Victoria’s first annual festival of food and wine offers a local taste of Vancouver Island and the wine regions of British Columbia. Not just a wine festival, Taste offers culinary tourism experiences at venues around downtown Victoria, as well as farms and vineyards throughout the Saanich Peninsula and Cowichan Valley.

The Okanagan Summer Wine Festival is held every second weekend in August at Silver Star Mountain Resort in Vernon. Come and treat yourself to an intimate weekend of wine education, arts, music and mile high outdoor recreation.

The Annual Okanagan Fall Wine Festival is an experience for all who love fabulous wine accompanied by great food and unique events. Autumn in Okanagan Wine Country is the perfect time to watch the grapes ripen in the sun and indulge yourself in the harvest celebrations.

The Okanagan Spring Wine Festival is a perfect marriage of wine and culinary tourism. For the first ten days in May each year, it offers a tantalizing experience for anyone who loves fabulous wine accompanied by fine cuisine.

The De Martino Winery was established over 70 years ago when a young Italian named Pietro De Martino Pascualone arrived in Chile, searching to satisfy his passion for wine. In his quest for the ideal location he decided upon Isla de Maipo in the Maipo Valley because of its excellent soils and perfect climate. Pooling knowledge accumulated through generations of winemaking, and with typical pioneering Italian spirit, De Martino quickly gained a reputation for its tireless commitment to quality. Today, this dynamism is still prevalent with state-of-the-art technology combined with …