Westside Wine Trails – Sip With Your Sweetheart Event

The Westside Wine Trail  wineries return for their annual Sip with Your Sweetheart Event in celebration of Valentine’s Day.  All nine wineries of the Westside Wine Trail open their doors on Sunday, February 10^th, 2013 from noon til four pm offering complimentary wine and heavenly chocolate pairings. For romantics, chocolate and wine lovers- The Sip with Your Sweetheart event is not to be missed.

Westside Wine Trail wineries and their carefully selected chocolate & wine pairings for 2013 include:

Beaumont Family Estate Winery

Selection of Wine & Bernard Callebaut Chocolates

Bernard Callebaut chocolate bread from Artisan Breads and specialty cheese made in the Okanag

an Valley will be paired with a selection of Gamay Noir, Pinot Noir and Late Harvest wines.

Late Harvest Viognier

Kalala Organic Estate Winery 

Late Harvest Viognier and Merlot Ice

wine & White & Dark Chocolate Truffles

Viognier infused white chocolate truffles paired with a Late Harvest Viognier and dark chocolate truffles infused with Merlot paired with a Merlot Icewine.

Little Straw Vineyards 

Pinot Rose & Chocolate Lava Cake

Barrel Top Grill’s Chef Trevor will be welcoming guests with chocolate lava cakes which will be paired with a 2011 Pinot Rose.

Bliss Sparkling Cherry Honey Wine & Chocolate Walnut Bark

Meadow Vista Honey Wines 

Bliss Sparkling Cherry Honey Wine & Chocolate Walnut Bark

Be the first to try the newly released Bliss, a sparkling cherry honey wine which will be paired with their Harvest Table Chocolate Bark, featuring dried cherries and farm walnuts.

Mission Hill Winery 

Merlot & Dark Chocolate Mousse

Delight your senses with dark chocolate mousse topped with raspberry caviar and paired with a 2009 Reserve Merlot.

Summit Reserve Melange Noir & Bliss Bakery’s Chocolate Cinnamon Heart Tart

Mt. Boucherie Winery 

Summit Reserve Melange Noir &  Bliss Bakery’s Chocolate Cinnamon Heart Tart

Will be serving their “2006 Summit Reserve Melange Noir” wine with Bliss Bakery’s decadent “Chocolate cinnamon heart tart”  – a  shortbread crust, dark chocolate with a hint of spice, delicate cinnamon flavour and infused with Mt. Boucherie’s wine.

Merlot & Salted Chocolate Caramel Bar

Quails’ Gate Winery 

Merlot & Salted Chocolate Caramel Bar

Add something savoury to your day! The dedicated pastry chef at Old Vines Restaurant will be whipping up a delectable salted chocolate caramel bar to pair with the Quails’ Gate 2010 Merlot. The test trial in the Wine Shop had them all raving, so be sure to drop by for something extraordinary.

Rollingdale Winery

 La Droite Merlot & Cherry, Chocolate Truffle Cookie

Chef James O’Riordan will be enticing guests with a cherry, chocolate truffle cookie which will be paired with their 2008 ‘La Droite’ Merlot.

Volcanic Hills Estate Winery 

Selection of Wines & Rogers Chocolates 

Will be pairing their wines with decadent Rogers Chocolates and Heart Icewine Chocolates (Chocolates, Truffles & Fudges).

For more information, visit Westside Wine Trail or follow on twitter @WestWineTrail.