Twenty Valley Winter WineFest… Wineries, Celebrities, Guestronomy!

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January 5, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE

Jordan, ON – Sweet. Sparkling. Sensational! The 2012 Twenty Valley Winter WineFest is pleased to announce the addition of Canadian fiddling sensation Ashley MacIsaac and celebrity chefs Kary
Osmond, host of CBC’s Best Recipes Ever and featured chef in Canadian Living Magazine, Rob Rainford, celebrity chef and author of Born to Grill and Michael Olson, Chef Professor at the
Niagara Culinary Institute to its programming. The festival runs January 14 – 15, 2012 on Main Street in the Jordan Village.

The premier wine and culinary festival invites participants to sip, savour and celebrate with over thirty of the Twenty Valley’s most celebrated wineries. Enjoy an enchanting winter afternoon with cozy open fires, sparkling ice cruiser tables and sculptures, live entertainment, picturesque floral displays and sensational tastings. Sweet icewine, festive sparkling wines and sensational VQA red & white wines are paired with delicious offerings from renowned local chefs to tempt your taste buds and warm and tantalize your insides.

Exciting Features of the 2012 Twenty Valley Winter WineFest:
• Ashley MacIsaac in a Saturday night performance: Performing traditional Celtic music Ashley will dazzle our guests into the night.
• The Celebrity Chefs Cooking Demo’s: Featuring Kary Osmond, host of CBC’s Best Recipes Ever and featured chef in Canadian Living Magazine, Rob Rainford, celebrity chef and author of Born to Grill and Michael Olson, Chef Professor at the Niagara Culinary Institute
• Celebrity Chef hosted Black Box Challenges: Two daily cooking challenges will pair local chefs against each other in attempt to win over our celebrity chef’s taste buds.
• Eats on the Streets: Sensational sweet and savoury food trucks will roll into the village to tempt guests with their icewine gastronomically inspired fare. Food trucks include; Blue Donkey, Cupcake Diner, El Gastronomo Vagabundo and Toasted Tangerine.
• Winter Wonderland Winery Tours: Four daily shuttles take guests from the magical Jordan Village to local wineries throughout the region giving guests the ability to visit
retail locations and take Twenty Valley wines home.
• Roll out the Barrels’ winemakers challenge: Ross Wise from Flat Rock Cellars will be back to defend the coveted Golden Blundstone Boot trophy he won last year and take on
all comers.
• ‘Rosy Cheeked and Chic’: A fashion show featuring local winemakers showing off the chic and hip styles of the Village’s specialty shops will also occur daily.

Enhancements to this year’s Twenty Valley Winter WineFest were made possible through the Province’s Celebrate Ontario grant.

This year’s festival runs from 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. on Saturday January 14 and 11:00 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday January 15. Admission to the event is free, tokens are $3.00. Guests can pre-order packages of tokens and pre-book winery tours by contacting the Twenty Valley Tourism office at 905-562-3636 or info@twentyvalley.ca.

About Twenty Valley
Twenty Valley is situated in Niagara’s lush Greenbelt, less than an hour’s drive from Toronto. The area is composed of local communities including Beamsville, Vineland and Jordan. The area is
extraordinary for wine producing and agriculture. For more information please visit www.twentyvalley.ca