Spend your New Year’s Eve enjoying a multi course dinner paired with the offerings from two of British Columbia’s most sought after and influential wineries.

Winemaker’s Gavin Miller from Painted Rock and Gustav Allander from Foxtrot  will both be in attendance to speak about their award winning wines between the courses of Chef Dean Hillier’s Pacific Rim inspired menu. 

Expect a fun and exciting evening with live music, complimentary sparkling wine at midnight, dancing and fantastic food paired with the very top tier of British Columbia wine.

Painted Rock Estate WineryPainted Rock has been touted as the producer of BC’s newest ‘cult wines’ – winning two of the ten prestigious 2010 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines and awarded “BEST NEW WINERY” at the 2009 Okanagan Wine Festival Wine Competition.  www.paintedrock.ca 

“I haven’t seen a winery achieve cult status this quickly since Black Hills & Burrowing Owl. The word is getting out fast.”-John Schreiner 

Foxtrot Vineyards is a small family-owned and operated winery located on the Naramata bench in the Okanagan Valley. The winery specializes in ultra- premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and has received praise from top sommeliers and international wine critics alike. www.foxtrotwine.com

“I think that the Foxtrot is as good a new world Pinot Noir as I have tasted to date.” -Robert Millman
 

Special Room and Dinner packages for just 20 couples

Your weekend includes a welcome glass of bubbly, two nights stay in an oceanfront fireplace room, breakfast for two each morning, two New Year’s Eve packages of dinner with wine pairings, party favours, bubbly at midnight, live music during dinner and DJ music late in the evening, from just $799 per couple, (excluding tax and gratuity).

Reception @ 6:30 P.M. Friday, December 31, 2010
Reservations: 1.877.530.3939

http://www.galianoinn.com/site/accommodations/rates_and_availability.html

Book your ocean front room now!  Here is the menu !http://www.galianoinn.com/media/documents/pdf/winemakersfoxtrotpaintedrock.pdf

On Sunday, March 7 2010, Vancouver’s CRU Restaurant will present an intimate winemaker’s dinner featuring BC’s Painted Rock winery. The four-course dinner will give guests a chance to discover why Painted Rock rose above tough competition to be named Best New Winery at this year’s Okanagan Fall Wine Festival.

Located on the eastern shore of Skaha Lake, Painted Rock is named for ancient pictographs (rock drawings) made by native Canadians on the property. Everything else about the winery, however, is brand new: the vines were planted in 2005 and 2006, the winery buildings just completed this autumn, and it’s furnished with the state-of-the art winemaking equipment and uses only 100% new oak barrels.

The dinner at CRU will give Vancouverites a chance to see what all the buzz is about. Painted Rock’s proprietor, John Skinner, will host the event, sharing his passion for wine and his insight into what makes his wines so special.

The Painted Rock wines will be paired with a four-course dinner that will show them to their best advantage.

Painted Rock Winemaker’s Dinner
Sunday, March 7 2010
6:30 pm
$85 per person (exclusive of taxes and gratuity)

CRU Restaurant
1459 West Broadway, Vancouver