Cornucopia: Day 1

I’m sitting in my gorgeous room at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, on the absolutely comfortable, completely squishy bed, drying off from a serious downpour! It didn’t ever cross my mind that I would have to bring an umbrella to Whistler, the land of skiing and snowboarding!

Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Image source: Fairmont

I got into the Village in the early afternoon, and was pampered and treated like a queen by the Fairmont staff, and after grabbing a bite to eat, I headed down to the main Cornucopia site for my first session, “White Rhones” with Thomas Perrin from Chateau Beaucastel (and I got his personal email address, so I will be contacting him for an interview!)

I learned a ton, tasted some gorgeous white wines (yes, the Rhone Valley does indeed grow white wine grapes and they make some beautiful wines with them!), and took copious amounts of notes.

I’ll be posting about the seminar particularly, but I wanted to get the first Cornucopia post up and then go grab food before the Crush Gala Grand Tasting tonight. More to come!