27 MONDAY

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival

Various venues, to March 4 The world- renowned wine festival launches today with four winery dinners, all sold out. But the weeklong event, which welcomes reps from 181 wineries in 15 countries, off ers plenty of other events at which to imbibe, including three grand tastings at the Convention Centre, where nearly 1,000 diff erent wines will be poured.