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Save the date, runners, walkers and wine lovers! Brigadoon's newest event, Brigadoon's Wine & Dash, takes place Sunday, June 14, 2015 in Nova Scotia's Gaspereau Valley!
Participants will complete a 10 mile route on foot by running, walking or both and have an opportunity to experience Nova Scotia vineyards in a new way, by enjoying different flavors of Nova Scotia wine along the route! Domaine de Grand Pre*, Luckett Vineyards*, l'Acadie Vineyards*, Gaspereau Vineyards*, located along the route, will host a wine experience and water stop.
This event will bring the community together to create awareness and raise funds for Brigadoon Village, while enjoying some of the most scenic views and tasty wine that the Valley has to offer!
Registration opens Monday, January 19, 2015. For more information please contact Kerri Ann Hillier by emailing kerriann.hillier@brigadoonvillage.org or by phoning 1-888-471-5666.
Join Local Connections Halifax the September for our first ever Sausage Throwdown. This event will be a competition between participating restaurants, and you will be the judge. Your ticket will include $20 in food tickets (for sausage plates and wonderful sides), 12-4oz. craft beer samples, a Belgian-style take-home glass, and access to the event. Entertainment TBA.
Craft brewery list so far includes: Boxing Rock, Big Spruce, Bulwark (cider), Garrison, Good Robot, North Brewing, Propeller, and Sea Level. 1 more brewery TBA.
Join Local Connections Halifax this September for our first ever Sausage O The Night. This event will be a competition between participating restaurants, and you will be the judge. Your ticket will include $20 in food tickets (for sausage plates and wonderful sides), 12-4oz. craft beer samples, a Belgian-style take-home glass, and access to the event. Entertainment for this event will be the Mike Cowie Quartet, The Karaoke Kid (aka. John Shadow), and Devour! The Food Film Fest.
Craft brewery list so far includes: Boxing Rock, Big Spruce, Bulwark (cider), Garrison, Good Robot, North Brewing, Propeller, and Tatamagouche. 1 more brewery TBA.
Drink in the breathtaking view while enjoying deliciously local wines as chefs Richard Harmes (Luckett Vineyards), Jeffrey MacNeil (Rime Restaurant), Dave Smart, and Steph Levac (Frais Catering) take you palette on a culinary voyage, exploring...the sausage. The New Bridge will be on deck with musical accompaniments.
It will be an evening to remember!
PLEASE NOTE: The tickets are all-inclusive and include gratuity.
Mix 5 exceptional Mixologists with all their creativity, 5 Nova Scotia Distilleries with more than 50 locally produced products, all shaken and stirred up in one incredible location, Lunenburg.
Tastings, workshops, a Sip and Dash competition, Rum Runner tours, a make your own Gin event...the list goes on. Accommodations, events, fine dining, after hours music....all within easy walking distance in the beautiful venue of Lunenburg. Come join us October 16th - 18th, 2015.
Foodies and film fans unite this fall to celebrate in the heart of Nova Scotia’s wine country for Devour! The Food Film Fest, the world’s largest food and film festival from November 4-8, 2015. Just one hour from Halifax, Wolfville, Nova Scotia is “Canada’s Secret Foodie Destination” (The Hollywood Reporter) and the “New Napa of the North” (Gusto TV), which makes it the perfect backdrop for this collision of food and film.
Revel in the newest food movies, take in a workshop on everything from food writing to wine pairings, snack at some of the hottest food trucks around, indulge in the pleasure of Kings County’s bounty on one of our experiential tours or dine red-carpet-style at one of the celebrity dinners to make it a full day. Better yet, buy a pass for the whole week and #EATITUP.
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