The First Annual SOWA Kitchen Party!

South Okanagan Winery AssociationThe South Okanagan Winery Association is putting on a Kitchen Party to celebrate the releases of several fine BC wines.

Held at Midland Appliance’s Kingsway showroom (210-188 Kingsway, in our beloved East Vancouver!), the wineries will be showcasing their limited releases and specialty wines alongside nibbles and bites from some of Vancouver’s top restaurants including:

  • CRU
  • Le Gavroche
  • Lolita’s South of the Border Cantina
  • O’Doul’s Restaurant & Bar
  • Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
  • Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company
  • Salmon House on the Hill
  • Savoury Coast
  • Senova
  • So.Cial at Le Magasin
  • Vista D'oro Farms

Tickets to the First Annual SOWA Kitchen Party are still available ($75 plus service fees) through TicketWeb Canada (www.ticketweb.ca or 888-222-6608). Proceeds from this event will go to support The Osoyoos Desert Society, a non-profit organization of volunteers whose mission is to raise awareness and to protect the Antelope brush community in the South Okanagan. For more information visit their website at www.desert.org.

BC Wine Lover plans to be there!

Author

  • Mike Klassen

    Mike is a communications and public affairs professional in addition to being a BC wine industry booster. He and his wife Stacey launched the BC Wine Lover brand in 2007 to share stories about their experiences with people, places and wines on their BC wine country travels. In 2015, Mike was hired as Executive Director of the BC Wine Appellation Task Group, and undertook a comprehensive industry-wide consultation involving hundreds of stakeholders to reform regulations governing wine-making in B.C. The resulting recommendations were overwhelmingly endorsed through a plebiscite, and are leading to the creation of new sub-appellations in the province. In addition to his blog, Mike’s articles on BC wine have been featured in Huffington Post, Vancity Buzz (now Daily Hive), and Vancouver Sun. Mike now works for BC Care Providers Association as Vice President, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, and continues to be engaged on the future of Canada’s wine industry.