Local & Industry Night
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Venue: Wine Experience Centre, Penticton
Date: Every Monday
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Price: Complimentary
Every Monday we welcome our fellow industry, friends and locals to check out the Wine Experience Centre. Stop in, meet our team, bring a friend and enjoy complimentary snacks and tastings.
Portfolio Tasting
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Venue: Wine Experience Centre
Date: Daily
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Price: $20 per person
Our portfolio tasting room will offer a selection of wines from one of our Estate portfolios daily and create a heightened tasting opportunity to enjoy wines in a more private setting. Wines tasted in the portfolio room will be served in a Riedel varietal specific glass and each tasting will be accompanied by a small plate with food bites paired with each wine.
30 min experience
Wine and Cheese “The Perfect Pairing”
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Venue: Wine Experience Centre, Penticton
Date: Daily
Time: 4:00 pm
Price: $25 per person
Serving wine and cheese together feels like a no-brainer but which wines work best with which cheeses? From red and white wine to dessert-styles, join us to discover the wine secrets of creating perfect pairings every time whether it’s with a nutty Parmesan, a creamy Brie or powerful Blue. Taste along with our wine educator in a fun 60-minute session which will give you the essential skills to put together truly harmonious wine and cheese pairings at home.
Wine + Chocolate=Happiness
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Venue: Wine Experience Centre
Date: Daily
Time: 1:30pm
Price: $25 per person
If you love wine and you love chocolate, then there’s no doubt that participating in our Wine + Chocolate = Happiness experiences will put you in your happy place.
Join our wine educators for an indulgent experience learning how to pair chocolates with four of our wines from the South Okanagan! Discover how delicate dark chocolates filled with organic Okanagan fruits pair beautifully with red, white, and dessert wines.
We kick the Wine + Chocolate = Happiness experiences off with a glass of sparkling wine. We then explore the world of chocolate, fruit, and South Okanagan wine to discover how these decadent flavours enhance and contrast one another.
We’ve partnered with Maison Mulnati to bring you this amazing pairing experience. New to Penticton, Maison Mulnati is a French artisan chocolatier creating handmade, vegan chocolates without preservatives. Some are even infused with our finest selected vintages of wine.
The experience will satisfy the most discriminating of palates and will give you a new appreciation of two of the worlds best things - wine and chocolate.
Icewine Custard with Sugared Pecans
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Ingredients
- 4 tsps Vidal Icewine
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 whole egg
- 1 cup pure maple syrup
- 4 tsps unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup pecan halves
- 4 tsps sugar
- pinch of salt
- boiling water
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325ºF. Spoon 1 tsp Icewine into each of 4 ramekins, swirling to coat the bottoms. Arrange the ramekins in a roasting pan.
In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the whole egg until blended. Whisk in the maple syrup. Pour the mixture into the ramekins. Carefully pour enough boiling water into the roasting pan to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Cover the pan with foil and bake for about 55 minutes, or until the custards are just set. Remove from oven.
Using tongs, immediately remove the ramekins from the hot water and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate the custards for at least 6 hours or overnight.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the pecans and stir to coat with the butter. Cook over moderate heat until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Put the sugar in a plastic bowl with a lid. Add pecans, attach the lid, and gently shake to coat the pecans. Transfer the nuts to a baking sheet, shaking off any excess sugar. Sprinkle lightly with salt. Let cool.
Carefully run a knife around the edge of each ramekin to separate the custard from the ramekin. Dip each ramekin in a bowl of boiling water for a minute, then quickly invert the custard onto a plate. Garnish with sugared pecans and serve.
Serving size: 4
Serve with Vidal or Riesling Icewine.
Valentine's Day Dine in the Dark
Date: Saturday February 13th, 2021
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Price: $140 per couple
While blindfolded, let your smell, touch, taste and feel lead you through a romantic three course dinner created by our Great Estates Okanagan culinary team. Each course will be paired with a wine from one of our three iconic labels – Steller’s Jay, Sumac Ridge, and Black Sage Vineyard. $140 per couple + tax + gratuity
Winter Wine & Charcuterie - Palentines 'Make & Take' Workshop
Date: Saturday, February 13th 2021
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Price: TBD
Bring your favorite girl or guy pal to Sumac Ridge and let your creative flow during our workshop event. Fee includes a glass of wine and light charcuterie.
Winter Wine & Charcuterie - All About the Pipe
Date: Saturday, January 16th 2020
Time: 6:30 pm
Price: $25 per person
Warm up with us during this afternoon session, pairing our Black Sage Vineyard Pipe with sweet and savory food selections. Deliciously decadent, a perfect way to spend a cold winter afternoon. $25 per person
Saturdays With Santa
Date: Saturday December 5th & 12th
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Price: Complimentary (with a Food Bank donation)
Start off the Christmas season with Sumac Ridge! Bring your little ones to visit with Santa, shop our amazing selection of gift ideas for the wine lover and culinary king or queen in your life, and enjoy a complimentary tasting with a donation to the Summerland Food Bank.
Light Up the Vines
Venue: Sumac Ridge Estate Winery
Date: Saturday & Sunday November 21st & 28th, 2021
Time: 3:00pm - 8:00 pm
Price: $5.00
Nothing gets you into the spirit of the season quite like enjoying a glass of wine surrounded by the twinkle of holiday lights. Experience 5 different food and wine pairing stations throughout the winery from our three iconic brands, Steller’s Jay, Black Sage Vineyard, and Sumac Ridge Private Reserve. While you enjoy your pairings, you can do a little holiday shopping and find the wine-lover on your list the perfect gift. No need to book online, just show up!