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Emerging Trends in Wine Packaging
Hosted by the cutting edge @hiredguns! Theres a lot out there from boxes to bags to kegs to bottle wraps. This chat is going to be great!
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Spring! The time when we see the first signs in the vineyard about how our vintage will be. It is also the time when visitors begin to come back out to the various wine regions in BC and discover the new vintages.
This is our Spring Report for all things BC Wine.
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If I Could Tell the #WBC13 Wine Bloggers One Great Thing About Our BC Wine Industry it Would Be… (feed lost)
The Wine Blogger’s are here! The Wine Blogger’s are here! A wonderful group of enthusiastic wine, food and travel bloggers are descending on Penticton this week and here’s your chance to encapsulate in one location your best thing (or things) about the BC Wine industry. Sure, it’s always easier to gripe and moan about how we can make our industry better, but here’s your time to tell people who don’t know a lot about our area why we love what we do and where we do it.
Consumers, retailers, restaurants, and wineries! Why you love this place, its people and these wines? We’ll package it up pretty for the Wine Bloggers for reading later so think about it and then tweet it.
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White and red blends in BC are everywhere–you almost wonder if there is such a thing as a single varietal wine. Tonight we talk about blending considerations, great blends out there and motivations for why winemakers blend different grapes together.
Join us at 8-9pm on Wednesday!
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Winery Sustainability Programs
What is BC doing to build for its future? Are there things that the wineries and the vineyards are doing that people consider sustainable practices? Are there things that you feel the wineries should be doing that they are not that would send a message that our industry is acting responsibly and sustainably? What practices have you heard other wine regions subscribe to that you are unsure if we are doing here at home?
Does farming and making wine in a more sustainable way matter to you at all? Join us at 8pm Wednesday to discuss!
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Why do winemakers put their wines in oak? What does oak bring to a wine and how can it help and hurt a wine? From the geeky winemakers discussing which oak they prefer for which wines to the controversy over whether a wine should age in oak at all…every person seems to have an opinion when it comes to wine + oak. Bring it to the chat tonight!
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What is Canadian Wine Culture?
It’s a simple question but probably not that easy to answer. What is Canadian Wine Culture? Do we have one? Are there things that are similar and unifying between the areas of our country that make wine or are we just too vast a country to have similarities?
Tonight’s chat is our first combined chat with both #BCWineChat and #ONWineChat and because of this, it will last for 2 full hours! 7-9pm PST. Pop in at some time during those hours and give us your thoughts.
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Wine Clubs: Are you a Member? Why/Why Not?
Wine clubs in BC. Do you belong to one? Why? Do you have questions about how they work? If you belong to one what do you get that makes it unique over purchasing the wine without being a club member? Do you belong to other clubs outside of British Columbia?
A multitude of things we can discuss about BC wine clubs so uncork or unscrew your favourite BC wine, pull up a couch and your laptop and follow the #BCWineChat hashtag…#BCWineChat
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What Can We Do To Strengthen Our BC Wine Industry?
We are a great industry but there are many things that can be done to strengthen our industry. What can each winery, store, restaurant, government agency and consumer do to make this great BC wine industry even better than it is now?
It is election time and you can be assured that some of the #BCPoli will be tuning in to our chat on Wednesday at 8pm. Be constructive or critical–anything goes this week…but remember the goal is to find ways to make this industry even stronger.
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Okanagan Valley = Bordeaux | Cowichan Valley = Burgundy | Discuss
This topic was chosen by Andy @averillcreek to get the conversation rolling about which varieties are best grown where. Certainly we are not Bordeaux and Burgundy in BC–we are BC–but we certainly should be talking about what grapes come from which areas of our province and how that relates to the flavours you get in the bottle.
Should be a fun chat! Join us Wednesday April 17th at 8PM!
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