Party in the Vineyard
If you own a winery and want to throw a big party with lots of great food onsite, the answer may come in the form of a local food truck.
Food Truck at Peller
The food truck industry has been booming in North America over the past decade as great chefs have raised the bar for street food to new heights. That’s also opened the door to food trucks operating in high-end wineries.
The biggest example in Canada is the Party In The Vineyard: Food Truck Edition, held annually at Peller Estates in Niagara. Held this year over the May long weekend, more than 20 top-end food trucks anchored this popular event, costing only $20 a person, and bringing hundreds of people to the winery.
Peller isn’t the only winery to embrace food trucks, however. BC’s quirky and highly acclaimed Blasted Church winery features Stoked Embers Wood Fired Pizza serving up their gourmet pies on weekends from May through June. Not to be outdone, the Oliver Twist Estate Winery in nearby Oliver offered fresh food from the Silver Bullet Frying Express starting in 2016.
The Okanagan Falls Winery Association is also getting in on the food truck revolution with Party in the Park on July 6 where all 15 of Okanagan Falls premier wineries will be pouring a selection of their wines at a festival tasting, followed by a grazing dinner prepared by 4 Okanagan food trucks: CrAsian, Vagabond, Poppadoms & Chick Chick Boom.
While winery restaurants have certainly been growing in number in Canada, food trucks are now offering a viable and tasty alternative for wineries wanting to offer food onsite.