We plan many special events throughout the spring and summer and Dave is well-known for throwing great parties! We are still working on the details of our 2008 season - check back in April for information on our season opening party and other events. Listed below are a few of the parties we threw in 2007. Past Events Friday - Sunday September 28th - 30th, 2007. Join us for our annual festival celebrating local wine and food! Complementary wine tasting, buffet lunches and dinner, and live jazz all weekend long. And there will be wine seminars and a farmers' market on Sunday. Click here for all the details   Celebrate the Music and Food of the Cowichan Valley Saturday, Sunday and Monday - September 1st to 3rd, 2007. Free admission with complementary wine tastings and live music, 10 am 5 pm. With a ticketed Fundraiser Dinner Party on Saturday Night and a Farmer’s Market on Sunday Don’t miss our annual Labour Day Weekend Party: Pair delicious wines with a buffet feast prepared from the bounty of Island Farmers and accompany it all with great live music by Cowichan Valley musicians! We will also have a ticketed dinner party on Saturday night and a farmer’s market on Sunday. Saturday night, 6pm: a fundraiser for the Ghanaian Charity Buffet lunch on Saturday, Sunday and Monday  $15 - starting at 11 am. Buffalo Burgers and BBQ Chicken Sausage Roast Squash with spicy maple glaze Pasta Salad with tomato basil dressing Garden Greens with balsamic vinaigrette True Grain Baguette and more…. Music Saturday September 1st 1-4pm Chuck McCandless - celtic sytled baladeer. 6-9pm - DJ Marshall - spinning African Sunday September 2nd 1-4pm Bosa Loca Trio - Latin inspired jazz. Monday September 3rd 11-2pm The Hatley Trio - Youth jazz band 2:15-5:15pm John Wade – Jazz Farmers’ Market on Sunday Providence Farm Yellow Point Cranberries Cowichan Valley Organic Farm Glenora Farm Maple Bay Organic Seed Garlic Coble Hill Farm Cripple Creek - Jams, Jellies, Pickle Products and More Voices of African Mothers Saturday, 6pm - An evening of Wine, African Food and Music The evening begins with complimentary tastings of GBV’s fine wines.  Then choose a glass of your favourite to accompany your meal. Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner featuring the Ghanaian classic ground-nut & chicken stew. We’ll also have vegetarian couscous, and a freshly-picked basil and tomato salad. For dessert, dig into blackberry cheesecake. The evening’s sound-track will be by the remarkable DJ Marshall, digitally spinning from his awe-inspiring collection of the greatest African music ever recorded! We’re talking about Ghanian Highlife and Soukous, Nigerian Juju and Cameroon's Makossa. All this for only $35 per person! Click on the image below for more information.   Click here for all the details