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[Wines] A Tour Along the Langley Passport Wine Route

Posted in Drinks, Food Bloggers, Joyce, Langley, Media Events, Travel, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, tagged Backyard Vineyards, Blackwood Lane Vineyards & Winery, Domaine de Chaberton, Fort Langley, Fort Wine Co., fortified wines, fruit wine, Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery, Langley, Langley Passport Wine Route, Merlot, port wine, Sauvignon Blanc, Siegerrebe, Syrah, Township 7 Vineyards, Vista D'oro Farms & Winery, walnut on October 15, 2013| 1 Comment »

Before we took a brief break for our holiday in the Mediterranean, I was invited by Jelly Marketing to experience the Langley Passport Wine Route. It is a new program that encourages visitors to check out the seven wineries in Langley. Yes, there are indeed 7 wineries in Langley. I knew about 5 of them prior to this tour — in fact, I visited 3 of them just three years ago — so some were new to me and I was quite excited about visiting them. Especially after our wine getaway in Oliver this summer (see Part 1 and Part 2 here), I was keen to find out what’s available much closer to home.

Beginning of the Langley Passport tour

The premise of the program is quite straightforward. You pick up a copy of the passport at any of the participating wineries or partner hotels in Langley, then you take your time to visit each winery, get a stamp after each visit, and then you will be entered into a draw for some great prizes. Don’t worry, you don’t have to visit them all on the same day, because that would be quite irresponsible to ask you to drink that much in one day. Well, we did on the tour, but we had the luxury of travelling on a coach bus.

First stop, Township 7. Manager Jason gave us a background on Township and explained each wine in detail. We tried 2 whites and 4 reds, including a barrel sample of the Black Dog, which is a wine club exclusive with limited availability (only 118 cases).

Wine tasting at Township 7

We also took a sneak peek at the new wine tasting room and new wine labels. (more…)

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Chocolate Festival 2010 – Chocolate, Wine and More Chocolate

Posted in Chocolate, Coquitlam, Culinary Events, Dessert, Joyce, Vancouver, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, tagged Blanche de Chambly ale, Chocolate, chocolate desserts, Chocolate Festival 2010, chocolate tasting, Cocoa Nymph, dessert wine, Fort Wine Co., gelato, Mackin House, Okanagan Spring Brewery, Organic Fair Chocolate, performance art, Port Moody Galleria, Quady Winery, Rubens Chocolate, Saturna Island Winery, sorbetto, Tea Desire, Unibroue on November 8, 2010| 1 Comment »

After attending the Great Wine & Chocolate Dessert Challenge two weeks ago, we received invitations to two more Chocolate Festival 2010 events. Mr. and I attended both events this weekend, making it a chocolate trilogy. And here is Part 2 and Part 3 of the Chocolate Festival Saga.

Fort Wine Co Wines, Chocolate, and Desserts

This event took place on Friday at the historic Mackin House in Coquitlam. It’s a 100 year old heritage home showcasing the turn-of-the-century lifestyle. With the warm fireplace burning on a cold, rainy evening, the house provided the 20 attendees with an intimate setting for chocolate and wine tasting. Blodwyn and Ted from Fort Wine Co. hosted the event by enlightening the guests with the history of chocolate and fruit wine production.

Ted explains the fruit wine production

The evening was followed by the pouring of five different wines from Fort Wine Co., including two table wines and three dessert wines. They were paired with three types of chocolate from Organic Fair on the Island.