Saanich Sommeliers Calendar of Events 2025-26

May 13





Viticultural Best Practices to Produce Quality Grapes on Vancouver Island By Mike McInnes, Co-owner of Quail
Rock Vineyard on the Saanich Peninsula. -May 7 BCAWA Course for Beginners. Start dateMay 7. Contact Rick Homer 250-384-7898 for information
June 9Tips and Tricks for making great wines from Vancouver Island grapes with a guided Tasting by Zac Brown, Cow owner and winemaker at Alderlea Vineyards in the Cowichan
Valley www.alderlea.ca. $5.00 per member requested for wines.
August 10Saanich Sommeliers annual summer picnic
August 16 TentativeDaniel Pambianchi workshop.. Visit Techniquesinhomewinemaking.com.
Workshop on Dissolved Oxygen and Managing Volatile Acidity
September 9Monthly club meeting, social hour and wine tasting. Grape picking and wine making begins
October 8Octoberfest Social
November 12Monthly club meeting, Social hour and wine tasting
December 9Just Savories and sweets, a pre-christmas social
January 8 2026Annual general meeting and banquet
February 2026Saanich Sommeliers Annual Wine Open Competition and Social
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