Drink PINK at the Wickaninnish & Support Breast Cancer Awareness

Wickaninnish Inn and Blue Mountain Winery Support Breast Cancer Awareness

(Tofino, BC) October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This October, guests can visit the Wickaninnish Inn, sip sparkling wine and know they are working to support a worthy cause. The Wickaninnish Inn is partnering with Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars to assist Breast Cancer Foundation. Funds will be raised in bubbly pink style.

The Wickaninnish Inn is offering an October special called Packaged in Pink. The package includes a bottle of Blue Mountain Brut Rosé along with a gift certificate for a spa visit in the Ancient Cedars Spa. Part proceeds from every Packaged in Pink package sold will be donated to the BC-Yukon chapter of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. This package is available from October 1st-31st, 2011 (excluding the Thanksgiving long weekend). Rates begin at $549.39 and are based on double occupancy.

“Packaged in Pink” includes:

• One night’s accommodation for two
• One bottle of Blue Mountain Brut Rosé 2007,
• Ancient Cedars Spa credit of $100.00 towards spa retail products or a treatment of your choice,
• Complimentary valet parking

Guests of the Inn and the Pointe Restaurant who have not booked the pink package can support Breast Cancer Awareness month by sipping bubbles. $4 from each glass or $10 from each bottle of Blue Mountain Rose sparkling wine will be donated to Breast Cancer Awareness.

About the Wickaninnish Inn.

Perched on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino, the Wickaninnish Inn has been a Relais & Châteaux member property since 1997. A year-round destination exemplifying “rustic elegance on nature’s edge”, the Inn is owned and managed by the McDiarmid family of Tofino, and is exclusively located on beautiful Chesterman Beach. All 75 oceanfront rooms and suites welcome guests with a gas fireplace, soaker tub, locally-created art, individual balcony and a beach or ocean viewscape. The Inn is home to Ancient Cedars Spa and The Pointe Restaurant. Contact the Inn’s reservations team by calling 1.800.333.4604 or visiting www.wickinn.com

About Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars

Blue Mountain is a family run vineyard and winery established in 1991 with a commitment to sustainable viticulture practices and using exclusively estate grown grapes.

About Breast Cancer Foundation

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is the leading national volunteer-based organization in Canada dedicated to creating a future without breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Canadian women. It is estimated 23,200 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 women will die from the disease in 2011.