JANUARY 10-26 14 A SHIMMER OF GOLD PROGRAM OF EVENTS niagarawinefestival.com Like us: /NiagaraWineFestivals Follow us: @NiagaraWineFest niagara icewine festival / 2014 A Message from the Festival The 19th Annual Niagara Icewine Festival is a uniquely Canadian winter experience for all! This celebration of Canada’s most cherished product, Icewine, is only the beginning. With three weekends of events and tastings including the Xerox Icewine Gala, outdoor Icewine celebrations in Twenty Valley and Niagara-on-the-Lake and the ever-popular Discovery Pass program, the Niagara Region celebrates winter like nowhere else in North America. Taste, experience and enjoy a truly Canadian Festival: The Niagara Icewine Festival. Cheers! Kimberly Hundertmark | Executive Director Niagara Grape & Wine Festival On behalf of our Board of Directors, we would like to thank the continued support of our presenting and founding sponsors; the City of St. Catharines, the Grape Growers of Ontario, and the Wine Council of Ontario. A very special thank you to our growing family of winery partners and hospitality stakeholders who are as passionate about the Niagara Wine Industry as we are! Images in this program provided Sandra Ozkur Photography. Like & Follow Grape & Wine! Stay up to the minute with the latest news and be the fi rst to know about all our exciting contests and promotions! TTweetweet us your experiences aatt ththisi year's festival @NiagaraWineFest@Niag We tweettw back! #IcewineFest#Ice #DiscoveryPass#D SCAN & LIKE #NiagaraIcewine#N 3 niagarawinefestival.com niagara icewine festival / 2014 The Xerox Icewine Gala A Bacchus Evening of Icewine & Revelry Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls January 10, 2014 • 8-11pm $185 plus HST $175 plus HST before December 20, 2013 Formal Attire Only This spectacular evening showcases wines from 40 Niagara wineries and features Canada’s largest tasting of internationally acclaimed VQA Icewines and table wines. Combined with exemplary Niagara cuisine prepared by Fallsview Casino’s top chefs as well as outstanding entertainment and an incredible silent auction, this is an unforgettable evening! For information or to purchase tickets visit niagarawinefestival.com or call 905-688-0212. a ur fe ture o i e n e t s h e FOOD & DRINK H O L E ID U AY ISS 5 niagarawinefestival.com Twenty Valley Winter7 WineFest Sweet.S Sparkling. Sensational! 7 7 Januaryy 11&12 3836 Main St. Jordan Village Over 80 VQA wines & Icewines Cooking Demos with Chuck Hughes & Danny Smiles FREE Concerts featuring Hollerado & Treble Charger Steam Whistle After Party Saturday, January 11, 2014 Held in the barrel cellar of Historic Cave Spring Cellars, the Steam Whistle After Party is the can’t miss celebration of the festival. Tickets $30 (+hst). Chuck Hughes Icewine Brunch Sunday, January 12, 2014 Indulge in a three course brunch featuring an Icewine inspired menu by host and chef Chuck Hughes. Limited tickets available. Tickets $50 (+hst). twentyvalley.ca 905.562.3636 niagara icewine festival / 2014 Twenty Valley Icewine Celebrations Twenty Valley Winter WineFest 3836 Main Street, Jordan Village January 11, 2014 • 11am -10pm January 12, 2014 • 12-7pm Free Admission Enjoy a sweet, sparkling and sensational winter weekend on the streets of the Jordan Village. Twenty Valley Winter WineFest features red, white, sparkling wines and Icewines from over 30 premium wineries. Food Network stars Danny Smiles and Chuck Hughes spice up the festival with daily cooking demos. Canadian recording artists Hollerado and Treble Charger take us into the night with a set of free concerts. Relax in the VQA lounge, indulge in our delicious food offerings and enjoy daily fashion shows and winemakers’ challenges. Visit us at twentyvalley.ca or call 905-562-3636 to plan your weekend! Event Highlights Saturday Top Chef Canada’s Danny Smiles Cooking Demonstration Kitchen Stadium Treble Charger Free Concert, Main Stage Steam Whistle After Party Cave Spring Cellars Barrel Cellar $30 in advance • $35 at the door (plus HST) (Limited tickets available) Sunday Chuck Hughes’ Icewine Brunch On the Twenty Restaurant $50 plus HST (Limited tickets available) Chuck Hughes Cooking Demonstration Kitchen Stadium Hollerado Free Concert, Main Stage 7 niagarawinefestival.com niagara icewine festival / 2014 Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewine Festival Sparkle & Ice Niagara-on-the-Lake Courthouse January 17, 2014 • 8-11pm Tickets $95 plus HST Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewine Village Historic Queen Street January 18, 2014 • 11am-5pm January 19, 2014 • 12-5pm Free Admission Flash & Panache: Icewine Cocktail Competition Historic Queen Street January 18, 2014 • 9-11pm Free Admission Shop, Sip, Sample & Savour: Niagara-on-the-Lake Insider’s Tasting Pass Historic Queen Street January 25 & 26, 2014 • 12-5pm Icebreakers’ Comedy Festival Local Inns & Eateries January 25 & 26, 2014 A celebration of all things Icewine and one of a kind experiences in the heart of wine country! To kick off the celebrations and back by popular demand, the Icewine Village and Icewine Cocktail Competition. New this year is an evening of