Banff Wine and Food Festival

[old-fart]

Happening tomorrow. Anyone else going up? We went last year and have decided to make this an annual event.

For those that are heading up for the first time, our lessons learned from last year:

1 - despite being called the Wine and Food festival, there really isn't very much food. Eat first if going to the late tasting (starts at 7 pm I think).

2 - Wine called "Cat Pee" doesn't need to be sampled.

3 - Crazy Mexicans are excellent.

4 - Port is good, as it 40 year old Scotch.

[cmyden]

It's a great event, a lot nicer than the one in Calgary because A) it's a lot less crowded and B) the Banff Springs is an excellent venue.

Last year we camped, which worked out nicely, but they bumped up the date this year, and it's looking like it could be a little chilly for camping.

I'm looking for an extra ticket for someone in our group, if anyone knows someone with an extra please hit me up!

[troutman]

Sauvignon Blanc is often described as "Cat Pee". I don't know why.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marlen..._b_128106.html

Twenty two bucks is a lot to spend for a Chilean white wine, especially if it's
Sauvignon Blanc -- a wine best known for tasting like cat pee. In fact, the French, who produce some of the worlds' most famous Sauv Blanc, in their ever-charming way, highly praise the aroma of "pipi du chat."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauvignon_blanc

http://www.answers.com/topic/sauvignon-blanc

The best of the French wines made from 100 percent Sauvignon Blanc grapes are produced in the loire Valley at sancerre and pouilly-fumé. They're crisp and tart and sometimes have a noticeable flinty characteristic. A classic aroma reference for some of the Loire Valley wines is cat pee.