From the winery's
press release:
It is with great
pleasure that we announce a new concept and menu change at Joie Picnique for
the coming 2018 season: Le Comptoir at Joie Picnique.
This summer our
owner and winemaker Heidi Noble will be returning to her culinary roots with
the support of our core staff and her partner, JJ Skidmore, using our wood
burning oven to serve rotating small-plate offerings of European-inspired
snacks to accompany our European-inspired wines.
Le Comptoir at Joie
Picnique is not a restaurant, rather a beautiful outdoor salon to sit casually
or throw down a blanket amongst the heritage fruit trees and orchard to enjoy
wine country snacks and a bottle of wine. We will serve classic European dishes
highlighted with fresh seasonal produce from our garden, local growers and the
Penticton Farmer's Market. Guests can expect an ever-changing menu of small
dishes such as: wood-fired marinated sardines, Vancouver Island escargot with
garlic pistou, wood-fired lamb ribs with apricot harissa, local sausages with
homemade choucrôute, wood-oven bean pots with heritage grains, homemade ricotta
with local honey and rosemary, pissaladière, tarte flambée, and charcuterie of
cheese, olives, smoked nuts and lightly-cured fish.
We know our
Neopolitan-style pizza will surely be missed, but it is our intention as an
integrated team of food lovers (all of whom love to cook and eat!) to provide a
menu that can better speak to our local terroir and evolving food culture on
the West Coast of Canada. It is our intention to cultivate this culture on our
lawn this summer.
Our tasting room
itself will also have a more focused flight this season to better inform our
guests about the history of aromatic Germanic varietals in British Columbia,
the potential for Burgundian varietals in the cool-climate, lake-moderated
desert of the Okanagan Valley, and the culinary roots of JoieFarm. Our core
tasting flight of five wines is $15 with an option for a supplemental tasting
of three additional reserve wines for $5. Tasting fees are waived with a
minimum purchase of one bottle on a per-person basis. Le Comptoir at Joie
Picnique and our oyster shell bocce court are reserved for our tasting room
guests only.
Le Comptoir at Joie
Picnique Hours
Open 12pm to 4pm
(weather dependent)
Closed Tuesdays and
Wednesdays
—
May to June:
Full menu available
Saturdays & Sundays starting May 19th
Smaller snacks will
be served Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays
—
July to August:
Full rotating menu
available
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