Vancouver Playhouse Int'l Wine Festival





IT's one of the ritziest gala dinners around. The Vancouver Playhouse's International Wine Festival, this year entitled "Bacchanalian 2001, draws people from all corners of the earth. For $250, guests were treated to a spectacular five course meal accompanied by selected wines. Each wine is specifically chosen to complement the food and it's amazing to see how a wine's personality changes when paired with the correct flavours. The live auction is just as exciting as those "in the know" bid for some rare vintages. A big thanks to the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver who helped put on a great show.


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Dana Harris and her husband Dean Bertram are newlywed who live in North Vancouver. Dana works for International Cellars.

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BCTV's weekend anchor gal Jill Krop accompanied the debonaire Manuel Otero to dinner.

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Paquita Gonzales (left) and Gloria Collell (right) travelled from Spain for this event. They were welcomed by export manager Bernardo Hualde (centre).

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Linda Macintosh, who works with the liquor distribution branch, and Norm Gladstone, of International Cellars, admired the food. It was something of a work of art.

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They were the most beautiful walking auction items around. North Van's Jillian Fargey (left) paired with Amy Beauchamp to show off some of the "Enigma Arcana" clothes up for bid.

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Don Genova was the man with the bell. As MC, it was his duty to draw attention to the wines being served.

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Fairmont Hotel Vancouver's general manager Pat Kelly was only too happy to help event chairman Elizabeth Showman with all the details.

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Looking spectacular in a strapless powder blue satin gown, Julie Ferguson had no trouble keeping husband Colin's attention.

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West Vancouver's Jim and Milena Robertson (from left) joined james McLean and Carol Ludvigsen at their table.

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Wynford Owen (left) and Shawn Bouchard kept a watchful eye over the bin lots of the wines as they were drawn to the stage for auction.

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A happy belated birthday to North Van's Jill Kileen who had to spend this night working at the hotel alongside executive chef Robert LeCrom.


Larger copies of the above photos are available by request. Please email your requests (including title of event, date of event and names of people in photo), to cbarr@westvancouver.com (or click on the name below) and I will be happy to forward you the photo. Thanks.

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