Winemakers Cup

Huge thanks to everyone who volunteered or participated in the 18th Annual Winemakers Cup! Keep tagging Winemakers Cup with all your photos.

All welcome to come and meet & greet fellow industry peeps!

Important information for participants in the evening events: “The BC Wine Industry Soiree”

Dear Participant.
• Thank you for registering and participating in the evening events for the 18th Annual Scott Labs Winemakers Cup at the Penticton Lakeside in Penticton. Also known as the “BC Wine Industry Soiree” and the Apres Disco. This event is now totally sold out with over 160 participants from 57 different wineries. So, you are part of the biggest ever Winemakers Cup event we have ever had in history. Congratulations!
• The purpose of this e-mail is to give additional information about the day to help you make the most of your experience and maximize your fun,
• All the evening events will take place in the East Ballroom at the Penticton Lakeside Resort.
• Remember to bring along your costume for the Apres Disco party that you can change into later in the evening. Do not wear your costume to dinner, only to the after-party, The Apres Disco: a wine-fuelled, retro-inspired Dance Party.
• Check out the awesome prizes for the Best Costumes at the Hot Tub Time Machine party!
• First Prize: A Deluxe 2-night stay in a one-bedroom suite at the Penticton Lakeside Resort, valid for use anytime over the next 12 months. (Reg. Value up to $1000)
• Second Prize: a Magnum of Merlot from Corcelletes Winery (value up to $250)
• Third Prize: A box set of Wine From Osoyoos Larose (Regular value up to $250)
• Remember to plan for a safe ride home. Don’t drink a drive. There are a lot of hotels in Penticton that still have rooms available for Saturday night. So consider that option.

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS FOR THE EVENING “BC Wine Industry Soiree”:
Night-time fun in the East Ballroom at the Penticton Lakeside Resort
• 5:30 pm-7:00pm: Winemakers Happy Hour!
o Come and introduce yourself to your peers and our sponsors and rub shoulders with numerous BC winemakers and try each other’s new wine releases.
o Do NOT wear your costumes to the Happy Hour or Dinner
• 7:00pm- 8:45 pm: Winemakers Cup Dinner & Awards Presentation.
o Includes a buffet dinner, wine tasting, trophy & awards presentation, and the screening of the hilarious “Agony of Defeat” video.
• 8:45-9:30 pm:
o Intermission: time to leave the East Ballroom and get changed/dressed up in your Retro attire for the Apres Disco.
o The East Ballroom will be closed during this time as the room gets “flipped” and transformed for the Apres Disco.
• 9:30 pm – 12 midnight:
o The Apres Disco: a wine-fuelled, retro-inspired Dance Party featuring dance music spun by “The Duelling DJ’s. DJ Shakes will be spinning the best 80’s and 90’s classics while he goes head-to-head with DJ Aaron DaSilva who will be closing out the night.
o Enjoy great tunes and great times. A cash bar, operated by the Penticton Lakeside, will be open during the party. Please note that you are NOT allowed to bring your own alcohol into the Apres Disco Dance Party.
• 10:15 pm
o The Best Costume Contest for the Apres Disco Dance Party. Judging will take place on the Dancefloor of the party and crowd response will be a huge factor in determining who the top three winners are.
• 11:30 Bar Closes
• 12 midnight
o Safe Ride home shuttle bus will leave to return to Oliver and Osoyoos for those on the shuttle.
o Party Over!
o The party continues at the Barking Parrot at the Penticton Lakeside. .
o Please do not drink and drive. Get a taxi or get a room for the night.
o Please PARTY SMART!

Other information
• This year we have to implement a “Corkage Fee” of $20 per bottle for any bottles of wine that are taken from the Winemakers Happy Hour to the sit-down dinner. This is because the Penticton Lakeside has a liquor license that requires this to be done. So to enable this, we will have a table selling “corkage wine” right by the ballroom dinner area. If you want to take one or more bottles of “Corkage Wine” to your table, simply pay these wonderful young ladies the $20 corkage fee for each bottle you take. Thank you!
• This event is totally sold out, so please do not encourage any friends to come and join you as we are already at capacity.
• Remember to bring your best get-up/costume for the Apres Disco. There are prizes for the best costumes.
• Please do not wear your costumes for the Apres Disco to the Winemakers Happy Hour or the Dinner & Awards presentation. There will be plenty of time to get dressed during the intermission.
• Party Smart: please do not drink and drive!

We look forward to seeing you at the Penticton Lakeside Resort on Saturday Feb. 28.

Cheers,
Charlie Baessler, Glenn Fawcett & Christa Skimmings
Event organizers, 18th Annual Scott Labs Winemakers Cup.