Third Summer Festival!
Silver
Star Mountain Resort, Vernon, BC is your host for the 4thOkanagan
Summer Wine Festival from August 4-6. Come and experience the
marriage of world-class wines from British Columbia's Okanagan
Valley with art, music and outdoor recreation in a pristine
alpine mountain village. The Okanagan Summer Wine Festival offers
a diverse choice of weekend packages including interactive wine
education seminars, a unique outdoor consumer wine tasting,
gourmet wine dinners, music, dancing and a wide variety of on-mountain
activities. The beauty of mountain wildflowers in a Victorian-inspired
mountain resort setting may be your most enjoyable and relaxing
experience this summer.
To make reservations, contact the good people
at Silver Star at: 1-800-663-4431
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2005 Summer Festival Schedule of Events
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Time
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Event Name (click for details)
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Thurs Aug 4 |
7:00pm-8:30pm |
Blind Wine
and Cheese |
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Aug 5 |
11:30am-1:30pm |
Seminar:
Art of Pairing Cheese and Wine
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Friday Aug 6 |
3:00pm-4:30pm |
Seminar: Medal Winners Tutored Tasting |
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Friday Aug 6 |
6:00pm reception |
Winemasters' Dinners (Tapas & Fine Dining) |
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Saturday Aug 7 |
10:00am-11:00am |
Seminar: Wine 101 |
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Saturday Aug 7 |
12:00pm-1:00pm |
Seminar: Wines of the Naramata Bench |
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Saturday Aug 7 |
2:00pm-3:00pm |
Seminar: Great Value Wines |
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Saturday Aug 7
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4:00PM - 7:00PM
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Silver Star Mountain Progressive Tasting
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2004 Summer Festival
Highlights
Thursday August 5, 2004
Blind Wine and Cheese Tasting $36.00
Location: Silver Star Mountain Resort, British Columbia
Description:
In response to our sold
out status in 2003 we bring back this very unique event!
Partnered with the Dairy Farmers of Canada this event is for
those who want to test their wine and cheese palates. We offer
a fun blind tasting of Okanagan wines and fine cheeses
followed by dancing to live music at Long John's Pub with the
Zamboni Brothers. Come and learn to identify your favourite
varietals and cheeses and vote to determine whether or not you
can recognize the difference between wines and cheeses.
Seminars
There are 2 seminars on Friday and 3 seminars on Saturday, for details for each seminar
please visit our events calendar on this website at
Wine Festival
Events
Friday:
11:30am - Art of Pairing Cheese and Wine
$30.00
3:00pm - Medal Winners Tutored Tasting $30.00
Saturday:
10:00am - Wine 101 (Everything you ever wanted to know
about Okanagan Wine But
were afraid to ask) $30.00
12:00pm - Wines of the Naramata Bench $30.00
2:00pm - Great Value Wines $30.00
Friday August 6, 2004
Winemasters
Dinners!
Location: Silver Star Mountain Resort, British Columbia
Description: Silver
Star's Culinary Arts come alive! Four restaurants and eight
wineries welcome you to a colourful spectrum of menus from
fine dinning to light tapas, paired with extraordinary wines.
Enjoy this delightful evening of education, entertainment and
great food!
Participating Restaurants and Wineries:
Craigellachie
Dining Room (click to view menu)
Fine Dining
$75.00
Quails' Gate Estate Winery
Peller Estates
Silver Lode
Restaurant (click to view menu)
Fine Dining
$75.00
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery
Crowsnest Vineyards
Italian
Gardent (click to view menu) Tapas
$50.00
Summerhill Pyramid Winery
Sandhill/Calona Vineyards
Bugaboos
Tapas
$50.00
Red Rooster Winery
La Frenz Winery
Saturday August 7, 2004
The Progressive Tasting $40.00
Location: Silver Star Mountain Resort, British Columbia
Description:
The
flagship event of the Okanagan Summer Wine Festival! Bring
your friends to Silver Star to find your new favorite wine or
wine variety. Live music fills the fresh mountain air while
you wander through Silver Star's Victorian-inspired village
sampling wines from over 25 of the Okanagan's finest wineries.
Grab your souvenir wine glass and don't forget your notebook
so you can remember your favourites.
Summer Wine Festival Packages
See the village, see the mountain. ride the
chairlift... you'll want to stay the night! You're
Victorian-inspired accommodation is in a breath-taking alpine
setting, just footsteps away from the events and festivities
of the Okanagan Summer Wine Festival.
3 Night Ultimate Wine Lovers.....$379
3 nights accommodation, Blind Wine and Cheese, Art of Cheese
and Wine, Medal Winners, Fine Dining Dinner, Choice of 2 of 3
seminars on Saturday, Progressive Tasting, Chairlift pass.
3 Night Wine Escape.... $294
3 nights accommodation, Blind Wine and Cheese,
Choice of 1 of the 2 seminars on Friday, Tapas Dinner, Choice
of 1 of 3 seminars on Saturday, Progressive Tasting, Chairlift
pass.
2 Night Gourmet Wine Lovers.... $249
2 nights accommodation, Choice of 1 of the 2
seminars on Friday, Fine Dining Dinner, Choice of 1 of the 3
seminars on Saturday, Progressive Tasting, Chairlift pass.
2 Night Wine Escape..... $194
2 nights accommodation, Tapas Dinner, Choice of 1 of the 3
seminars on Saturday, Progressive Tasting, Chairlift pass.
Night Out Under the Stars....$110
1 night accommodation, Choice of 1 of the 3 seminars on
Saturday, Progressive Tasting, Chairlift pass.
Packages are per person based on
double occupancy in a standard hotel room, based on
availability. Upgrades to larger units available. Prices do
not include taxes and are subject to change without notice
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