Taste your way through Santa Barbara Wine Country with Chef John Bishop on the same path

forged by Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on their wine tasting

road trip salute to Jack’s final days as a bachelor in the film Sideways.

Don’t know much about the film Sideways? Visit the last page for a brief summary.

MAY 4TH - Welcome to Los Angeles and the beginning of your ‘Sideways Wine Trail’ journey. You will taste your way through Santa Barbara Wine Country on the same path forged by Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on their wine tasting road trip to salute Jack’s final days as a bachelor in the popular film ‘Sideways’. As you travel along the California Coast to Santa Barbara get to know your fellow travellers. This evening after a brief stop at the Hotel Canary in Santa Barbara to check-in and freshen up we head to a winery for dinner. We invite you to experience a unique night with an expertly crafted menu which will delight and amaze the most worldly of gour-mands, especially when paired with incredible wines. Meals: D

MAY 5TH - After breakfast, you’ll have the morning on your own. Whatever your passion, there is always some-thing to do in Santa Barbara. Perhaps a visit to the new

Santa Barbara Public Market. Explore the many galleries from the bohemian vibe of The Funk Zone to the genteel cobblestone walkways of State Street to open air plazas and promenades. In the afternoon we invite you to enjoy a sip or two or perhaps more of the finest wines produced in Santa Barbara County as you join Chef John Bishop on a self-guided walking tour of the Urban Wine Trail. Ready to blend your own wine? This evening we learn the art of creating a wine by marrying flavors, textures and colors from different grape varieties. A unique prelude to dinner at the Wine Cask restaurant. The Mediterranean Courtyard is the setting for an intimate dinner party for the group. Wine Cask is well known for its farm-to-table American Riviera cuisine. Meals: B,D MAY 6TH - Enviably situated in the heart of it all just steps from lively State Street, the Canary Hotel offers an inviting retreat with unmistakable local flavor. After breakfast,

SANTA BARBARA: SIDEWAYS WINE TRAIL with Chef John Bishop

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MAY 6TH - CONTINUED the morning is free to do as you please. Breathe in the light ocean breeze and take in the 360-degree views from the roof top pool area. Sun, swim, relax - no need to get up from that lounge chair, when the cravings hit for a killer margarita or tasty tapas, the tempting selections come to you. Early afternoon, we join Laurence Hauben of Market Forays for the ultimate locavore experience. Welcome to the Santa Barbara Farmers Market . Each week the farmers in the marketplace display a colorful bounty of agricultural products grown right in their back-yards. Come shop, socialize! This is a great way to connect with the local growers and food enthusiasts. Our next stop is ‘Chocolate Maya’ a unique chocolate shop. Perhaps treat yourself to a decadent piece of dark chocolate or a shot of thick voluptuous European-style hot chocolate?! A highlight of the tour - this evening opens a window into a more gracious, relaxed and happier way of life. Sharing the bounty of local, seasonal foods is just the beginning as we enjoy the intimacy of cooking in a private home with Laurence and John followed by dinner paired with local wines. After dinner return to the hotel. Meals: B,D

MAY 7TH - Today after breakfast we depart for the Santa Ynez Valley. With a moderate climate, beautiful scenery and peaceful country living, the Santa Ynez Valley has become a wine tasting destination like no other. Our first stop is at the Foley Estates Vineyard and Winery, a premier Pinot Noir and Chardonnay house located in the Santa Rita Hills. Savor the award winning wines in the Hospitality Center which affords visitors spectacular vistas of neighboring mountain ranges, coastal oaks and contoured hillside vines. Next on our wine tour, the Melville Winery resembles a romantic Mediterranean Villa. Sip a glass of fine Pinot Noir in an exquisite tasting room encased by a rotunda of French doors overlooking a picturesque garden setting and courtyard. Lunch is at the Los Olivos Café, where Giamatti mutters “I’m not drinking any f*** Merlot”. The warmth of the wisteria-covered patio welcomes you at the Los Olivos café where Miles, Jack, Maya and Stephanie enjoyed dinner and several exquisite bottles of wine. Our final stop for the day, before we settle in at the Marriott Santa Ynez Valley Hotel for the evening, is the Dierberg and Star Lane Vineyards. This tasting showcases the incredible diversity of the

MAY 7TH - CONTINUED vineyards . Enjoy a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon or Char-donnay. Dierbeg Vineyards represents the traditional winemaking legacy of the Santa Barbara County, deliv-ered with an unrivaled attention to quality. Tonight’s dinner will be on your own to enjoy at the hotel or go into Solvang. Meals: B,L

