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This year’s Okanagan Spring Wine Festival is set to be the largest event ever, with more than 90 culinary and wine activities from Osoyoos to Oyama.
The fun kicks off April 30 with the Best of Varietal Wine Awards and will wrap up with Mother’s Day winery brunches on May 10.
The spring festival coincides with bud break, a time of year the valley’s vintners eagerly await.
During the 11-day festival, see how the tastemakers of the Okanagan and Similkameen explore their creative side with artisan wineries, micro-breweries and distilleries and local restaurants.
Blair Baldwin, general manager of the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society, says from cycling wine country to touring tasting rooms and vineyard picnics, it’s easy to see why the Okanagan was recently named among the top 10 wine touring destinations in the world by Huffington Post, USA Today and Wine Enthusiast.
“We invite everyone to come sample the burgeoning craft wine, beer and fruit liquor industry which is taking place here," says Baldwin.
The festival is moving toward incorporating more of an encompassing culture of the Okanagan which includes micro-breweries, fruit wineries and distilleries.
Baldwin says at signature events, such as the WestJet Wine Tasting, only wine will be poured but if businesses want to create an event during the festival in which they pour a beverage made of 100 per cent B.C. fruit the OWFS welcomes them to do so.
"It's all about supporting each other and to create an event that is outside wine but involves B.C. fruit then it's part of the culture we subscribe too."
Fifteen years ago, Baldwin says, there was only wine poured at the events but slowly bread and cheese were introduced to different areas of the festival.
"We are growing to be more than just wine, although we are all about wine culture and are driven by wine we want the micro-breweries and places like Okanagan Spirits to be involved."
New festival highlights this year include:
- Iron Sommelier: B.C. wine and food paring competition.
- Sensory wine and viticulture workshops at Okanagan College
- Live music and record spinning DJs in the many wineries
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