Ski resort works with brands, such as Goslings Rum, Fess Parker Winery, the Shipyard Brewery, and Portland-based restaurants Vignola and Cinque Terre on new menus

Newry, ME (January 5, 2012)-From specialty wine dinners to evenings that feature guest chefs from two highly acclaimed Portland, Maine-based Italian restaurants-Vignola and Cinque Terre-Sunday River Resort is pairing new culinary adventures with its Dining at The Peak experience in time for the New Year.

“Working with brands like Goslings Rum, Shipyard, Vignola, and Cinque Terre is our way of evolving the Dining at The Peak experience,” Jim Largess, VP of Food and Beverage for Sunday River, says.

Open on Saturday evenings through mid-March, Sunday River’s Dining at The Peak first opened in 2008 with the addition of the resort’s hybrid Chondola lift. The experience combines an intimate gondola cabin ride to the Peak Lodge where guests are then treated to complimentary glasses of champagne, passed hors d’oeuvres, a four-course meal, and live music.

Cost for Dining at The Peak ranges from $65 to $85 per person and include round trip transportation on the Chondola.

A sampling of 2012 Dining at The Peak experiences featuring the resort’s new culinary partners are listed below:

1/14-Dining at The Peak featuring Vignola & Cinque Terre Restaurants

1/21-Goslings Rum Dinner

1/28-Fess Parker Wine Dinner

2/4-Shipyard Beer Dinner at The Peak

2/25-French Wine Dinner at The Peak

The menu for each Dining at The Peak changes according to what is in season and what, or who, the dinner features as a special guest.

In the case of the Goslings Rum Dinner on January 21 , guests will receive samplings of Goslings Black Seal Rum, Goslings Gold Rum, and the extremely rare Goslings Family Reserve Old Rum, each paired with a delicious three-course meal (also prepared with rum), and signature Goslings Rum Cocktails.

The following Saturday, January 28, guests will partake in four courses paired, as well as made with, a selection of the Shipyard Brewery’s finest brews.

Reservations for Dining at The Peak are required; please call (207) 824-5076. Seating takes place between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and the restaurant is open until 10 p.m.

For a complete list of Dining at The Peak experiences, as well as more information on select menus, visit www.sundayriver.com .

About Sunday River-Sunday River is located minutes from picturesque Bethel Village in western Maine’s Mahoosuc Mountains. A true four-season destination, the Sunday River offers eight interconnected peaks of world class skiing and snowboarding, two Grand Resort Hotels and golf at the acclaimed Sunday River Golf Club. Sunday River is a member of the Boyne Resorts family of resorts and attractions.