|
2007
Essentials for Travellers
Okanagan Fall Wine Festival 2007 Okanagan Summer Wine Festival 2007 International Wine Events in 2007 Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival 2007 Okanagan Fall Wine Festival 2006 Sonoma County Showcase of Wine & Food 2006 International Wine Events in 2006 Recently Recommended Vintage Destinations Travel Books Madrid Fusion IV ~ Spanish Wines Take Flight Prince Edward County's Field of Dreams Long Dog Winery - No Long Shot! Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival 2005 Chicago Treasures from Art to Wine New Zealand: A Taste of Things to Come TimeOutToronto ~ The Triplets of Belleville Arizona Wineries The Lowdown on Lodi ~North America’s most exciting viticultural area International Wine Events in 2004 World's Largest Parsnip ~ Royal Winter Fair 2003 Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts 2003 Myths and Legends of the World Michelin Three Star Chef at Wildfire Restaurant at Taboo Best Vintage Destinations ~ Top Spots for 2002-2003 The Shiraz Rush is On! ~ South Africa's Hottest Grape IFOAM 2002 Organic World Congress 2002 Miami Art Highlight - Roy Lichtenstein: Inside/Outside New Horizons for Ontario’s Culinary Wine Tourism© New Zealand ~ A New Culinary Cornucopia
|
 |
Okanagan Fall Wine
Festival 2006
Autumn in Okanagan wine country is the perfect time to take advantage of the multitude of harvest celebrations centered on the annual Okanagan Fall Wine Festival. Experience an endless variety of vineyard tours, lunches, dinners and special events. For ten days in early October enjoy over 165 events throughout the valley - all focused on wine, food, education and the arts in one of North America's most spectacular settings - the Okanagan Valley. For more information contact Okanagan Wine Festival Society at 250-861-6654 or email info@TheWineFestivals.com or visit www.thewinefestivals.com
One of the top destinations is the just-opened Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort & Spa located in the hills overlooking Osoyoos at the southern end of the Okanagan Valley. There is no better way to unwind than settling into your luxurious Desert Suite or Vineyard Villa. Their "Grape to Glass Escape" features a tantalizing start to your day with Nk'Mip Cellars Breakfeast Club, followed by a tour and tasting. At night, after a game of golf on the deluxe Sonora Dunes Golf Course 9-hole course (to see click here), or touring the adjacent award-winning Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre (to see click here), join Chef Brad Lazerenko for a gourmet food and wine pairing dinner at Passatempo Restaurant celebrate the best of the Okanagan. Call 1-877-313-9463 (click here to go to the website). Those planning to tour Okanagan wineries may want to get a copy of John Schreiner's Okanagan Wine Tour Guide at $19.95. This soft-cover is fairly up to date and was released earlier this year. Its only major shortcoming is that it doesn't provide any vintage information or notes on the recommended wines to taste. At Jackson-Triggs, for instance, the tasting room is now open (click here to see the announcement) and the wine to taste/buy is Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate 2004 Proprietor's Grand Reserve Shiraz at $25.99. Another guide worth buying is Jim Couper's Discovering the Okanagan. This paperback was published by Whitecap last year at $18.95 and is loaded with useful information. Great maps and updated winery information is also available in the free quarterly British Columbia Wine Trails (see www.winetrails.ca).
|
I
highly recommend 