Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival Official Launch
By Kevin on Sep 18, 2009 with Comments 2
Averill Creek Vineyards wines at the Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival
Locally produced cheeses - Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival
The Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival started off with a bang tonight at the Satellite Bar & Grille at the Arbutus Ridge Country Club. The food was excellent as one would expect, take a look at what was available to sample:
- Sage and Prosciutto Wrapped Wild Sockeye Salmon, on Armenian Flatbread
- Seafood Ragout in a Crispy Wonton
- Asian Chicken Popsicles
- Tomato Fresh Basil and Roasted Garlic Bruschetta
- Tomato Water Soda Pop
- Potato Martini Bar
- Beef Ragout, Chicken Mushroom Stew, Vegetable Confetti
- Buttermilk Scented Potatoes
Of course, one of the reasons to either live in the Cowichan or visit the Cowichan is for the fabulous wines and other delights available and a number of wineries and cideries were present showing off their best creations. Averill Creek Vineyard, Godfrey-Brownell Vineyards and Alderlea Vineyards were represented as well as Merridale Estate Cidery. Needless to say, I had to sample a few of these and found a number of the wines to be very palatable! The festivities included the sabering of a new Rocky Creek Winery sparkling wine that was very pleasant, not too sweet and a big hit with the crowd!
The weekend has more to offer, for additional information visit the Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival web site at http://wines.cowichan.net.
Opening the bubbly with a sabre at the Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival --- Don't try this at home!
and enjoying some of the bubbly! Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival
Lots of excellent locally produced food - Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival
just curious what you thought of the sparkling that was being sabered in the photos? You didn’t mention anything about it.
Hi Mark,
I just updated the post, credit required where due! I’m not a huge fan of bubbly but quite liked the sparkling wine. Not overly sweet, crisp, the right amount of sparkling, went down very smoothly. I know it was a hit with the crowd by the comments I heard around me. I sure can’t claim to be a wine connoisseur so I expect this comment is a little “vague” but yeah, it was excellent.
Have got to try sabering some day but I’ll practice before trying the technique on the good stuff!