Sebastien Le Goff wins Sommelier of Year



Vancouver, BC (March 4, 2006) – The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is pleased to 
announce that Sebastien Le Goff, restaurant director and sommelier at CinCin Ristorante & Bar in 
Vancouver, has won the BCRFA/ISG Sommelier of the Year Award. Le Goff receives a Trade Super 
Pass, valued at $290, to the 2007 festival.

The award was presented Thursday at the Wines of France-sponsored “Partners in Wine: A Lunch with 
Alsace and Rhône,” one of 52 events at the 28th annual Playhouse Winefest. The seven-day festival 
wraps on Sunday.

Past recipients of the award, in descending order, Tom Doughty, Mark Taylor, Barb Philip, Peter Bodnar, 
Mark Davidson and Brent Hayman.

The Sommelier of the Year award is sponsored by B. C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association and 
the International Sommelier Guild of Canada

The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is a fundraiser for the Playhouse Theatre 
Company and is sponsored by Chubb Insurance Company of Canada.



Media contact
Betty Verkuil – 604-988-9502 (604-647-7435 through March 4)
media@playhousewinefest.com