Of pooches and plonk: an unusual new B.C. calendar
Thursday, August 14th, 2008If you love dogs and you love British Columbia wineries—and, more specifically, dogs AT wineries—finally, there is a wall calendar just for you.
The 2009 Winery Dogs of BC calendar, compiled by CBC Radio wine columnist Troy Townsin, features pooches of all varieties. There’s Filbert the dachshund from Oliver’s Golden Mile Cellars, Maggie the Labradoodle from Naramata’s Lake Breeze Vineyards, and Bruno, a rottweiler-Labrador cross at Silkscarf Winery in Summerland.
“[W]hen you are out visiting these world class wineries a big part of the experience is the interaction with the people and, of course, the dogs who live and work at each winery,” says Townsin in a release. “In fact because the calendar features dogs who actually live at the wineries it is possible to plan a whole wine tour based solely around the dogs you would like to meet!”
The calendars may be purchased online or at participating wineries. Partial proceeds will be donated to the BCSPCA.
(Or, British Columbia Magazine subscribers can wait for their free 13-month 2009 wall calendars to arrive. While we won’t have any dogs or wineries in the mix, readers can expect wild owls, cougars, and stunning B.C. landscapes among the images we’ve selected to knock your socks off.)