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Summerhill Pyramid Winery is a winery company based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1986 by the Cipes family, it is the most visited winery in British Columbia. [ 1 ] It was the first winery to be certified an Organic Winery by the Pacific Agricultural Certification Society of Vernon [ 2 ] The winery features a bistro which ...
The Okanagan Valley wine region, located within the region of the same name in the British Columbia Interior, is Canada's second-largest wine producing area. [1] Along with the nearby Similkameen Valley, the approximately 8,619 acres (3,488 hectares) of vineyards planted in the Okanagan (2018 data) account for more than 80% of all wine produced in British Columbia, [2] and are second in ...
Mission Hill Winery buildings and bell tower. Mission Hill Winery was established in 1966; years later, Anthony von Mandl would create the Mission Hill Family designation. [1] von Mandl was a wine seller in Vancouver during the 1970s and assisted in preparing a feasibility study regarding growing grapes in the area for Josef Milz, a Mosel based ...
Fort Berens Winery, aka Fort Berens Estate Winery, is a winery and vineyard based in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada.Located in East Lillooet, near the site of the never-built Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Berens, it is the first successful attempt at a commercial winery in the area in the 20th Century and has won numerous awards for its wines.
The winery building won the Lieutenant Governor Award in Architecture, [7] making it the only winery in Western Canada to receive this award. [4] In 2007, Glenn Fawcett formed a group of 350 investors, the Vinequest Wine Partners GP Ltd., [8] including Canadian actor Jason Priestley [9] to purchase Black Hills Estate Winery for $11.3 million. [10]
Summerland is a district municipality on the west side of Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The district is between Peachland to the north and Penticton to the south. The largest centre in the region is Kelowna , approximately 50 km (31 mi) to the north (via Highway 97 ), and Vancouver is approximately 425 km (264 mi ...
Bertus Albertyn, a South African, took over the senior wine making position in 2010. [12] Jim Wyse's son Chris Wyse is the current company president. [13] Burrowing Owl Estate has been described by James Cluer, a Canadian Master of Wine, as a pioneer of the area and one of the iconic wineries of British Columbia. [14]
LaStella is a Canadian wine grower and producer. It is located on the east bench of Osoyoos lake, British Columbia, only a few minutes from USA-Canada border.Southern Okanagan Valley is known for its many wineries because of its unique desert micro climate.