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Pawsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My longtime colleague and good friend Anthony Gismondi invited me for a chat on his popular BC Food &amp; Wine radio show. The topic: where to go for decent sustenance before, during and after Vancouver International Wine Festival. (Listen to the show’s podcast here.) Regarded as one of the continent’s top trade and consumer  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iconic Five Sails: Chef Alex Kim Goes for Gold</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Pawsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Five Sails Chef Alex Kim is primed!   Updated, Feb 2, 2025… Congratulations to Alex Kim and team, whose “Taste of Pacific Northwest” has won gold at the Canadian Culinary Championship. Obviously, the judges were as wowed as I was! Congrats also to Silver winner Moncton chef Jordan Holden of Atelier Tony and Tony’s  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Haywire Lunar Red Hails Year of the Snake</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Pawsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arguably BC’s most unique wine release, today sees the unveiling of Haywire Lunar Red, an ongoing tradition that Haywire started in 2014.]]></description>
		
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