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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.
Blasted Church's first winemaker, Frank Supernak, died unexpectedly during the first harvest, prompting many other local vintners to assist the Campbell family in completing the production of finished wine. The images of these winemakers adorned bottle labels at Blasted Church [3] in their first generation of label designs.
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 ...
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 ...
Blue Mountain Vineyard, located on the shore of Vaseux Lake in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia is a Canadian Winery. Situated near the bottom of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, Blue Mountain produces over 12,000 cases of wine per year. Blue Mountain's tasting room is open by appointment only.
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]
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British Columbia is divided into 6 regions: Vancouver, Coast & Mountains; Thompson Okanagan; Cariboo Coast Chilcotin; Northern British Columbia; Kootenay Rockies; Vancouver Island; British Columbia is Canada's most mountainous province and has some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world. Alpine skiing is a major draw for the ...