A magnificent summer day, a mountain of meat turned into delicious sausages, culinary delights of the highest order, wonderful company and the inevitable superb wine presentations by members – a day never to be missed. Each year, it seems that …
2018 Summer BBQ, Wine Competition & Sausage Making
The 2018 Summer BBQ, Wine Competition & Sausage Making will be held on Sunday July 15th at Cavallotti Lodge. The Sausage Making Details For those of you interested in making sausage the morning of the BBQ, please email Franco (fsartor34@gmail.com) …
2018 Wine Judging & Silent Auction- What You Missed
Well, all the prep work, judging, creative ideas, amazing donations, and the wines are long gone, but the 2018 Competition and Social at the Beban Park will long be remembered. The auctions, both silent and not-so-silent, raised record sums …
Beban Park March 3, 2018 Wine Judging Competition & Social – Huge Success!
A Message From Our President Dave Burt Our annual wine judging competition and evening social was held yesterday at Beban Park Social Centre. Results have been posted on the BCAWA website (http://www.bcawa.ca/). In all, 133 wines were judged Saturday morning …
Nanaimo Winemakers Club 2018 Competition & Evening Social – March 3rd
Gold, Silver or Bronze? Everyone is a winner at the Nanaimo Winter Olympics of Winemaking! Come out to the 2018 Annual Nanaimo Winemakers Club Competition and Evening Social Award Ceremony. Enjoy Award Winning Wines & Gourmet Appetizers from Occasional Occasions. …
January 2018 Winter Social – Another Food, Wine & People Success
Culinary talents and wine making expertise were very well represented Sunday January 14 at the Cavalotti Lodge. Add a taste of warm friendship, a helping of the usual verbal BS, three very desirable raffle wines and you have all the …
Nanaimo Winemakers 2017 People’s Choice Wine Competition
The Nanaimo Winemakers held the 2017 People’s Choice Wine Competition December 5 at Cavalotti Lodge. There were 3 medal winning Red wines and 4 medal winning White wines entered in the competition. All wines were judged at the 2017 Nanaimo …
Nanaimo Winemakers Ring in the New Year Social
When: Sunday January 14, 2018 from 1:30 – 4:30pm Where: Cavallotti Hall, 2060 East Wellington Road, Nanaimo BC Who: Members & Spouses What To Bring: a “ready to serve” appy to share; your own wine/beverage and glasses Why: ‘Cause there is …
How To Maximise The Appreciation Of Your Homemade Wine
This article is included courtesy of the Inquisitive Winemaker who can be found here; https://theinquisitivevintner.wordpress.com/ Last month, I surfed the Internet looking for information on homemade wines and came across how one Wisconsin amateur winemaker compares homemade wine to commercial …
2017 First Grape Arrival
2017 grapes arrive Thursday September 14th 2017 – and the fun begins! Yes, it’s that time of year when the grapes start rolling in and the anticipation of perhaps another memorable year awaits the winemakers. Our friends from …