Feast of Fields is a 4 hour (1pm to 5pm) gourmet wandering harvest festival - is FarmFolk CityFolk's annual fundraising event. With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the very best of BC from chefs, vintners, brewers, farmers, fishers, ranchers and food artisans from across the province - some think of it as a 40 course meal paired with wine and beer! Feast of Fields highlights the connections between producer and chef, field and table, and farm folks and city folks. Feast of Fields is a gastronomic journey towards a sustainable, local food system.

Visit their site at www.feastoffields.com for more details

Feast of Fields is a 4 hour (1pm to 5pm) gourmet wandering harvest festival - is FarmFolk CityFolk's annual fundraising event. With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the very best of BC from chefs, vintners, brewers, farmers, fishers, ranchers and food artisans from across the province - some think of it as a 40 course meal paired with wine and beer! Feast of Fields highlights the connections between producer and chef, field and table, and farm folks and city folks. Feast of Fields is a gastronomic journey towards a sustainable, local food system.

Visit their site at www.feastoffields.com for more details

THE VANCOUVER SUN

SUSTAINABLE LIVING EXPO

MAY 13-15, 2011

VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE WEST

www.epicexpo.com

SHOP THE MARKETPLACE

Shop the ailes of artisan food, vendors, and sample delicious

fair trade coffee, local wine and beer, and organic snacks.

We invite you to come and sip our New Organic Releases, savour fine food, and toast another year of Good Harvest, Good Health and Good Friends

This year we are excited to be hosting the Book Launch of Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods, with Debbra and Phil of Edible Vancouver and special guest Mary Forstbauer of Forstbauer Natural Food Farm – event is on Sat. Dec 4 from 1 - 3pm

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New for LOTUSLAND vineyards is the Devil's Spit. Dark, fruity and Rich.

 Our Seasonal Swirl will be covered in tomorrow's "Be Local" e-newsletter from Eat Drink Be Local.  You can access the article through the link below.

Lotusland Vineyard featured in tomorrow's Eat Drink Be Local newsletter

Wine and Cheese pairing Guide

Serving Quantities per person

Cheese - 8-12 oz. serving of cheese per person for the event and at least

1-2 oz. serving of each different cheese per person.

Wine - 750ml = 5 glasses. 1 case of 750ml = 12 bottles = 60 glasses

Serving Suggestion - Many cheeses taste better close to or at room temperature. 

Pull these out of the refrigerator an hour or so before serving.

Have you ever come across what appear to be white flakes floating in your bottle of wine? Did you assume that the wine was flawed or ruined?

What you have seen are tartaric crystals, commonly referred to as "wine diamonds" or Weinstein (wine stone) in German  speaking countries.  So do these wine diamonds signal a bad bottle of wine?

To find out  more about wine diamonds google 'wine diamonds'

 LOTUSLAND'S Girlsrmeaner has wine diamonds in the bottle. We say: "Our girls come with diamonds, and diamonds are a girls best friend"

Cheers

Here in British Columbia (affectionately known as "Lotusland") every day is a day for celebration. The mountains, the snow, the valleys, the beaches, and our own magnificent wines - who could ask for more! Now that you're here, feel free to browse around.

Take a tour of the vineyard, learn more about our premium wines and where you can find them, and be sure to sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know of upcoming releases, label contests, and events.

Share the beauty and the bounty of Canada's West Coast. Join the revelry today and everyday, with Lotusland premium wines - Something to Celebrate!