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Playhouse International Wine Festival 2006

March 8, 2006 | Tips from Us > Vancouver, Wine Tours

I attended and volunteered for the wine festival this past weekend and I just wanted to let you know this was a fantastic event if you enjoy wine or if you are looking for new wines to purchase to take to dinner parties! The evening tastings were held at the Vancouver Convention Centre at the Waterfront and the theme region this year was France. There were 60 wineries serving 240 wines from 7 different regions in France (including Champagne). Altogether the festival had 750 wines, 185 wineries and 15 countries participating this year. Besides noticing people getting friendlier as the night progressed, the evening consisted of wine tasting, food sampling and a dance performance by a group of gals (Can-Can style type dancing). My recommendations for next year, is to attend the tasting room on the first night (Thursday) as noted on the festivals website. It is less busy and you'll have a better chance of purchasing the hard-to-find wines in the Festival Wine Shop. When I went, the wines I wanted to purchase were all sold out. Oh! and be sure to have a bite to eat before hand! They do have samples of cheese, chocolate and other snacks but it won't fill your stomach. As for volunteering, this was my first year and I'll probably help again next year as it seemed to be a well organized event. It was run by a great group of people and lot's of volunteers who have been returning to help almost every year. I'm not sure how many times you have to volunteer in order to move from spit bucket removal to tearing tickets at the door. But whatever job I'm assigned to, I'll be there again next year!

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Posted by jeanine, vancouver at 12:00 AM

107th Annual Interior Provincial Exhibition & Stampede

March 4, 2006 | Tips from Us > Armstrong, Festivals & Events

Thinking about attending the Interior Provincial Exhibition & Stampede? Or as we fondly call it 'our fair'. The Interior Provincial Exhibition and Stampede 'the IPE' is truly an agricultural fair and we invite everyone to join us August 30 - September 3 2006. 5 Days of Canadian Pro-Rodeo, the largest midway outside of the PNE, displays, entertainment, the parade, and demonstrations are not to be missed. http://www.ipeandstampede.com
Last year we hosted over 114,000 in 5 days so if you are thinking about joining us, we encourage you to make arrangements for accomodation now. We don't want you to miss milking a goat or watching the heavy horse competition because you couldn't find 'room at the inn'! There is a listing of accomodation and services on our website http://www.aschamber.com or contact us for a visitor package.

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Posted by Patti , Vancouver at 12:00 AM