Tickets are still available for the flagship event of the 13th Annual Winter Festival of Wine, the Sun Peaks WestJet Progressive Tasting, on Friday, January 21, 2011.
On a night where wine rookies blend with connoisseurs, hotel lobbies throughout the ski-through/pedestrian village at Sun Peaks are filled with guests sniffing, swirling and sampling. Over 20 wineries have set up mock tasting stations in hotel lobbies throughout the ski-through/pedestrian village at Sun Peaks and each winery is pouring multiple varietals. Mission Hill, Hester Creek, and Sandhill Winery provide just a few of the options for tasting.
The Progressive Tasting is just one of over 20 wine events scheduled over a nine day span at the world class destination resort located in the heart of the British Columbia Interior. Imagine skiing or snowboarding in the morning and being hosted to an amazing array of wine events in the afternoon and evening. The Winter Festival of Wine is pure indulgence in wine, food and recreation at Sun Peaks Resort.
January 15-23, 2011, the former Icewine Festival brings half a dozen new events to the menu during this epic week of culinary adventures.
The Farm to Fork Kick-off (Jan. 15) will have guests mingling and tasting featured wines and culinary treats that highlight regional Sun Peaks food suppliers, while enjoying live unplugged cover songs of The Rolling Stones.
Port & Cheese: After the Après Social (Jan. 20) is an evening of port style wines from the Okanagan, specially paired with great Canadian diary chesses prevented by the Dairy Farmers of Canada.
Wine cocktails are front and centre at the Wine Mixology and Small Bites (Jan. 21) where guests will relax to music from a local DJ while sampling specialty cocktails made with Okanagan wines and enjoying tapas-style small bites.
Wrap up your Wine Festival experience in style at Mantles Crêperie (Jan. 23) with a traditional-style buffet breakfast showcasing crêpes flambéed deliciously with Okanagan fruit wines.
Event tickets range from $19 per person (Fire & Ice) to $125 per person (Varietal Showdown & Dinner) and accommodation packages start from $139 per night. Visit www.sunpeaksresort.com/winter-wine-festival for all ticket information or call 1-877-212-7107. The Winter Festival of Wine takes place at Sun Peaks Resort, January 15-23, 2011.
Useful Links:
Winter Festival of Wine
Sun Peaks Resort official website
Sun Peaks Media Library
About Sun Peaks
Sun Peaks Resort is a four season destination resort located in the interior of British Columbia near Kamloops. Recently declared the 2nd Best Ski Resort in Canada and 10th Best in North America by Condé Nast Traveller Magazine readers, Sun Peaks has three mountains which surround an intimate ski-in, ski-out village. In other seasons, Sun Peaks offers a diverse range of leisure activities including 18 holes of golf as well as numerous events and festivals. Sun Peaks Resort was the first ski resort in North America and is the only resort in Canada to receive the ISO 14001 designation recognizing the resorts environmental policies and practices. Sun Peaks can be accessed by two airport gateways – Kamloops (45 minutes) and Kelowna (2 1/2 hours) and by car, only a 4 ¼ hour drive separates Sun Peaks and Vancouver, B.C.
