date:2013-02-25~2013-03-03
city:Vancouver
address:Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada
hallname:Vancouver Convention Centre
sponsor:Vancouver International Wine Festival
contact details
name:Stacy Menzies
telephone:+1 604.872.6623
Email:boxoffice@vanwinefest.ca
details info
The Vancouver International Wine Festival (formerly known as the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival) grew from humble roots as a fundraising initiative of then Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company board member John E. Levine. The inaugural festival in 1979 featured one vintner - Robert Mondavi - and saw approximately 1,000 people attend the two-day event at Hycroft, the Shaughnessy mansion owned by Vancouver's University Women's Club.
In its second year, VanWineFest was also a one-w