MAY 8TH - Ease into your day with the hotel’s award winning buffet breakfast. Take a stroll through the grounds, enjoy a morning swim or sit back and relax on your private balcony. A late morning departure takes us to the first of the two wineries featured on the Sideways wine trail. “Miles, Jack, Maya and Stephanie sneak out of a wine lecture to share a romantic walk through the Barrel Room” Welcome to the Firestone Winery. The tour guides will guide you through the history of the winery and through the production of fine wines from vine to glass. The tasting room features an island bar and picture windows that overlook the beautiful estate vineyards. Lunch is next. We find a picture perfect spot overlooking the Santa Ynez Valley to enjoy your gourmet picnic basket. An early afternoon visit to the Sanford Winery completes our tour of the Sideways wine trail. Sanford Winery welcomes you to the tasting room adjacent to the beautiful stone and abode winery and estate vineyards at Rancho La Rinconada. A unique place in the world, we invite you to soak up this visual experience over a glass of exquisite Pinot Noir or Chardonnay. Our final stop, the Hitching Post Restaurant made internationally famous for its appearances in the Sideways movie, is well renowned for both its wine list and the corn-fed Midwestern beef steaks. Grilled over an open oak wood fire, your dinner will be prepared in a cooking tradition that dates to the Spaniards who first settled in the region. Meals: B,L,D

SIDEWAYS WINE TRAIL

MAY 9TH - This morning, after breakfast, we depart for Los Angeles Airport for the flight home. As you travel along the California coastline take the opportunity to reflect on: “This week is not about me. It is about you. I'm

gonna show you a good time. We're gonna drink a lot of good wine. We're gonna play some golf. We're gonna eat some great food and enjoy the scenery and we are going to send

you off in style, mon frere.”

(Miles Raymond, from the Sideways movie) Meals: B

The film Sideways (2004) made a star out of Santa

Barbara, California's Wine Country and drummed up

demand for pinot noir around the world. Directed by Alexan-

der Payne, (Election, About Schmidt) Sideways

won an Oscar® for best the adapted screenplay

(based on the novel by Rex Pickett). Payne wrote the

Sideways screenplay with his long-time screenwriting part-

ner, Jim Taylor. Sideways tells the story of a celebratory road

trip saluting Jack's (Thomas Haden Church) final days as a

bachelor. A sojourn in Santa Barbara County's verdant Wine

Country valleys quickly careens sideways as he and Miles

(Paul Giamatti) hit the gas en route to mid-life crises. The

unlikely pair both share a heady blend of failed potential,

fading youth, and a nose for drowning in wine and women

(played by Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen).

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JOHN BISHOP Acclaimed Restaurateur, Chef, Cookbook Author

VANCOUVER, BC - British born John Bishop, who has been cooking since his early teens, attended hotel school in Wales and served his apprenticeship at a private London club. After ten years as chef at a restaurant in Kinsale, County Cork, he came to Canada in 1973, where he continued to pursue his culinary career. In 1985 he launched the restaurant that bears his name Bishop’s, located in Vancouver, was an immediate success and continues to garner accolades. The fare at Bishop’s is regional and seasonal. In Chef Bishop’s view, it makes sense to showcase British Columbia’s lush bounty of seafood, organic produce and meats. His exquisite West Side restaurant blends classic and modern flavours with a casual elegance that keeps clients coming back for a truly exceptional dining experience.

PRICE PER PERSON May 4 - 9, 2014

Double USD $2,399 Single USD $750 Airfare is additional.

Additional: CAD $250 direct donation to Project Chef. (www.projectchef.ca)

Tax receipt will be issued.

Project CHEF Education Society is a not-for-profit society that offers experiential programs to teach children and

families about healthy cooking and eating. Project CHEF: Cook Healthy Edible Food is a curriculum-based school program aimed at children in kindergarten to grade seven. This program teaches students about healthy

food: where it comes from, what it tastes like, how to prepare it and how to enjoy sharing it around a table. Designed to

immerse children in the process of cooking from preparation to cleanup, children gain knowledge about food; they

discover the pleasure and satisfaction in creating meals for themselves and they develop the skills so that they can apply their new-found knowledge and abilities in making

healthy food choices at home.

Fine Hotels / Great Locations May 4 - 7 @ The Canary – A Kimpton Hotel

May 7 - 9 @ Marriott Santa Ynez Valley Hotel

For more information or to book please contact Jenny:

Phone: (604) 926-8511, Toll-Free: 1-800-661-7176 Email: jenny@trvlconcepts.com

1716 Marine Drive, West Vancouver BC V7V 1J3