Category Archives: Wine Buying

March 21 8-9pm PST: BC Wine Prices

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BC WINE PRICES

As you can see, we certainly do not dance around controversial issues on #BCWineChat.  Jumping right in with both feet this week to discuss pricing.  Are BC wine prices too high given the rest of the world market?  Are they justified due to production costs in our small industry?  If you purchase BC wines what price range do you search for if it is to be an everyday-drinking-wine?  A special occasion wine?  If you work in retail or at a BC restaurant what do you think about BC wine prices compared to the other wines you purchase?

It seems that each week on BCWineChat the discussion works its way around to pricing so why not have an entire hour to discuss it?

March 7 8-9pm PST: No Such Thing As A Stupid BC Wine Question

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NO SUCH THING AS A STUPID BC WINE QUESTION 

Here in BC we don’t take our wine too seriously.  We have great, enthusiastic customers, well-informed retailers, not too snobby restauranteurs and diverse winery folk. Everyone has  questions for one another that we have never had the courage to ask.

If there is a BC Wine question that has gnawed at you for some time, this is the chat hour for you.    Maybe you have a question for a people who sell BC wines, or for those who make them.  Perhaps some winemakers might have questions for the retailers?  Maybe the wine shop owners want to ask the consumers a question or two.

February 29 8-9pm PST: Your BC Wine Epiphany Moment

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YOUR BC WINE EPIPHANY MOMENT

What was your BC wine epiphany moment?  Was there a BC wine that you enjoyed that helped you realize the great quality of wines out there?  Was there a place, a person, a restaurant, a wine store, a touring experience that introduced you to BC wines?  Or perhaps a time when you said to yourself, “I’m really surprised by how much I love this wine” or “I knew they could make white wines, but reds?”

Share with BCWineChat your epiphany moment(s) with BC wine.  It’s time to celebrate your love affair with some home grown goodness.

February 1, 2012 8-9pm PST: Vancouver Playhouse

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VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE February 1, 2012

The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is now in its 34th year celebrating wines from around the globe.  It attracts over 25,000 people with wine on their mind and features 1,700 wines from 15 countries.  Each year the VPIWF focuses on a region and a wine and this year it is Wines of Chile and Cabernet(s) (Sauvignon and Franc).

What events and seminars still have tickets available?  If you’re a consumer and this is your first Playhouse Wine Festival how do you tackle a room with that many wines in it?  What seminars are you attending?  If you are a winery, what gets you through the week without collapsing?  Tips, recommendations for improvement, events you would like to see, complaints…all topics are fair game for this week’s #BCWineChat.

December 28 8-9pm PST: BC Wine Resolutions for 2012

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BC Wine Chat: BC Wine  Resolutions

Tell us what your BC Wine Resolution for 2012 is:

  • Is there a BC wine you’ve always wanted to try but for some reason (availability, price, etc) you have never had?
  • Maybe there is a BC wine touring region you have been itching to see
  • A government regulation or two you’d like to work at seeing eliminated
  • You want to expand your knowledge of BC wines and don’t know where to start.
  • You’re looking to change careers into, out of or within the BC wine industry

If you enjoy it.  If you grow it.  If you make it.  If you sell it.  This is the chat for you.