Good Wine Gal: Invictus Games 2025

Invictus Games 2025 Inspires Good Wine Gal!

"master of my fate and captain of my soul" ​

​This wine gal is deep in the hospitality side of things at Invictus Games 2025 hosted in Vancouver and Whistler in beautiful British Columbia. It is February and a cold one at that. In fact, snow still sits on the side walks and parked vehicles that don’t see much action, for more than a week. 

The games host 24 countries, with over 500 competitors, their support team and their friends and families. There are 1800 volunteers supporting a small but mighty core group of 140. The Vancouver Convention Center has been turned into a “home” with amenities that offer comfort and space looking out towards Burrard Inlet and the North Shore Mountains. These cold sunny days have made the setting glorious and the photo ops  unbeatable. 

They say you should start with the end in mind, which, when I joined IG 2025 in early January, I did. I was thinking about what we would be sipping when the games come to an end - on that final day? Bubbles is the only answer. It has to be bubbles. Not just any bubbles. The best bubbles. Oh, and my saber. There’s no better way to get a party started than blowing the top off a chilled bottle and hearing that perfect sound - a kind of delicate thunder of whosh-pop followed by cheering laughter as the fear of failure and the joy of success collide. The moment when the blade and the bottle become one only for that perfect split second brings immense reward. Streams of bubbles spilling over into glasses, sipping from flutes to quickly capturing the first fresh sips before the memory and the energy fades feels fabulous. Let’s sip and then toast and enjoy all that Invictus Games have inspired. I am thirsty.

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