Sparkle & Ice, a celebration with Niagara-on-the-Lake Icewinemakers and their VQA wines paired with Icewine inspired dishes by Signature Kitchen Chefs and live entertainment. Bundle up for an offi cial toast, at 10:30pm in the Icewine Village, of sweet liquid gold sipped from a glass made of freshly carved ice. The festivities don’t stop there! Join us as we close out the month with Shop, Sip, Sample & Savour in our landmark shops in the Heritage District for an afternoon of culinary and Icewine delights! To round out the weekend, we know you will leave with a smile after attending the new Icebreakers Comedy Festival. For a complete listing of Icewine inspired winery and restaurant events happening throughout the month, call 905-468-1950 or visit wineriesofniagaraonthelake.com/icewine-festival. 9 niagarawinefestival.com WINTERFEST IN THE SQUARE FREEFREE 2014 ADMISSION NEW THIS YEAR activities on both Friday & Saturday! Fri. January 24 • 5-9pm Sat. January 25 • all day presented by: Sip and savour the magic of winter in downtown St. Catharines. For more information, call the Niagara Icewine Festival at 905-688-0212 or visit us online at niagarawinefestival.com Join us January 17 to February 1, 2014 Try the creations of local chefs at restaurants in Downtown St. Catharines. Indulge in a three course fixed-price lunch and dinner for $10 to $35. Reservations with restaurants required. For complete details on the event, call 905-685-8424 or visit mydowntown.ca niagara icewine festival / 2014 Festival Events Winterfest in the Square Market Square, Downtown St. Catharines January 24 & 25, 2014 Free Admission Celebrate the magic of winter in St. Catharines. Not to be outdone, the vibrant downtown gets in on the Icewine action with Winterfest in the Square, a great weekend of wine, culinary and shopping. On Friday, in historic Market Square from 5-9pm, enjoy VQA wines, gourmet cuisine and live entertainment by Box Social! Purchase tokens for food and wine. On Saturday throughout the day and evening, enjoy an expanded Farmers Market, outdoor activities, live entertainment, wine and cuisine with local farm-to-table fl are. For information, call 905-688-0212 or visit niagarawinefestival.com. 3rd Annual Niagara Ice-winemakers vs. CHCH Sportsliners Hockey Game Meridian Credit Union Arena January 25, 2014 • 1:30-3pm Free Admission Join us for the rematch of the century! Niagara winemakers will be duking it out against CHCH Sportsliners Mark Hebscher, Tim Bolen and Adam Atkinson during a charity hockey game on January 25, 2014 at the Meridian Credit Union Arena at 1:30pm in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Donations will be collected to benefi t the Niagara-on-the-Lake Kinsmen. Food and wine available at market prices. 11 niagarawinefestival.com Savour Canadian Cheeses Presented by Dairy Farmers of Canada For recipes, visit allyouneedischeese.ca niagara icewine festival / 2014 Fine Canadian Cheese Five Brothers • Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese Woodstock, Ontario • gunnshillcheese.ca Five Brothers is a cow’s milk cheese that combines traits from Gouda and a Swiss variety called Appenzeller. At eight months old it has a fi rm yet creamy texture and rich diverse fl avours with sweeter overtones. Distinctive eyes are scattered throughout the body of the cheese. All of the milk to produce this unique cheese comes from the family’s dairy farm. It is named after the fi ve Ysselstein brothers, one of whom is the owner and cheesemaker at Gunn’s Hill. Winner, Firm Category, 2013 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Mountainoak Farmstead Premium Dutch Aged Gouda Mountainoak Cheese Ltd. New Hamburg, Ontario • mountainoakcheese.ca After emigrating from Holland in 1996, the van Bergeijks started dairy farming, however their love of cheesemaking soon had them making cheese for their own consumption. Luckily, with encouragement from family and friends, Mountainoak Cheese opened their doors in the fall of 2012. Starting off with the fresh raw milk from the family’s herd of Holsteins and then thermalizing it creates the full fl avour in this cheese, which is slightly sweet and nutty. The hint of caramel on the fi nish is beginning to develop, characteristic of longer aged Gouda styles. Tomme des Demoiselles • La Fromagerie du Pied-de-Vent Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec • fromagesduquebec.qc.ca Aged between six to eight months, this fi rm washed rind cheese is made with thermalized milk from a single herd of Canadienne cows. The fodder grown on these remote islands gives the cheese the distinctive salt water infl uenced character. Fresh cream and brine are part of the lovely aromas that greet you while the resulting fl avour is fruity. Two small hills on the island were the inspiration for the name of this cheese. Finalist, Firm Category, 2013 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Ask for these fi ne cheeses in Toronto or Niagara specialty cheese stores like: 13th Street Winery, Alex Farms, All the Best, Cheese Boutique, Cheese Emporium, Cheese Secrets, Cheese Shoppe On Locke, Chez Fromage, Chris’ Cheese Mongers and Scheffl er’s Deli & Cheese (St.