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Savour the Heights: Promoting BC Wines in Whistler's Premier Market 

Visitors to Whistler are constantly amazed by the incredible selection of local wines. Join us for a transformative two-hour session with renowned BC Sommelier Samantha Rhan in "Savour the Heights: Promoting BC Wines in Whistler's Premier Market." Learn how to expertly describe BC wines and their distinct regions to captivate guests, enhancing their experience and boosting your wine sales. Plus, enjoy a tasting of BC wines! Don't miss this unique opportunity to elevate your wine knowledge and sales skills!
Course outcomes: Provide excellent wine service for visitors to Whistler and enhance guest experience and knowledge of local wines and our industry by:

• knowing how to describe wines made from the eight noble grape varieties
• understanding the basics of BC wines and regions and what makes us special in the world of wine
• knowing all the retail outlets for making wine purchases and their services/ specialities
• being able to use words to describe and sell BC wines

• Sunday October 27th – 12:00pm – 2:00pm
• Tuesday, November 5th – 3:00pm – 5:00pm
• Friday, November 15th – 1:00pm – 3:00pm
• Thursday, December 5th – 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Facilitator: Samantha Rahn

Samantha has spent her entire adult in the mountains, immersed in food and wine.  It started in Banff where she wrote her first award winning wine list way back in 2001 for the Maple Leaf Grille.  After meeting her taller half, racing snowboard cross and going to the Vancouver International Wine Festival in 2007, she was imported to Whistler by him, and served as Wine Director at Araxi Restaurant until her restaurant retirement in 2018.  
Samantha was awarded BC Sommelier of the Year from Vancouver International Wine Festival and Vancouver Magazine in 2013.  She has recently completed a wonderful five-and-a-half-year stint being the "Wine Fairy', as Private Client Service Manager and Fine Wine Ambassador for Select Wines and sister agency Icon Vins Fins.  As an active participant of Cornucopia since her arrival in Whistler in 2007, and being your Cornucopia Ambassador for more than a decade, Sam now has an expanded role with this fabulous event, still as Ambassador, and Festival Sommelier.  She is also owner of Samantha's Garden, which offers food, beverage and hospitality services and consulting.  Samantha lives up the road in Pemberton with her guy, Jamie, and two beloved tabbies, Francis and Fleurie.  She is an avid (mostly downhill) mountain biker, backyard vegetable farmer, and sports fan. 

 

Photographs taken at the event may be used in marketing and promotional campaigns and messaging by the Whistler Chamber.

Cancellation Policy
If you are unable to attend your session, please let us know by emailing whistlerexperience@whistlerchamber.com a minimum of five business days before the event (please note you may only reschedule your session once free of charge). A $40 re-scheduling fee will apply for cancellations made within five business days, non-attendance on the day, or if you have already rescheduled once previously.