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EXPANDED WINEMAKER DINNER SERIES

DURING 10TH ANNUAL CORNUCOPIA NOVEMBER 9 – 12

Whistler, B.C. – Cornucopia’s newly expanded Winemaker Dinner Series offers more unparalleled adventures in gastronomy, as Whistler's renowned fine dining venues pair with a winery to present an exquisite dining experience that showcases featured wines.

Tourism Whistler celebrates a decade of culinary excellence with the tenth mouth watering edition of its Cornucopia Festival of Wine and Food (November 9 – 12). The four day event features the popular Winemaker Dinner Series on Friday November 10.

“We’re celebrating Cornucopia’s tenth anniversary with a program chock full of the elements that have earned Whistler its place on the international culinary event calendar,” says Michelle Payette, Manager of Events for Tourism Whistler. “The Winemaker Dinner Series this year features 14 restaurant and winery collaborations to ensure that as many participants as possible can enjoy this traditional sellout series.”

Each Winemaker Dinner offers its own unique and tantalizing presentation of wine and food such as the exciting dining experience in store when Araxi rolls out “The Big Guns – 25th Anniversary Edition”. The dinner will feature ten rare and remarkable wines, including a 1981 Chateau Beaucastle Chateauneuf du Pape, which shares both Araxi’s anniversary and the characteristic of improving with age. The evening kicks off with a Champagne reception featuring Nicolas Feuillatte "Cramant" Grand Cru 96, setting the stage for expertly paired regionally inspired dishes created by celebrated Executive Chef James Walt.

Cornucopia’s line up of Winemaker Dinners features equally innovative restaurant and winery teams inviting participants to indulge in a customized dining experience. Which to choose proves the greatest dilemma with fine offerings from:

• Après with Zefina wines SOLD OUT
• Aubergine Grille featuring Woodward Canyon Winery
• The Den on the Lake joins with CedarCreek Estate Winery
• Elements pairs its urban tapas with Summerhill Pyramid Winery
• Fifty Two 80 Bistro collaborates with the Mission Hill Family Estate
• Hy’s Steakhouse featuring Rodney Strong Vineyard
• Il Caminetto di Umberto showcases The Hess Collection
• La Bocca teams up with Valdivieso of Chile
• Morgan’s Creekside joins forces with Saddleback Cellars
• Quattro gets creative with a varied line up of wines
• The Wildflower highlights wines from Wolf Blass
• Cinnamon Bear Bar & Grille pairs with Sumac Ridge Estate Winery
• The Bearfoot Bistro presents Homage to Jacques Perrin SOLD OUT

Special two and three-night packages starting at $189CDN/$169USD and $234CDN/$208US respectively, offer Cornucopia participants the most competitive accommodation rates in the resort coupled with access to Cornucopia's popular signature event - the Crush! Gala Grand Tasting.

Detailed Cornucopia program information including event schedules, participating wineries and restaurants, and an exciting list of celebrity chefs and wine and food presenters are available at www.whistlercornucopia.com. Cornucopia is a presentation of Tourism Whistler, the member-based marketing and sales organization representing Whistler and operating the TELUS Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Golf Club, in-resort Visitor Services centres, as well as 1-800-WHISTLER, www.tourismwhistler.com and www.whistler.com, the official tourism calls to action for Whistler.

Whistler is a year-round leisure and meeting destination located 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is site of the alpine, nordic, sliding and Paralympic venues for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Whistler has a range of accommodations totalling 3,200 hotel rooms, and more than 5,000 other tourist accommodation units including condos, B&Bs and chalets. Whistler offers a wide selection of restaurants, bars, spas, boutiques, galleries and activities ranging from world-renowned skiing and snowboarding, mountain biking and golf, to hiking, rock climbing, and watersports. Whistler Blackcomb mountains feature 3,036 hectares (8,171 acres) of terrain and receives an average of 9.14 metres (30 feet) of snow per year. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is home to a diverse community of more than 10,000 permanent residents.

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