Lots to do for Fathers Day and beyond

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Allison Markin - Jun 12, 2024 / 11:00 am | Story: 491899

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In case your calendar app hasn’t yet alerted you, here’s it will be Father’s Day on Sunday.

Planning on celebrating the dad, father figure or treasured mentor in your life? Here are some ideas and events to ponder, including a few happening a little later this summer.

And there are a couple of choices even before the big day.

• Roche Wines on the Naramata Bench will host a wood-fired pizza party Friday night (June 14) from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. There will be live music by the band, Kilnhouse, Pizza, by Francesco Olivia, a selection of sides, plus a glass of beer or wine is included with your ticket.

• On Saturday, celebrate Pride Month at See Ya Later Ranch above Okanagan Falls at Pride in the Vines. Spend the afternoon exploring the vineyard while sipping wines and enjoying bites in the vines, and add on a BBQ feast to your ticket.

• Phantom Creek Estates near Oliver has some unique gifts, including signed magnums of its 2018 Kobau Cuvée, as well as a family-style tailgate BBQ with a delectable menu of grilled meats. Duck fat corn bread, anyone?

• Peak Cellars in Lake Country is hosting a Father’s Day Pig Roast, and if you happen to be in the Lower Mainland this weekend, Township 7 in Langley has its Wine and Swine, with bites by Well Seasoned, a gourmet food store that’s home to an amazing cheeseburger pie and an excellent array of culinary gifts.

• Nearer to home, explore gift ideas at the B.C. VQA Wine Information Centre, the Grist Mill and Gardens in Keremeos at its Father’s Day celebration, or consider something different, sustainable seafood at Codfather’s Seafood Market in Kelowna, which now offers Fish for Life, a seafood delivery service. Keep dad supplied with the Catch of the Week box.

Can’t align schedules this weekend?

• Oliver’s Roots and Fruits Expo will take place June 20 to 23 and will include a Rock & Roll picnic, a giant sand box for the kids, food trucks, and a vendors’ market, while in Penticton on June 20, the Community Pop Up Projects kicks off its summer series. Beginning at 5 p.m., enjoy live music, a beverage garden and more at 598 Main Street, with a mini classic car show presented by the Peach City Beach Cruise.

• Before it sells out, pick up a pair of tickets for the parents to go to the 7 Deadly Sins Party at Blasted Church, with carnival games, roving circus acts, aerial performers and more.

To paraphrase the winery, tell your guests this gift will let them party like their soul depends on it.

What a way to start the summer.

This article is written by or on behalf of an outsourced columnist and does not necessarily reflect the views of Castanet.

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A creative thinker with more than two decades of experience in communications, Allison is an early adopter of social and digital media, bringing years of work in traditional media to the new frontier of digital engagement marketing through her company, All She Wrote.

She is the winner of the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association's 2011 and 2012 awards for Social Media Initiative, an International LERN award for marketing, and the 2014 Penticton Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for Hospitality/Tourism.

Allison has amassed a following on multiple social networks of more than 30,000, frequently writes and about social media, food and libations as well as travel and events, and through her networks, she led a successful bid to bring the Wine Bloggers Conference to Penticton in June 2013, one of the largest social media wine events in the world, generating 31 million social media impressions, $1 million in earned media, and an estimated ongoing economic impact of $2 million.

In 2014, she held the first Canadian Wine Tourism Summit to spark conversation about the potential for wine tourism in Canada as a year-round economic driver.

Allison contributes epicurean content to several publications, has been a judge for several wine and food competitions, and has earned her advanced certificate from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust.

In her spare time, she has deep, meaningful conversations with her cats.

She can be reached at [email protected]

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