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’50 Years of Campofiorin’ with Masi

Valerie Stride, WSET ADV Certified

March 25, 2016

The Vancouver International Wine Festival brought Italy to Vancouver this year. The festival hosted 156 wineries from 14 countries, and poured over 1, 450 bottles of wine. Wine lovers tasted vino at the Convention Centre, attended educational seminars, and sat down to combine a love for wine and food at various celebratory dinners. Among the …

Vancouver’s Cibo Trattoria Launches Wine Dinner Series: ‘In Vino Veneto’

Valerie Stride, WSET ADV Certified

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May 8, 2015

The lights were turned down low as I walked into Cibo Trattoria at Seymour and Nelson St. on Wednesday, May 6th, 2015. Everyone was already seated, and there was a hum in the room. Across the restaurant, David Tremblay (Sales Manager for South by Southwest Wine Imports) leaned into the table engulfed in a conversation …