Sid Cross, President, International Wine and Food Society – Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10

Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10
Theme: Food Talks goes WINE Talks for this edition!
Our speakers will touch on all aspects of the wine industry including British Columbia and beyond.

This evening was organized by Richard Wolak, Vancouver Foodster.

Topic: “The 6 best wine types already proven most successful for BC” (or why I love BC chenin blanc, riesling, white blends, pinot noir, cab franc, and syrah)

Speaker shown in this video is:

Sid Cross
@winefoodguru
twitter.com/winefoodguru

Here is his bio, courtesy of foodtalks.ca

Sid Cross is the Honorary President globally for The International Wine & Food Society and does a weekly posting on their site (blog.iwfs.org). Sid is an enthusiastic speaker who judges many wine and food competitions including The Lieutenant Governor’s Awards For Excellence in British Columbia Wines & The Canadian Culinary Championships. He is the only Canadian inducted as a Membre d’Honneur of the Academie du Vin de Bordeaux and to be awarded The Gourmet of the Year by The Society of Bacchus America “for outstanding knowledge of food and wines and for imparting this knowledge to others”. Sid is an Officier de l’Ordre du Merite Agricole awarded by the French Government. Follow him @winefoodguru.

Food Talks is an evening of expert speakers from the Vancouver Food community.

To hear more speakers from Food Talks please visit geoffmobile.com/blog/category/food-talks-vancouver
or foodtalks.ca

Food Talks Volume 10 was held in Vancouver BC Canada on December 3rd 2013.

Presented by Richard Wolak, twitter.com/VanFoodster
vancouverfoodster.com

As featured on geoffmobile.com
Presented by Foodtalks.ca and vancouverfoodster.com

Videography by Geoff Peters of Birds in the House Productions birdsinthehouse.com

Filmed at the Vancouver Urban Winery, 55 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Closing music by Laundryman laundrymanmusic.com used with permission.

David Scholefield, Wine Personality, Consultant and speaker – Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10

Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10
Theme: Food Talks goes WINE Talks for this edition!
Our speakers will touch on all aspects of the wine industry including British Columbia and beyond.

This evening was organized by Richard Wolak, Vancouver Foodster.

Topic: “Place not Grape: Defining Okanagan terroir”

Speaker shown in this video is:

David Scholefield

Here is his bio, courtesy of foodtalks.ca

Few in the wine industry need an introduction to David Scholefield. His personality, experience, and profound global insight to the wine industry, in addition to his sharp wit and expert palate, make him a valued member of the Okanagan Crush Pad team. David was the inspiration for the Okanagan Crush Pad business model, which he first envisioned over ten years ago.

David’s devotion to wine sustained him throughout his long career as senior wine buyer for the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch (BCLDB), where he earned a global reputation for his ability to shepherd allocations of the world’s finest wines onto the shelves of BC liquor stores. It was during his many buying trips to wine regions around the world that he was first introduced to the concept of a cooperative wine production facility. The light bulb turned on while on a visit to New Zealand in the early 1990s when he discovered several of the top producers were making their wine from the same facility. David is an ambassador for Okanagan Crush Pad, and the “S” in the winery’s Bartier Scholefield label.

When he does not have his nose in a glass of wine, David can be found stomping through fields tracking birds or lurking around music shops and book stores in Vancouver. You can follow here @TrialtoBC

Food Talks is an evening of expert speakers from the Vancouver Food community.

To hear more speakers from Food Talks please visit geoffmobile.com/blog/category/food-talks-vancouver
or foodtalks.ca

Food Talks Volume 10 was held in Vancouver BC Canada on December 3rd 2013.

Presented by Richard Wolak, twitter.com/VanFoodster
vancouverfoodster.com

As featured on geoffmobile.com
Presented by Foodtalks.ca and vancouverfoodster.com

Videography by Geoff Peters of Birds in the House Productions birdsinthehouse.com

Filmed at the Vancouver Urban Winery, 55 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Closing music by Laundryman laundrymanmusic.com used with permission.

Mark Hicken, President of Modernize Wine Association of BC – Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10

Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10
Theme: Food Talks goes WINE Talks for this edition!
Our speakers will touch on all aspects of the wine industry including British Columbia and beyond.

This evening was organized by Richard Wolak, Vancouver Foodster.

Speaker shown in this video is:

Mark Hicken, president of Modernize Wine Association of BC
@ModernizeWine
www.modernizewine.ca/
winelaw.ca

Here is a description of Modernize Wine, courtesy of their website:

“Modernize Wine Association of British Columbia is a registered non-profit society that advocates for a modern food and wine culture in B.C. The association’s board includes restaurant owners, BC winery owners, BC wine store owners, lobbyists, lawyers and wine consumers.”

Food Talks is an evening of expert speakers from the Vancouver Food community.

To hear more speakers from Food Talks please visit geoffmobile.com/blog/category/food-talks-vancouver
or foodtalks.ca

Food Talks Volume 10 was held in Vancouver BC Canada on December 3rd 2013.

Presented by Richard Wolak, twitter.com/VanFoodster
vancouverfoodster.com

As featured on geoffmobile.com
Presented by Foodtalks.ca and vancouverfoodster.com

Videography by Geoff Peters of Birds in the House Productions birdsinthehouse.com

Filmed at the Vancouver Urban Winery, 55 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Closing music by Laundryman laundrymanmusic.com used with permission.

Masa Shiroki, founder of Artisan SakeMaker – Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10

Food Talks Vancouver Volume 10
Theme: Food Talks goes WINE Talks for this edition!
Our speakers will touch on all aspects of the wine industry including British Columbia and beyond.

This evening was organized by Richard Wolak, Vancouver Foodster.

Speaker shown in this video is:

Masa Shiroki, Artisan Sakemaker @ArtisanSake
artisansakemaker.com/masa-shiroki/

Here is a description of Artisan Sake Maker on Granville Island, courtesy of their website:

Masa Shiroki makes two things perfectly clear. Sake is not distilled alcohol and it is not similar to beer. “It is produced by fermentation. It is rice wine.”

Shiroki, who lectures on sake for International Sommelier Guild courses, should know. In January 2007, the Japanese-born entrepreneur opened Canada’s first sake “winery”: Artisan SakeMaker on Vancouver’s Granville Island, where the sake is fermented from top-of-the-line Japanese Junmai rice and pressed and bottled by hand.

It is also unfiltered and free of preservatives, for a beverage with delicate fruit-like aromas and flavours much different from the cruder California sakes dominating the B.C. market. — Kerry Banks

Food Talks is an evening of expert speakers from the Vancouver Food community.

To hear more speakers from Food Talks please visit geoffmobile.com/blog/category/food-talks-vancouver
or foodtalks.ca

Food Talks Volume 10 was held in Vancouver BC Canada on December 3rd 2013.

Presented by Richard Wolak, twitter.com/VanFoodster
vancouverfoodster.com

As featured on geoffmobile.com
Presented by Foodtalks.ca and vancouverfoodster.com

Videography by Geoff Peters of Birds in the House Productions birdsinthehouse.com

Filmed at the Vancouver Urban Winery, 55 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Closing music by Laundryman laundrymanmusic.com used with permission.