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SEPTEMBER 7th toSEPTEMBER 15th

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Saturday, September 14, 2013 | 6pm

Enjoy a four course dinner from Executive Chef Jan Kobbero and team with wine pairings from Averill Creek, Alderlea, Enrico and Unsworth. Winemaker’s will be speaking about each pairing and the development of hybrid grapes on Vancouver Island.

Winemaker’s Dinner

“Anything But Pinot From The Cowichan Valley”

Price subject to tax & gratuity. Reservations required.

$64 per person including wine pairings

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Alderlea Farm & Cafe3390 Glenora Road | Duncanwww.alderleafarm.comPh: 250.597.3438

Averill Creek Vineyard6552 North Road | Duncanwww.averillcreek.caPh: 250.709.9986

Blue Grouse Vineyards4365 Blue Grouse Road | Duncanwww.bluegrousevineyards.comPh: 250.743.3834

Chemainus Theatre& Playbill Dining Room9737 Chemainus Road | Chemainuswww.chemainustheatrefestival.caPh: 250.246.9820

Damali Lavender & Winery3500 Telegraph Road | Cobble Hillwww.damali.caPh: 250.743.4100

Deol Estate Winery6645 Somenos Rd. | Duncanwww.deolestatewinery.comPh: 250.746.3967

Enrico Winery & Vineyards3280 Telegraph Road | Mill Baywww.enricowinery.comPh: 250.733.2356

Glenterra Vineyard & Thistles Cafe3897 Cobble Hill Road | Cobble Hillwww.glenterravineyards.comPh: 250.743.2330

Merridale Ciderworks Bistro& Distillery1230 Merridale Road | Cobble Hillwww.merridalecider.comPh: 250.743.4293

Pioneer House Restaurant4675 Trans-Canada Highway | Duncanwww.pioneerhouserestaurant.comPh: 250.746.5848

Quamichan Inn1478 Maple Bay Road | Duncanwww.thequamichaninn.comPh: 250.746.7028

Rocky Creek Winery1854 Myhrest Road | Cowichan Baywww.rockycreekwinery.caPh: 250.748.5622

Satellite Bar & Grilleat Arbutus Ridge Golf Club3515 Telegraph Road | Cobble Hill250.743.5100

Silver Bridge Travelodge “The Old Fork”140 Trans Canada Highway | Duncanwww.travelodgeduncan.comPh: 250.748.4311

Silverside Farm & Winery3810 Cobble Hill Road | Cobble Hillwww.silversidefarm.comPh: 250.743.9149

Stone Soup Inn 6755 Cowichan Lake Road | Lake Cowichanwww.stonesoupinn.caPh: 250.749.3848

Teafarm8350 Richards Trail | North Cowichanwww.teafarm.caPh: 250.748.3811

Unsworth Vineyards& Amuse Bistro2915 Cameron-Taggart Road | Mill Baywww.unsworthvineyards.comPh: 250.929.2292

Zanatta Winery& Vinoteca Restaurant5039 Marshall Road | Duncanwww.zanatta.caPh: 250.748.2338

THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL WEEKMost Participating Wineries are open daily througout the festival week. Please check individual websites for hours of operation.

Blue Grouse farm to table picnics with music Sept.7, 8, 13, 14 & 15th. with Singer Songwriter Genevieve Charbonneau. Enjoy wine and a farm to table picnic, call 250.743.3843 to book!

Damali open daily for wine tastings, self guided tours, lav-ender walks, gift shop, picnics and complimentary lavender u-pick. Guided tours at 11am & 1pm, sample 8 different wines and choose one to take on your tour; $8 /person.

Deol Vineyards will be hosting free tastings from 11-5 on location. Open to the public , welcoming friends, and family.

Glenterra Thistles Café will be offering a menu of local fresh vegetables, seafood, poultry and meats.s Winery & Café open 11:30 – 5:00.

Merridale Open daily for tours and tastings, lunch on the patio, gift shop, deli and bakery. Monday through Thurs-day dinners on the deck. Choose cider, wine or spirit pairing options with your meal. Served 5:00 to close. Reserve by e-mail:[email protected]

Damali ‘Greylag’ Picnic & Wine Cruises – ‘Greylag Boat Tours’ at Fisherman’s Wharf in Cowichan Bay - Tour the Bay and enjoy a lunch of local food & Damali Wine. $75 per person. Group bookings for 6 – 8 people available for 12pm, 3pm or 8pm daily. Reserve by e-mail: [email protected]

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH MNP Grape Stomp! at Cowichan Exhibition - The kickoff event of the 2013 Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival held at the Cowichan Exhibition Fairgrounds during the Cowichan Exhibition.

Itt Wilson’s Hop on Hop off Wine Tour: visit the website at www.wilsonstours.com for details

Damali ‘Sangria Fiesta’: 6 pm – A Spanish Fiesta with sangria & seafood paella made over an open � re. $40 per person includes dinner, live music and a glass of lavender mojito sangria.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH

Cowichan Long Table ICC Dinner – Freedom to Farm. 5:30pm at Dragon� y Farm in Glenora. A gourmet 5 course white linen dinner paired with wine. Only 150 tickets available, $100/person. Visit wines.cowichan.net for more details and where to purchase tickets.

Itt Wilson’s Hop on Hop off Wine Tour: visit www.wilsonstours.com for details

Merridale Merridale Live entertainment and pizza on the deck! No cover charge for this event. 5:00 to close.

