December 1st, 2018 – Heads UP/VanWineFest/BC Cider Week/Wine & Oyama Sausage/1000 stories
Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fdecember-1st-2018-heads-up-vanwinefest-bc-cider-week-wine-oyama-sausage-1000-stories%2F&linkname=December%201st%2C%202018%20%E2%80%93%20Heads%20UP%2FVanWineFest%2FBC%20Cider%20Week%2FWine%20%26%20%C2%A0Oyama%20Sausage%2F1000%20stories" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fdecember-1st-2018-heads-up-vanwinefest-bc-cider-week-wine-oyama-sausage-1000-stories%2F&linkname=December%201st%2C%202018%20%E2%80%93%20Heads%20UP%2FVanWineFest%2FBC%20Cider%20Week%2FWine%20%26%20%C2%A0Oyama%20Sausage%2F1000%20stories" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fdecember-1st-2018-heads-up-vanwinefest-bc-cider-week-wine-oyama-sausage-1000-stories%2F&title=December%201st%2C%202018%20%E2%80%93%20Heads%20UP%2FVanWineFest%2FBC%20Cider%20Week%2FWine%20%26%20%C2%A0Oyama%20Sausage%2F1000%20stories"></a><br> Heads UP/VanWineFest/BC Cider Week/Wine & Oyama Sausage/1000 stories<br> Making plans for the run-up to Holidays or for early 2019?<br> We have three stories for you. A primer of the next VanWineFest, also advance notice on the 3rd BC Cider festival and a check in on the amazing December to be had at the wildly popular Oyama Sausage at Granville Market. Joanne Sasvari editor of Vitis will pair wines with Oyama’s legendary offerings.<br> And we finish with Bob Blue, maker of a Bourbon aged Zin called 1000 stories. Ready?<br> <br> The SHOW<br> Harry Hertscheg – (Executive Director of 41st Vancouver International Wine Festival)<br> Vancouver International Wine Festival has been described as “the largest wine festival in the Americas” with 25,000+ admissions. It is Canada’s premier wine show and widely considered to be one of the best wine events in the world. At age 41, it is also among the oldest. Its slogan is “The Wine World is Here”. For the past six years, VIWF has been voted the #1 Food, Wine & Hospitality Event in Canada by New York’s BizBash.<br> 41st annual (founded 1979)<br> 8 days, Feb 23-Mar 3 (Bacchanalia Gala, Feb 23)<br> 25,000+ admissions<br> 16 countries<br> 160 wineries; including 53 from featured region California<br> 54 events (20 are California events)<br> 1,500 wines projected, including an estimated:<br> 42,000 bottles poured and/or purchased.<br> <br> Harry Hertscheg is the perfect guy to guest here as he loves his WineFest numbers plus he’s been on TRR many times and we seem to have developed a “shorthand” in getting through all the information the festival contains.<br> Most importantly, California is the featured wine region this year. After all the fires, droughts then floods they could use all the love we have to offer.<br> Remember, one of the ways we can help them recover from the disasters is to buy their wines and send our support. California is the single most popular wine region in BC. Now is when they need us most.<br> But first, you have to have a ticket to get in. Harry has some ideas for you.<br> <a href="https://vanwinefest.ca">https://vanwinefest.ca</a><br> Shawn Pisio – (Organizer/Co-Founder of BC Cider Week)<br> <br> When he’s not organizing BC Cider Week, Shawn and his team run TXOTX – (pronounced Choech) which is Basque for “to drink cider from a barrel”<br> One of my highlights of 2018 waas attending,
