Gifts for Dad [and some great Dad jokes]
🍷 Skip the Tie – Give Dad the Gift of Wine, Music & a Great Time
Because Dad deserves more than socks this year… and... have you ever seen him wear the last tie you bought him?
💪 Is Dad the active type (or just wants to look like it)?
Join us for 40K for Them on June 16th—a fundraising event supporting WeCan Shelter. Choose from a 1 km accessible route, 10K walk/run, or a 40K cycle.
Stick around for the BBQ after-party with live music by Celtic Time—and all this for just $40 per athlete.
10 am - 40 km cycle
10 am to 3 pm - 1 km family friendly
11 am 5-10 km walk, run, cycle
12:30 - After 🎉 PAAARTAY 🎉
✨Not the sporty type? No worries. Come for the BBQ—no one will know if you skip the walk and sip instead. Your ticket still supports a great cause!
Food and drink extra.
🍷 Is Dad the Grill Master?
Let him flex his BBQ skills with the perfect pairing. Our red wine lineup has something for every kind of steak night:
Gamay Noir – bright, juicy, grill-ready
Pinot Noir – balanced and elegant
Pinot Noir Classic – complex and cellar-worthy
Carambolage – a bold red blend, made for celebration
Rose - More like a B'Rosé - Pop open a Rosé, perfect for brunch or summer grilling.
Ciders - Give him our Gold medal-winning bubbly hard ciders, choose Hops, Quince, Cranberry, Black Currant - or give him all 4!
🎶 Does Dad love music?
Book him a seat for Wine Wednesday on June 18th, featuring The Unfaithful Servants and The Phat Parrot food truck. Ticket is just $20—that’s a Father’s Day win. That day, doesn't work? Check out our event calendar full of music from Georgia Straight Jazz and local Orchestras. Food and drink extra.
Unfaithful Servants
Event Calendar
🍾 Is Dad the social type?
Sign him up for our Wine Club—he’ll join a great group of wine-loving folks, receive exclusive wines, enjoy private parties, and get discounts all year long. It’s like giving him Father’s Day every month.
🎁 Still can’t decide?
Send him a 40 Knots Gift Card in any denomination. No expiry, and he can use it for anything from wine to picnics, Wine Wednesdays, or a tasting flight.
The Surprisingly Touching Story Behind Father’s Day
It wasn’t created by greeting card companies (though they definitely caught on). Father’s Day actually has roots in love, resilience, and a very determined daughter.
In Spokane, Washington, in 1910, a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd sat through a Mother’s Day sermon and thought, “Wait a minute—what about Dad?”
Her father, William Jackson Smart, was a Civil War veteran and a single father who had raised six children after his wife passed away during childbirth. Sonora admired her father’s strength and sacrifice so much that she launched a campaign to celebrate fathers just as wholeheartedly as mothers.
She wanted the day to fall on June 5th, her father's birthday, but the local churches needed more time to prepare, so they settled on the third Sunday of June.
And thus, Father’s Day was born—not with a marketing pitch, but with deep gratitude.
It gained momentum slowly. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea, but it wasn’t until 1972 (yes, over 60 years later!) that President Richard Nixon finally signed it into law as a national holiday.
And now… the Best Dad Jokes (you knew this was coming):
1. What do you call someone who tells dad jokes but isn't a dad?
A faux pa.
2. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field.
3. I only know 25 letters of the alphabet.
I don’t know y.
4. What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
Nacho cheese.
5. Want to hear a construction joke?
Oh... never mind, I’m still working on it.
To All the Dads
Whether he’s your dad, someone else’s dad, a new dad, or a father figure—today is for him.
Let’s celebrate the quiet strength, big laughs, and all the love they give.
Happy Father’s Day from all of us at 40 Knots.
Cheers to Dad. 🍷
