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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Cornucopia offers something for every taste and budget
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Whistler, B.C. – With an extensive lineup of events Cornucopia, presented by BlueShore Financial offers options to suit every taste and budget.
Cornucopia on a budget…
At Cornucopia, even a small budget gets you a BIG experience.
Enjoy a variety of top-notch wine seminars for less, from Foxtrot Winery: A Passion For Pinot, to You Say Shiraz & I say Syrah, from Wine & Chocolate: Friends With Benefits, to Bubble-icious – the options are endless. And with prices as low as $29, uncovering your next favourite wine is that much easier.
Learning at Cornucopia is affordable and easy with fundamental wellness seminars, including the Building a Healthy Body Lunch, Yoga and Meditation, or Fermented Foods Lunch starting from just $15.
With all events in the Culinary Stage Series priced at $40, guests can pick and choose from a surplus of options. Join accredited Chef Alana Peckham as she creates mouthwatering cuisine using healthy and natural ingredients at A Canape Party With Alligga, or team up with the Diary Farmers of Canada as they uncover the most popular pairing of all – Wine and Cheese.
With a number of Cornucopia’s most celebrated gala tastings and parties starting at just $45, guests can experience Cornucopia Night Market: Taste of the World, House Party and POURED: The Full Spectrum of Taste without breaking the budget. Alternatively, uncover the mythology and mystique of mixology at With a Twist, and Gin Unplugged
starting at $35.
Hey big spender…
If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, Cornucopia is where you show-off those sparkling gems. Cornucopia is the ideal setting to live the high life, indulging in divine luxuries. Want to live the life of the rich and famous? Cornucopia has you covered.
The Nourish Retreat at Cornucopia will fuel the body, stimulate the mind and feed the spirit. Greet each day with meditation and yoga, then fuel the body with healing local foods prepared by inspired chefs and experts at the Nourish Culinary Stage. Spend the afternoons connecting with Whistler’s awe-inspiring rain forest, exploring the rich history and traditions of the Squamish and Lil’wat First Nations, and top it off caring deeply for the body, mind and spirit with spa treatments. This complete package of health and wellness programming offers guests three nights and four days dedicated to their wellbeing.
Champagne Secrets with secret location and Veuve Clicquot is an exclusive and decadent evening of dining, fashion and champagne. Guests will enjoy early VIP entry into Secret Location’s pop-up concept store at Nita Lake Lodge with accompanying champagne reception, five-course champagne dinner hosted by Chef Dean Hossack of Aura, Chef Montgomery Lau of Secret Location and Veuve Clicquot, as well as entry to the Veuve Clicquot Yellow Party at Cure Lounge and Patio.
Tour Whistler’s most enviable private properties with masterful chefs in toe at Cornucopia’s Chef Table Luncheons. Enjoy a West Coast, seasonally-inspired multi-course dining extravaganza, prepared by critically-acclaimed chefs, and teamed with expert sommelier wine pairings, with all the creature comforts of being at home. Chef Table Luncheon presents gourmet dining in a secret locale.
Cornucopia dollar savers...
Feeling fancy, but love a good bargain? Cellar Door gala tasting unlocks the door to the world of luxury wines, uncorking top-shelf bottles and champagne. SEPTEMBER SPECIAL – act fast to grab discounted tickets to Cellar Door, available for just $99 (regular price $120), but only during September. With bottles ranging in price from $35 and up - this is a deal not to be missed!
Cornucopia and Whistler.com have teamed up to provide guests a bigger bang for their buck with incredible stay and play packages. Combine accommodation and event tickets to receive the best prices guaranteed. From Poured + accommodation, CRUSH + accommodation, Cellar Door + accommodation, or CRUSH + Cellar Door + accommodation packages available the options are bountiful. Get your party package here.
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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 1.800.944.7853 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.
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Media Contacts
Mary Zinck
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E: mzinck@tourismwhistler.com
Katie Brockett
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