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SUMMER FESTIVALS AT MOUNT WASHINGTON Beerfest, The Wine Festival, and The Alpine Food Festival
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ancouver Island is no stranger to festivals during the summer. This is also true of the island’s premier alpine resort, Mount Washington. The resort has boasted a long tradition of sell out summer events and summer 2010 is no different. For the past 11 years running Mount Washington has hosted its famous Beerfest. The name says it all, the resort invites a bevy of breweries who all bring their newest and greatest concoctions for Beerfest revelers to sample. The evening is complemented with live music that helps create a real party atmosphere. This year’s Beerfest will be happening on July 09, 2010 and it will feature Canadian ska-music sensations The Kiltlifters! The Alpine Wine Festival is an even longer standing tradition for the resort. Going on 12 years in row this festival will bring out the oenophile in everyone. The Alpine Wine Festival is spread out over two evenings. The first night, Friday August 6, features a tasting with wine, cider and mead vendors coming from all over BC. The second night, Saturday August 7, features a wine pairing dinner. Select wines are paired with delectable dishes created by the resort's top chefs. The meal is usually several courses and exquisitely prepared.
September long weekend is the perfect time to have a festival highlighting the produce and bounty of the summer’s harvest and Mount Washington’s Alpine Food Festival seeks to do just that. The festival runs from September 3 to 5 beginning with a wine and cheese welcome reception, a wide variety gourmet cooking classes, a gala dinner featuring the best the Valley has to offer, and is concluded with the Alpine Marketplace and wild blueberry walking tours. Featuring locally grown food and globally inspired flavours, the weekend long event truly is a celebration of everything edible. This year’s Food Festival will feature celebrity chef Anthony Sedlak of Food Network’s The Main. Guest chefs Tahera Rawji, author of the Simply Indian cookbook series, and Maria Elena, author of Mexican Culinary Treasures, as well as the Comox Valley’s top chefs will be teaching cooking classes and performing demonstrations in the Alpine Market Place. It will be a great weekend that every Vancouver Island foodie won't want to miss. To purchase tickets for any of these events, please visit mountwashington.ca or call the resort at 1-888-231-1499.