Blind Wine and Cheese Tasting

7:00pm-8:30pm at Long John's Pub  - $36.00

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 cheeses 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 favorite varietals and cheeses and vote to determine whether or not you can recognize the difference between wines and cheeses. 

Art of Pairing Cheese & Wine  

11:30am - 1:30pm – Francuccinos  - $30.00

Canadian Camembert with Gewurztraminer? Canadian cheddar with Merlot? Canadian blue with ice wine? Welcome to the Art of Cheese and Wine pairing! Brought to you by the Dairy Farmers of Canada, learn how the very best Canadian cheeses match the finest Okanagan wine varietals! This innovative afternoon will feature leading wineries of the Okanagan and the best dairy cheeses in Canada. 

Medal Winnners Tutored Tasting  

SOLD OUT

3:00pm - 4:30pm - Francuccinos  - $30.00

Join some of the Okanagan's leading wine experts for this special tasting of award winning wines from the prestigious 2003 Okanagan Fall Wine Festival Wine Judging Competition. Most of these wines have limited availability so this seminar is a rare treat! 

Winemasters' Dinners 

6:00pm reception, 6:30pm dinner
Silver Star's Culinary Arts come alive! Four restaurants and eight wineries welcome you to a colorful spectrum of menus from fine dining to light tapas, paired with extraordinary wines. Enjoy this delightful evening of education, entertainment and great food!

Craigellachie Dining Room - $75.00
Fine Dining Dinner (menu)
Quails' Gate Estate Winery & Peller Estates

Silver Lode Restaurant - $75.00
Fine Dining Dinner (menu)
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery & Crowsnest Vineyards

Italian Garden - $50.00

Tapas Dinner (menu)
Summerhill Pyramid Winery & Sandhill / Calona Vineyards

Bugaboos - $50.00

Tapas Dinner (menu)

Red Rooster Winery & Le FRENZ Winery

Wine 101 (Everything you ever wanted to know about Okanagan Wine but were afraid to ask)

SOLD OUT

10am-11:00am - Francuccinos  - $30.00

Can you have fun and learn at the same time? Absolutely! Welcome to the world of the great wines of the Okanagan. Join Howard Soon, the Master Winemaker for Sandhill and Calona Vineyards as you sip your way through a review of how to taste wine followed by a tasting of some of the best Okanagan varietals. After taking this seminar, you'll wonder why you haven't been to wine school before! Howard will draw on his experience as a certified Wine Educator at Okanagan University College as well as a wine judge (Los Angeles Country Fair and BCWI VQA Approval Panel) to guide you, cajole you and thoroughly entertain you. 

Wines of the Naramata Bench  

SOLD OUT

12pm-1pm - Francuccinos  - $30.00

Each year at the Okanagan Summer Wine Festival, we profile a different region within Okanagan Wine Country. This summer we are pleased to focus on the 11 wineries along the Naramata Bench which is located on the east side of Lake Okanagan just above Penticton. Led by Jeff Martin from La FRENZ and Gary Reynolds from Lake Breeze, you will discover a fabulous array of the hand crafted wines including some unique fruit wines. The Naramata Bench is quickly gaining appeal for its diverse wine culture, heritage and system of recreational trails. This seminar promises to showcase another reason why the wines of the Okanagan are renowned worldwide.

Great Value Wines

SOLD OUT

2pm-3pm - Francuccinos  - $30.00

All wines don't have to be high and mighty. This fun tasting focus's on the middle ground, the good, everyday wines produced by BC's winemakers to drink rather than to worship. These are wines that become your own everyday house wine for everyday drinking and events that won't break the bank. 

Silver Star Mountain Progressive Tasting

4:00 - 7:00pm - Silver Star Village - $40.00

The flagship event of the Okanagan Summer Wine Festival! Bring your friends to Silver Star to find your new favourite wine or wine variety. The great music of Dogskin Suit fills the fresh mountain air while you wander through Silver Star's Victorian-inspired village sampling wines from over 25 of the Okanagan Wine Festivals' finest wineries. Grab your souvenir wine glass and don't forget your notebook so you can remember your fovourites. 

For more information, please contact Central Reservations at 1-800-663-4431 or info@skisilverstar.com, or check out the Okanagan Wine Festivals at www.TheWineFestivals.com.