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Whistler, B.C. – With less than one week before Whistler welcomes Cornucopia,
presented by BlueShore Financial, some events are selling out, but an
expanded schedule means there are still a few opportunities to attend this
annual celebration of food + drink.
Now in its 18th year, Cornucopia’s 11 day calendar is teeming with a diverse
selection of events fit for the connoisseur’s palate to those eager to
learn. From cooking demonstrations to drink seminars, winery dinners to
gala tastings and late-night celebrations – this year’s festival will leave
patrons counting down the days until next year.
Festival packages are also available offering accommodation and choice
of new tasting events such as Cellar Door
or Cornucopia’s signature events such as House Party
and Crush
Gala Grand Tasting with the option to add on a selection of additional
event tickets in an easy one-spot-shop. Fill your days with a selection of
wine seminars such as Made In
Italy or Natural
Wine; learn a trick or two around the kitchen with local and visiting
chefs at a Culinary
Stage Series demonstration or in a more intimate setting, the Chef’s
Table Luncheon’s are held in luxurious, private Whistler chalets.
For those who enjoy a little competition – and who in Whistler doesn’t –
Cornucopia does not disappoint. Two cocktail competitions are set to take
place over each weekend. The first competition being the Belvedere
Black Box Cocktail Party at the Bearfoot Bistro on Sunday, November 9.
The Firerock Lounge is the setting for the second cocktail event – Cocktail
and Dreams on November 13. Amateurs take the stage throughout the week
with So
You Think You Can Cook and on Saturday, November 15 wine seminar You Be The
Judge provides attendees the opportunity to participate in a blind
tasting complete with personal scorings with the wines to be revealed at
the end.
Last but certainly not least – Infiniti
Canada; the official luxury automotive sponsor for Cornucopia has
launched a contest to win tickets to Cornucopia
Night Market: Taste The World and Poured.
Two
unforgettable experiences. One contest.
Whatever your plans may be, the countdown is on to get your tickets to
Whistler’s premiere fall festival Cornucopia celebration of food + drink.
For detailed schedule information visit www.whistlercornucopia.com.
About Infiniti
Infiniti Motor Company Ltd. is headquartered in Hong Kong with sales
operations in over 50 countries. The Infiniti brand was launched in 1989.
Its range of premium automobiles is currently built in manufacturing
facilities in Japan and the United States. Production in China and the UK
will start soon along with the expansion of the brand’s portfolio. Infiniti
plans to also expand manufacturing into Mexico by 2017.
As the Title Partner and Vehicle Performance Partner of Infiniti Red Bull
Racing, Infiniti has a far-reaching technical collaboration with the
Formula One team, and Sebastian Vettel, its four-time World Champion
driver, serves as Infiniti’s Director of Performance.
More information about Infiniti and its industry leading technologies can
be found at www.infiniti.ca.
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Didier Marsaud, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications – Infiniti
Canada Didier.marsaud@infinticanada.com
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Cornucopia, presented by BlueShore Financial is an eleven day
dazzling display of gourmet food, wines, spirits and beer catering to
everyone from amateur enthusiasts to aficionados. Respected industry
professionals, judges and presenters headline each event, seminar and
tasting, offering the best possible opportunity to garner as much
information and insight as possible. Held on the cusp of the opening of
each ski season in beautiful Whistler, British Columbia; Cornucopia was
designed to showcase and support the local food and drink industry. Now
encompassing wineries, breweries, distilleries, chefs and restaurants from
Vancouver, greater B.C. and beyond, Cornucopia has become recognized as a
preeminent representation of the culinary tourism industry in Canada. With
widespread appeal shown through the immense variety of events available,
the festival is truly a food and drink festival with a Whistler attitude.
Whistler is Canada's premier year-round leisure and meeting
destination located in the Coast Mountains 120 kilometres (75 miles) north
of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Consistently rated the top ski
resort in North America, Whistler was the Host Mountain Resort of the 2010
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The resort offers an extensive range
of accommodations totaling 10,000 bedrooms among 24 hotels as well as
townhomes, condos, B&Bs and chalets. Whistler also boasts more than 100
restaurants and bars, 200 retail shops, 25 spas and countless activity
options from world-renowned skiing and snowboarding, mountain biking and
golf, to hiking, rock climbing, and watersports. The Resort Municipality of
Whistler is home to a diverse community of more than 10,000 permanent
residents.
Tourism Whistler is the member-based marketing and sales organization
representing Whistler, operating the Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler
Golf Club, Whistler Visitor Centre, as well as 1.800.WHISTLER and
whistler.com - Whistler's official source for visitor bookings and
information. As the convention and visitors bureau for the Resort
Municipality of Whistler, Tourism Whistler represents more than 7,000
members who own, manage and operate properties or businesses on resort
lands including hotels, restaurants, activity operators and retail shops.
Broadcasters: Whistler now has the capability to take you live
with our enhanced fibre network. The significantly expanded network of more
than 200 kilometres of fibre optic cabling throughout the resort allows
instant transmission of HD signals to any location at any time. Details on
how to access, and book the fibre are available on our media site. http://media.whistler.com/contact-us/filming-in-whistler/
Media can visit whistler.com/media for Whistler facts,
media releases, story starters, local personality profiles and access to
images and B-roll.
Media Contacts
Mary Zinck
Specialist, Media Relations
T: 604.938.2702
E: mzinck@tourismwhistler.com
W: www.whistler.com/media
T: www.twitter.com/CornucopiaWine
F: www.facebook.com/CornucopiaWine
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