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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]
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 ...
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] Glenn Fawcett was the President of Black Hills winery from 2007 to 2017. [11] In 2011, Black Hills acquired its 15-acre Double Black Vineyard.
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 ...
After that, the original winery was referred to as Inniskillin Niagara. This winery was started in collaboration with First Nation locals, the Okanaqueen Tribe of the Inkameep people, which kept vineyards on their land and supplied grapes to Inniskillin Okanagan. [2] In 1996, Inniskillin expanded their Okanagan activities by buying an existing ...
Although Canada has a reputation for having a cold climate, much of the British Columbia Interior has a mild or dry climate which is ideal for growing grapes. Within the Interior, the Okanagan Valley in particular is known for both the high quality of its wines, and for its increasing number of respected wineries, smaller pockets such as the Creston Valley have been emerging of late, with very ...
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) is in southern British Columbia, adjacent to the U.S. state of Washington.It is bounded by Fraser Valley Regional District to the west, Thompson-Nicola Regional District and Regional District of Central Okanagan to the north, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to the east, and by Okanogan County, Washington to the south.
Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.It is 440 km (270 mi) northeast of Vancouver.Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, the City of Vernon was incorporated on 30 December 1892.