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March 2-4: Cuvée Weekend, Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls ON. A red carpet celebration of the best of Ontario wine and food in the heart of Niagara wine country. 905 684-8688, www.cuvee.ca March 3, Cuvée Weekend Cuvée Gala, Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls On. Part of Niagara's foremost wine and food celebration, the Gala boasts eight award winning chefs alongside wines poured by Ontario's best-known producers. The chefs will each present three different creations at individual live cooking stations throughout the Gala, with the menu for the evening consisting of "tasting plates", such as Venison Short Ribs with Dried Cherry and Geai Bleu Gnocchi; Wild Rice Galettes, Gala Apple Tatin, and Icewine Gastrique; and Scallop and Smoked Bacon Lollipops with Icewine Aioli. Cuvée Weekend tickets are $200.00 per person and include admission to the Cuvée Gala at Fallsview Casino Resort, and all Cuvée En Route activities. www.cuvee.ca. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 905-684-8688. Proceeds from the weekend go to the Niagara Community Foundation and are used in its work with community groups across the region. March 6: California Wine Fair Consumer tasting, 7-9:30 p.m.. Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, 900 Canada Place, Vancouver BC. Leanne Feener, 905 336-8932, calwine@sympatico.ca March 7 - April 2: instalment Bottoms Up!, Steam Whistle Brewing, 255 Bremner Blvd. (just south of the CN Tower), Toronto ON. This latest gallery is a history of drink in Canada, created by students from the University of Toronto's Museum Studies program. Open to the public Monday to Saturday 12 pm - 6 pm and Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm. Brewery also tours available on the hour. For more detailed information on the show please follow this link: http://www.steamwhistle.ca/events/. To contact someone directly from the Museum Studies program you can email amanda.mcfillen@utoronto.ca. March 7: California Wine Fair Consumer tasting, 7-9:30 p.m.. Shaw Conference Centre, 9797 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton AL. Leanne Feener, 905 336-8932, calwine@sympatico.ca March 9: California Wine Fair Consumer tasting, 7-9:30 p.m.. The Roundup Centre, 1410 Olympic Way SE, Calgary AL. Leanne Feener, 905 336-8932, calwine@sympatico.ca March 13: Toronto Vintners Club - A Roster of Rieslings, Toronto ON. Details t.b.a., Sylvia Dorosh 416-209-1442, events@torontovintners.org March 23-25: 24th Annual Toronto Wine &
Cheese Show, The International Centre, 6900 Airport Road,
Mississauga ON. The 24th Annual Toronto Wine & Cheese Show
is the city's premier culinary event, renowned for its informative
and epicurean selection of gourmet food and award-winning wines.
Features more than 33,000 delicacies to please any palate, plus
the finest wines, spirits and beers worldwide. March 26 - April 1: 29th Annual Vancouver International Playhouse Wine Festival. Theme: Australian Wine - A World of Difference. Featuring more than 1,000 wines and more than 100 wineries and 21,000 attendees. 604 872-6622, www.playhousewinefest.com March 28: Germany: Wines with Jazz. Venue to be confirmed. Calgary AL. Ron Fiorelli, Wines of Germany, 905 815 1581, toll-free 1-866 892-3880, rfiorelli@sympatico.ca March 29 - April 2: Vinitaly. Verona, Italy. Featuring 4,000 exhibitors and 140,000 visitors from 82 countries. www.vinitaly.com March 30: Wine And Global Warming, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. This workshop will include presentations by Orley Ashenfelter (Princeton), Gregory Jones (Southern Oregon U), Wolfram Schlenker (Columbia), Allen Shoup (Longshadows), Robert Stavins (Harvard), and many more. More information is availaboe from storchkh@whitman.edu Mar 30- Apr 1: Food & Drink Fest 2007…the
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