Vancouver is known for having the best that life has to offer and it makes perfect sense to that its citizens would want to celebrate that fact. No surprise then that Liberty Wine Merchants’ second annual Taste BC event, which raises a glass to local food and drink in support of a worthy cause, was packed with happy sponsors and guests.
Held Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Taste BC 2009 drew 650 people as the elite in British Columbia’s food and beverage industry gathered to raise money for the BC Children’s Hospital – Oak Tree Clinic. Event goers indulged in tastings from some of the finest restaurants, wineries, breweries and cheese purveyors in BC.
Liberty, which has six locations across the Lower Mainland, launched Taste BC in 2008 after successfully running the BC Wine and Oyster Festival for 13 years. All proceeds from that event were also donated to the Oak Tree Clinic, which specializes in providing care and services to sufferers of HIV/AIDS. The funds raised from the inaugural Taste BC event and its predecessor totaled $159,515.77.
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The second annual celebration of local food and drink takes place Thursday, January 22, 2009 (4:30-7:30 p.m.) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver. Event goers will not only indulge in tastings from some of the finest restaurants, wineries, breweries and cheese purveyors in BC, they will also benefit one of the province’s most vital medical institutions.