Whistler - Turning Down into UP
Traditionally après summer and pre-ski time in Whistler was very much off season and a down time in visitors. That was before Whistler started the Cornucopia Event -a veritable feast of culinary delights paired with fabulous wines. This year’s event from November 9-12, started on Thursday with wine tastings from 74 wine exhibitors mainly from BC and Washington State.
Here is a list of my favorites from this afternoon tasting:
Whites:
- Fork in the Road Chardonnay 2004
- Quails Gate Chenin Blanc
- French Rabbit Chardonnay – great hip packaging when a bottle is too combersome
- Sumac Ridge Meritage 2005
Reds:
- Black Sage Vineyard Meritage 2003
- TinHorn Creek Cabernet Franc 2003
- Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2003
- Chateau de Beaucastel Coudelet de Beaucastel Rouge 2001
- Sumac Ridge Silver 25th Anniversary "Pipe"
- Saturna Island Vineyards Pinot Noir 2004 - for info on the Saturna Island Winery Harvest Celebration September 15, 2007 just $25 a person. This is a real fun day of wine tasting and grape stomping.
A real surprise and show stopper was Momokawa "g" "Cask Strength" Junmai Ginjo Genshu Premium Chilled Sake which has won Gold and Silver medals!
Definitely an UP-time for Whistler as most events were SOLD OUT!