the grapes and hops presentation stage
presented by KVOS TV, Wine Diva, and Straight

Hosted by Daenna Van Mulligen, The Wine Diva

In Canada, Daenna has become the go to person for on-line wine knowledge. Daenna Van Mulligen lives in Vancouver where she works as a wine writer and wine educator. She has been the master of ceremonies and primary educator for the past three years at EAT! Vancouver's wine stage and at EAT! Fraser Valley to entertain and educate you about all things wine. She returns to the EAT! stage for her fourth year.

She is well known in the industry via her alter-ego Wine Diva www.winediva.ca a tongue-in-cheek wine website geared toward her very serious passion for all things wine. Five years and fifteen hundred wine reviews later winediva.ca reaches hundreds of thousands of readers a month. On any given day, if you go to google.ca and search “wine reviews”, winediva.ca will likely be the top search result.

Daenna is an accredited sommelier who thrives on educating the public with her deviously inspirational and humorous approach to wine hoping to share her knowledge and increase consumer consumption while decreasing wine snobbery.

Daenna has developed and consulted on wine lists for many Vancouver restaurants and has made appearances on national radio and television.

Check out Daenna's latest creation: Wine Scores at winescores.ca Wine Scores - Because we all want to score! winescores.ca provides a numerical rating for all of your favourite wines. Complete wine reviews, new wine releases, cheese pairings and wine articles. Everything you want in a wine website...

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Just Here For the Beer

Just Here For The Beer (JHFTB) is a Vancouver based beer education and consulting company. JHFTB has been teaching beer tasting and education classes for the past 4 years at UBC, local community centres and private seminars. During this time period JHFTB has also organized 3 beer festivals at UBC and its members have been guest speakers at major industry events and at local community colleges. The company has also been featured on television and radio and in the newspaper several times in the past 3 years. All of our sponsors and venders who participate in the festivals, events and classes benefit from the exposure we bring to the industry.

JHFTB has travelled to several breweries in British Columbia and the Western US. This has created a base of knowledge that goes far beyond simple product knowledge. This means that not only do we understand unique brewing techniques and flavours in beer we also know what makes different breweries special and unique. Brewery tours have also created a knowledge depth that is second to none and have increased company credibility among the brewers and in the North American beer industry.

JHFTB prides itself as being the first 100% independent beer tasting company in Canada. We are not influenced by marketing and work with a huge list of clients including domestic brands, microbrews, brewpubs and specialty importers in BC.

JHFTB also understands the current market trends and tastes dozens of new beers each year. This means that we keep current with new products available on the market including specialty imports and seasonal beers. The number and type of products available in BC is always changing and as Vancouver’s Beer Experts it is our responsibility to remain current.

JHFTB has built a strong relationship with students in the class and has a great rapport with media, former students, and other industry professionals. This has been the most important aspect of the company’s success over the past 4 years and this is a source of pride for JHFTB.

JHFTB is dedicated to providing consumers an opportunity to expand their beer experience through various tastings and festivals. These events are fun, great value, educational and contribute to strengthening the beer culture in Canada.

Mott's Clamato Caesar school stage

Don't miss the Mott's Clamato Caesar School Stage! New this Year!

Mott's will be presenting their Mott's Clamato Caesar School and tastings in an adjoining pavilion near the Grapes & Hops Presentation Stage and Wine, Beer & Spirits Tasting Pavilion.

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