Wedding season is back, and Penticton has plenty of local gift options for the happy couples in your calendar

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After many postponed nuptials, wedding season is back on in full force! June is a popular time for weddings and when you’re looking for wedding presents for the happy couples, be sure and look local.

Penticton businesses offer a wide array of perfect celebratory gifts like bottles of wine, gift cards for romantic dining experience or relaxing massages.

Villa Rosa Ristorante is a fantastic place to send the newlyweds with a gift card for an exceptional dining experience. Featuring a large selection of classic Italian dishes, regional wines and top tier service, Villa Rosa is a beautiful and delicious experience for newlyweds to unwind after their wedding or to save and use for a special occasion.

“A great gift is both a gift card and our cookbook,” says Tyler Gable, owner of Villa Rosa.

“Another popular option is our 'Dinner Crates' which is a prepackaged meal for two. They are all fresh and you compile it and cook it at home together."

Villa Rosa is currently celebrating their 25th anniversary and is offering special deals to celebrate.

“We are featuring our cookbook for only $25, and during happy hour from 4-5, we are offering $25 bottles of wine,” says Gable.

Villa Rosa is also a quaint location for smaller weddings, receptions or rehearsal dinners. With several already booked and COVID restrictions lifting up, Gable expects them to have a busy summer wedding season.

Melt Mineral Spa is also a wonderful stay-cation getaway for the couple that can’t quite yet go on a honeymoon abroad. With services including facials, manicures and pedicures, hot stone massages and body wraps, Melt Spa is a memorable gift for any couple to melt away the stress of planning a wedding.

Melt Spa also offers an extensive line of body care and skin care products like masks, lotions and mineral based sunscreen to make an opulent gift basket that they can enjoy at home.

If you can’t decide which kinds of luxurious treatments or skin or body care products will best suit the couple, Melt Spa also offers gift cards that allows the newlyweds to choose what they would enjoy most.

The Hooded Merganser offers a stunning location with delicious food that ensures a fun date night for a newly married couple. With a convenient location downtown, right on the water, they offer delicious and unique farm to table menu items in a brand new menu.

They also have a wide selection of local wines, craft beer and cider, and fantastic cocktail options. Gift cards from the Hooded Merganser are available at any denomination and are a fun way to give a couple a memorable and romantic dining experience.

The BC VQA Wine Centre is a fantastic one-stop-shop for wedding gifts.

“This place is perfect,” says Ellen Huot, a wine ambassador with the Wine Centre.

"We have a rotating selection of BC wines, with around 150 wineries represented and well over 500 wines. We also have wonderful gift baskets filled with wines and local Okanagan items."

With an ever-rotating selection of brilliant gift baskets displayed, they also offer a vast array of local artisanal gifts.

“We have all kinds of wine accessories and glassware too, but we also have textiles, all kinds of wonderful culinary gifts, jewelry made by fantastic local artists, pottery and artwork,” says Huot.

If you are unsure of the couple's taste, they also offer gift cards where you can purchase anything from the wine, to the artwork. The BC VQA Wine Centre is conveniently open every day from 9-6 and 9-5 on Sundays.

“We currently have a wonderful display of chilled rosé and sparkling wines and we also offer local ciders. We have lots of gift ideas for wine and culinary fans,” adds Huot.

No matter who the couple is that is getting married, local establishments offer something unique and special for everyone.

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