The Premier Grower Champagne Festival in Canada.
Pop goes the Bubbles! Premier Grower Champagne Festival in Canada.
01 – 30 June 2019
At participating Vancouver, Victoria & Whistler Restaurants.
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We love grower champagne for its sustainable farming practices, and the pure expression of vineyards and vignerons. If the beauty of the big champagne houses is the precision art of blending from grapes purchased across the region, the beauty of grower champagne is that each glass reflects the identity, origins, and high quality of viticultural practice and family identity.
Grower Champagne is Becoming More Popular
These champagnes are made on a much smaller scale, by the people that own the land, work the soils, and tend the vines.
— Treve Ring
What is Grower Champagne?
What is grower champagne? Simply put, it’s champagne made from growers. These are wines of hand, human, and place, produced by the same estate that owns the vineyards where the grapes are grown. While it’s not true at all that grower champagnes are inherently better than other wines, they are inherently characterful, singular and relevant. These champagnes are made on a much smaller scale, by the people that own the land, work the soils, and tend the vines.
Why you should support Grower Champagne?
Beyond the fact that these wines provide incredible value for the region, grower champagnes celebrate variations in terroir and winemaking, aspects of wine that are fascinating and deserve to be highlighted in Champagne as they are in other regions. The winemaking history stretches back hundreds of years, as it does in nearby Burgundy. Many growers are 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th generation vine farmers and wine makers. They bleed bubbles.
Unlike the large Champagne houses, with extra-large marketing budgets, most of these vignerons are small, humble, family-owned and operated enterprises. These producers are dedicated to making the highest quality wines from their lands, but rarely have the marketing budget or time to promote themselves. Our aim is to champion these growers and provide a voice for them, allow them to share their stories, and show a world of Champagne not well known. These are wines with soul.
Since individual vineyard holdings are small, grower champagnes, by nature and default, focus on a certain region. Vineyards are generally clustered around a single or neighbouring villages, creating wines that reflect that village’s specific site and the grower’s specific style. These are wines of place.
As a group of producers, they are united by a shared approach and philosophy to make wines which reflect them and the terroir of their respective vineyards. We believe these are worthy attributes, and exceptional wines worth sharing.
Grower Champagne Month 2019
For the entire month of June we are popping corks and celebrating our favourite Champagne producers for the second edition of “Grower Champagne Month”! We have worked hard to curate a selection of great wines made by great vignerons. Each bottle of champagne we highlight this month has a family and a face behind the label, and we look forward to sharing their inspiring stories with you. We have partnered with retailers, importers, restaurants and wine bars across British Columbia to create a calendar of exciting tastings and events throughout the month! We hope to expand our partnerships across the lower mainland, and internationally, so any interested groups are encouraged to get in touch!
For Press and Media: bubbles@growerchampagne.ca
DOWNLOAD Grower Champagne Press Release here:
Grower Champagne Month Celebrated in Canada this June – May 1, 2019
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Featuring Restaurant
Provence Marinaside
Provence Marinaside offers seasonal menus & wines on tap inspired by Southern France & Canadian's West Coast for breakfast, lunch, dinner & weekend brunch.
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Pop the Bubbles
The schedule
Vancouver
Date |
Saturday 01 June |
Saturday 15 June |
Tuesday 18 June |
Tuesday 18 June |
Sunday 27 June |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Launch Party Provence Marinaside | Champagne Grand Tasting Four Seasons Hotel | Champagne Master Class Provence Marinaside | Champagne VIP Dinner Provence Marinaside | Grower Champagne Tasting Legacy Wine and Spirits |
| Time | 11am - 2pm Brunch 5pm - late Weiner Bar | 4:00pm - 7:00pm Downtown Vancouver | 10:00am - 1:00pm Yaletown | 6:30 Reception Yaletown | (604) 331-7900 Call store for Reservation |
| Description | Grower Champagne 25% Off All Day | Fundraising Event Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra | Trade by Invitation Only Educator - Treve Ring | Private Dining Renowned Chef Menu | Address 1633 Manitoba St, Van |
| Information | (604) 681-4144 1177 Marinaside Crescent | $85 per person (Eventbrite) 791 W Georgia St, Vancouver | Beyond Grower Champagne: The shift to New Wave Négociants | $195 (Eventbrite) Tax and gratuity included | $40 per person |
Email bubbles@growerchampagne.ca for Event Questions.
