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SIP & SAVOUR SALT SPRING 2013
A Festival of Local & Regional Food & Wine
Friday and Saturday, September 27th and 28th
SALT SPRING ISLAND, BC 3rd Annual Sip & Savour Salt Spring shines the spotlight on the natural abundance of Salt Spring Island. On Friday, September 27th and Saturday, September 28th, Sip & Savour Salt Spring unites growers, food producers, chefs and vintners from Salt Spring Island and the Vancouver Island region with local and BC vintners in mélanges a trois of culinary magic. Celebrate National Organic Week on Salt Spring Island! Learn more at: www.sipandsavoursaltspring.com. Presented by Mouat’s Trading
On Friday evening, local restaurants will be hosting Wine Maker’s Dinners where the talent of chefs will combine with locally produced ingredients in a winemakers inspired menu. The local, regional or BC vintner will be on hand to discuss their wine being served with each course and the chef will discuss the inspiration behind the locally sourced menu item. Prices, wineries and menus to be announce. Participating restaurants are: Auntie Pesto’s Café, The Gathering, Rawsome Living Foods, Rock Salt Café and Mistaken Identity Winery. Sip & Savour Inspired menus are being offered at many other local restaurants.
Your culinary adventure continues on Saturday starting at 9 am with the Famous Salt Spring Saturday Market, where everything is grown, harvested, created and made on Salt Spring Island. The Fall Harvest means the Market with be brimming with fresh, local fruit, vegetables and grains grown in our unique micro-climate.
In Ganges on Saturday from 1 - 4 pm, Harbour House Hotel’s seaside orchard will be transformed into a fabulous Grazing Experience as visitors will sip fine wines from BC and savour samples of delicious local and regional foods selected to pair with the wines, prepared by local chefs. The unique and compelling idea behind this event is that visitors will see the fresh produce, be able to talk to the grower, ask the chef how they prepared the ingredients and discuss with the vintner how the wines complement the resulting dish - a completely new concept in the area of outdoor wine-tasting events. Tickets are $55 plus gst.
New for 2013 is the Locavore Dinner and Dance at Moby’s Pub. Join us for this upscale and fun Salt Spring centric dinner with great music for dancing – all within walking distance of Ganges! Enjoy a 3-course dinner with a glass of BC sparkling wine to welcome you. Live music featuring the Latin rhythms of Salt Spring’s Jose Sanchez and the Cuban Party Band. Suggested attire is “Salt Spring Formal” ie: anything you’d like to wear! 6pm – 1 am (Dinner 7-9) Tickets are $55 plus gst.
As a bonus to your Sip & Savour Salt Spring weekend, stay and enjoy the 15th Annual Salt Spring Apple Festival taking place on Sunday. Tour various farms and attend the main event at Fulford Hall.
Sponsors for Sip & Savour Salt Spring are: Mouat’s Trading, Country Grocer, Hasting House Country House Hotel, CTV, Gulf Islands Driftwood, Harbour House Hotel, Restaurant and Organic Farm, Thrifty Foods, Barnyard Grafix, Salt Spring Air, Steffich Fine Art, Salt Spring Marina, Bullock Lake Cottages by Platform Properties, Windsor Plywood, Li Read Sea to Sky Premier Properties, Ken Byron Excavating, Island Savings, Cameron Chalmers Consulting AGS, Fishbowl Magazine, Gallery 8, Salt Spring Exchange, Black and White Rentals and Accommodations Group of Salt Spring Island.
For further information, and to discuss Sip & Savour, please contact:
Event Chair: Genevieve Price Coordinator: Milly Sinclair
gprice@saltspringchamber.com millysinclair@gmail.com
Media Contact: Janet Clouston
Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce
250.537.4223, chamber@saltspringchamber.com
Sip & Savour Salt Spring is brought to you by the members of the Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce and is supported by Tourism Vancouver Island. Partial proceeds will support Island Natural Growers and West Coast Islands Stewardship and Conservancy
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