Burnaby’s Hart House at Deer Lake is busily preparing for our annual “Evening in Provence” garden party.  On Wednesday, August 19 2009 we will celebrate French wine and Provencal cuisine in the open air of our heritage lakefront estate.

The excellence of the top-quality wines produced in France will be a focal point for the evening.  The garden party will open with a casual tasting of specially-selected French wines in our picturesque gardens.  Guests will be treated to an exhibition of the dramatic sabering technique for opening bottles of Veuve Clicquot Champagne, a method that first became popular in Napoleonic France.

Guests may then purchase their favourite wines from the tasting in the first hour; to pair with their al fresco dinner.  The menu will offer savoury Provencal favourites made with fresh countryside ingredients and local seafood.  Live music and a spectacular view of Deer Lake will add to the sensory pleasure of the evening.

We hope you’ll join us for this salute to the culinary heritage of Mediterranean Provence.

An Evening in Provence

Wednesday, August 19 2009

6:00 pm

$45 per person, plus taxes and gratuity

Hart House at Deer Lake

6664 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby