Travel
With Taste
Spend a day or an entire week on expertly
guided culinary day tours meeting chefs,
growers, and
vintners tasting
remarkable
foods and outstanding local wines on
Vancouver Island. Tours are custom
designed for individuals traveling
together or for corporate meetings
and conference delegates.
Imagine
a day or an entire week tasting lavish foods and outstanding local wines
on Vancouver Island - tender and flavorful Salt Spring Island lamb grilled
to perfection, superb produce from innovative local food producers, delicious
local seafoods such as wild salmon, halibut and rock fish and shellfish
including oysters, mussels, and dungeness crab. Kathy's expertly guided
culinary tours allow you to visit only the best and participate in chef
demonstrations, special wine tastings, cooking classes and more. Meet local
producers, walk in the fields with growers, and taste the abundance of foods
and wines the island has to offer.
Travel With Taste showcases
local treasures and the great characters that create them. What is unique
about Travel With Taste is that you get to experience and meet those that
the general public might not. Each experience is truly unique and guaranteed
to always be memorable. No need to be a food and wine aficianado....you
just must love to eat and drink!
In North America, Victoria
ranks only second to San Francisco with number of restaurants per capita.
Often referred to as the Provence of North America, Vancouver Island offers
the perfect climate to produce unique grape varieties which are transformed
into remarkable wines. On our culinary and wine tours, you will visit local
wineries which produce delicious and highly aromatic vintages of ortega,
pinot noir, chardonnay, auxerrois, bacchus, gewürztraminer and more.
Rosemary McDermott, a recent guest from Connecticut, says, "Italy's
food is wonderful, but what I had at Vancouver Island's Engeler Farm was
the best dining experience I have ever had. Italy did have some of the finest
wines I've ever tasted, but what I had on Vancouver Island was just as spectacular
and every one of the restaurants you took us to was a wonderful experience." A corporate meeting planner wrote, "Your impressive attention to
detail made the entire experience flawless.....I can't thank you enough."
After travelling the world on culinary tours and attending cooking schools,
I realize that I have the best of culinary experiences right in my own back
yard. I have extensively researched south Vancouver Island and have chosen
only its best to share with you - an exceptional gourmet vacation! I have
designed Travel With Taste Tours Ltd. based on what culinary travelers want
- great food and wine, a fun and comfortable atmosphere, and a unique and
memorable experience. My love for eating and living well will be apparent
in our time together.
