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Volume 97: Discover California Wines tasting at Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar in Yaletown on November 27, 2012. Hashtag: #CaliVanWineFest. More photos available on Flickr and Tumblr.

It’s wine o’ clock.

Discover California Wines organization bringing their haul of sixty-four sunshine wines across the border.

Previewing Cali’s selection for the Vancouver International Wine Festival featuring many kinds of reds and whites of all varieties.

Pouring a Fetzer Quartz chardonnay with hip, eye catching bottle artwork celebrating wine culture.

Discovering California wines straight the golden state itself in Blue Water Cafe’s private ocean room.