Vancouver
Date |
Sunday 30 June |
Every Saturday & Sunday in June |
|---|---|---|
| Event | Farmer's Fizz After Party Ugly Dumpling | Tableau Bar Bistro |
| Time | 8:30 pm - Late | Grower Champagne Brunch Starting 10:30 am |
| Description | Secret Surprise Tasting | A French-inspired Menu Use of fresh west-coast ingredients |
| Information | (604) 258-0005 1590 Commercial Dr, Van | (604) 639-8692 1181 Melville St, Van |
Victoria
Date |
Saturday 19 June |
Saturday 20 June |
|---|---|---|
| Event | Champagne Dinner Olo Restaurant | Champagne Master Class Vessel Liquor |
| Time | 6:30pm | 2:00pm 1609 Fort St, Victoria |
| Description | Call for Reservation | Trade by Invitation Only Educator - Treve Ring |
| Information | (250) 590-8795 509 Fisgard St., Victoria | Beyond Grower Champagne: the shift to New Wave Négociants |
Grape Growers in the Champagne Region
% Of All Vineyards Land owned by Independent Growers
Grower Champagne Producers
% of Grower Champagne in the Retail Market
“Champagne is appropriate for breakfast, lunch or dinner.”
Sommeliers
Treve Ring
Wine: writer, editor, judge, speaker, traveller
Van Doren Chan
C’est la V & Ugly Dumpling
Leagh Barkley
Wine Director
Il Caminetto
Kyle Gartlan Close
Nimmo Bay Resort
José Luis Fernández
Hamilton Golf and Country Club
“I love drinking Grower Champagne because they can offer so many different styles depending on the producer, and they also have much more control on their own grapes and small production to show the true Terroir of a specific site or the natural characteristics of a specific grape variety.”
Owen Knowlton
Restaurant Director + Wine Director
“I love the idea that my glass of bubbles was the result of one family’s passion and vision, I love looking for the little RM on the label certifying it’s Growers Champagne, and I love that they are ridiculously delicious.”
Matthew Landry
Stable House
Kristi Linneboe
L’abattoir
Franco Michienzi
Elisa Steak House
“I drink grower champagne because I want to know the origin of the product I consume. Wines crafted by the people who grow the grapes allow for transparency and true sense of place.”
Caroline Musselli
Sommelier
Luc Trottier
Barefoot Bistro
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Featured Grower Champagne
Grower Champagne are the little guys, they employ a small handful of staff, mostly made up of friends, family and neighbours. They are all driven by passion for the land and quality of their wines. Drinking grower Champagne gives you a chance to discover wine with a real sense of place and identity and the knowledge that you are supporting small local communities that are essential for the success of Champagne. Oh! and they are delicious. – Luc Trottier
Beauty of Grower Champagne
True Expressions of the Vineyards and Vignerons
We love Grower Champagne for it’s sustainable farming practice and the true expressions of the vineyards and vignerons. If the beauty of the big Champagne houses is the precision art of blending from grapes purchased across the region, the beauty of Grower Champagne is that each glass reflects the identity, true origins and the high quality of viticultural practice.
Santé! – Van Doren Chan
FOUR SEASON HOTEL GROWER CHAMPAGNE GRAND TASTING EVENT
Showcase a fabulous collection of Grower Champagne from France
Grand Tasting Event
Location
Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver
791 W Georgia St
Vancouver BC V6C 2T4
Canada
Grand Tasting Event
Date and Time
June 15, 2019 (Saturday)
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Get in touch
Say Hello
For all press and sponsorship inquiries, please email celebrate@growerchampagne.ca or fill out this form. Thank you.