Teafarm Moroccan Tea Experience at 2pm. $10 per person, call to reserve.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH Teafarm Tea & Sweet Pairing, Choose from a variety of tea infused sweets paired with a selection of organic loose teas. Open 10am – 6pm.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH

Teafarm A taste of South America. Yerba Mate served with locally made Argentinian sweets. $5/person

Wine & Culinary Festival Package (Tuesday through Thursday) – a 2 day and 2 night package including accommodation, tours, tastings & meals. Visit wines.cowichan.net for more information.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH

Meet Your Maker at Providence Farm: Mingle with the winemakers and winery owners of Cowichan at Provi-dence Farm. All you can eat pizza bar, wine sampling, live music and more for $35/person. Tickets available on line at wines.cowichan.net.

Teafarm – Single malt teas served complimentary through-out the day paired with sweets. Open 10am – 6pm.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH

Stone Soup Inn Five courses of regional food paired with local wines; and a Venturi Schulze Champagne Saber-ing. Two seatings 6pm and 8 pm. $105/person, call 250.749.3848 to reserve.

Teafarm Champagne of teas, a selection of Darjeeling samples, poured complimentary throughout the day, paired with culinary sweets. Open 10am – 6pm.

Chemainus Theatre Enjoy pairings of local wine & food. Listen to the tunes of a baby grand piano and view limted edition prints by Island artist Arthur Vickers. Admission is free and the � rst 50 people will receive a Chemainus goodie bag! Sponsored by the Chemainus Business Improvement Association. 5:30 pm – 8 pm. Follow this event by attending a dress rehearsal of Chemainus Theatre production A Pretty Girl. Purchase advance tickets: only $19 plus tax.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH

Averill Creek winemakers dinner at Hudson’s on First with chef Dan Hudson. Call 250.597.0066 to reserve.

Amuse on the Vineyard: Dinner Theater under the Stars! Mercury & Shawinigan Players will perform a series of short, light & humorous sketches from the script called “Good Evening”. $49/person for the dinner theater. A wine pairing option available for an additional cost. Call 250.743.3667 to reserve.

Teafarm Truf� eandia serving a line up of tea infused chocolate truf� es available a la carte. Open 10am – 6pm.

Silverside Farm & Winery & Bird’s Eye Cove serving up a gourmet picnic of delicious appies, pulled pork, and scrumptious dessert. Tickets are $30/person. Includes live music, dinner with a glass of Silverside’s award- winning wine and a glass of our signature port style wine with dessert. Call 250-743-9149

Stone Soup Inn winemakers dinner with Alderlea Vineyards. 5 course meal, $115/person. Call 250.749.3848 to reserve.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH

22 Oaks live music and local smokehouse on site. Bring a picnic!

Arbutus Satellite Bar & Grille – Anything but Pinot from the Cowichan Valley! Enjoy a four course dinner with Cowichan Winemaker’s who will be speaking about each pairing and the development of hybrid grapes on Van-couver Island. $64 per person, includes wine pairings. Phone to reserve: 250.743.5100

Averill Creek – Old Fork Food truck, Visions artist group, complimentary winery tours, wine tastings $5 for 5 tickets (1 ticket per 1oz pour), vocalist Cari Burdett on Saturday afternoon, and more!

Damali Wine & Lavender Fest! 10am-4pm; live music, self guided lavender tours, lavender food, lavender crafts, lavender gift shop, tasting room and more! Guided tours 11am and 1pm, $8/person includes glass of wine to take on tour.

Enrico Winery BBQ Baron of Beef with wine served on their new deck! Sample wines, enjoy live music and browse local vendors.

Merridale learn the art of tasting spirits! Tours and tastings in the distillery at 12pm & 2pm. Learn the art of the cocktail from 12pm – 4pm. Art in the orchard with artisits, writers, painters, & creators & musicians from 11am – 4pm. Geocaching, Faery hunt for the kids, and photo booth all weekend!

Rocky Creek all day wine tastings. Ladysmith Art Coun-cil attending, with seminars at 2pm. Live music, wine � ights and sparkling cocktail bar!

Stone Soup Inn winemakers dinner with Rocky Creek! $110/person, 5 course dinner served at 6:30pm. Call 240.749.3848 to reserve.

Unsworth Vineyards & Amuse Champagne 4 ways! A traditional sparkling wine party served 4 ways. Champagne cocktails and champagne infused foods by Amuse served all day. Live music, visions artists group, bubbles and more! Visit web-site for more details.

Zanatta Winery Tasting Extravaganza! 11am – 5pm samplings of all wines, including sparkling, with demon-strations of sparkling wine production (champagne method).

Averill Creek – Old Fork Food truck, Visions artist group, complimentary winery tours, wine tastings $5 for 5 tick-ets (1 ticket per 1oz pour).

Merridale learn the art of tasting spirits! Tours and tast-ings at 12pm & 2pm. Learn the art of the cocktail from 12 pm – 4 pm. Art in the orchard with artists, writers, painters, creators & musicians from 11am – 4pm. Faery hunt for the kids, and photo booth all weekend!

Unsworth Vineyards winemakers Brunch at Amuse on the Vineyard: with winemaker Daniel Cosman. A 3 course brunch, each course paired with a glass of Unsworth wine. 2 seatings – 10am & 1pm, $65/person

Check website for more details on all events

wines.cowichan.net

FESTIVAL EVENTSSEPTEMBER 7th toSEPTEMBER 15th

RICHARD’S TRAIL

CHEMAINUSTHEATREFESTIVAL

TEA FARM

STONE SOUP INN

ALDERLEAFARM & CAFE

TRAVELODGE

PIONEER HOUSE

ARBUTUSRIDGE

QUAMICHANINN