Your okanagan wine guide experience wine tours okanagan. Wineries of the okanagan valley, including kelowna, summerland, penticton, naramata, oliver and osoyoos. Ultimately, the goal is to find and drink better wine. Map of okanagan wineries kelowna, penticton, naramata. Were proud to produce 4 seasonal festivals with over 100 events annually and two wine competitions in the okanagan valley. Twenty years ago, there were only 31 wineries in the region. Okanagan winery map canadian map makers were recently commissioned to create a large wall map of wineries in the okanagan and similkameen valleys.
Explore the many wineries of british columbias okanagansimilkameen valley region. Get snooth s free wine newsletter for a daily dose of what to drink right now, pairing ideas, wine country travel tips, and more. Its location is one of the coolest winegrowing regions of france. The wines of british columbia truly are a reflection of the land where the grapes are grown and the exceptional people who craft them. We invite you to join us to savour all that makes the wines of british columbia so special. It is part of the okanagan country, extending into the united states as okanogan county in northcentral washington. Kelowna campus map penticton campus map vernon campus map salmon arm campus map. The okanagan valley of british columbia, canada, has enjoyed recent and rapid growth as a wineproducing region since grapes were first produced here over 100 years ago. A daily postcard with a few simple words of wine wisdom. Wine folly offers an extensive collection of wine maps print and digital download.
The champagne moniker is synonymous with sparkling wine and the region produces some of the most memorable bubbly in the world. The okanagan valley wine region, located within the region of the same name in the british. The okanagan wine trail includes many exciting places to visit for your wine touring pleasure. Provided here is a visual image of the okanagan wine tour region. Learn more about the five trails that make up the kelowna wine trails brochure. Map of wineries in the okanagan valley british columbia travel. Every trail and each winery has a unique story for all visitors to enjoy. Book kelowna wine tour online okanagan bare wine tours. The dry, pocket desert climate surrounding lake okanagan gives rise to some unique and varied wines, from ripe merlot to.
Maps to the wineries of british columbias north okanagan valley makes wine country touring easy. See the huffington posts top 10 wine destinations in the world below. The northern most serious wine region in the world, the okanagan valley runs for 125 miles along a chain of lakes that stretches from armstrong, british columbia, south to the washington border. All our luxury vehicles are new, or in great condition with daily inspections. Com city guides to the okanagan valley, kelowna, penticton, summerland, maps, wineries, tours, photos and more. Explore the okanagan valley and sample some of the regions awardwinning wines on this 6. Look very hard at the road map and figure out the time involved, and dont try to do it all in two or three days. The okanagan valley is one of five viticultural areas in the canadian province. Okanagan valley maps maps of kelowna, penticton, osoyoos, wineries, ski resorts and more. With two key wine producing regions, british columbia is able to produce a range of award winning wines.
Okanagan valley wine region of british columbia wine bc. Maps show us the location of vineyard areas and tell us where grapes grow best. There are 20 unique regions with over 350 different grape varieties ranging from light and bubbly. Kelowna, bc wine trails online guide tourism kelowna. Italy is perhaps most famous for the red wines of tuscany, known most commonly as chianti, a region that produces sangiovese wine. You can quickly view, zoom in on and print individual pages of our wine trails guide. The area between oliver and the us border is the northernmost tip of the sonora desert, which begins on the baja peninsula in mexico. Inside youll find tips on touring and tasting, maps to help you plan your itineraries and space for you to jot down your own notes on wines and memories of your. A guide to the best okanagan wineries leavetown vacations.
Plan your wine country vacation with our napa valley winery map to locate wineries, view appellations, and towns, and find the napa valley wine train route. Stags hollow, a bc winery of the year winner, produces some of british columbias most unique, innovative and distinctive wines in the okanagan. This area is fast becoming a place where wine enthusiast try the latest styles, as well as those that are new to the greatest hits of the grape. The okanagan accounts for producing more than 90% of british columbia wine. In this blog, well cover everything you need to know about bc wine. This is a kelowna okanagan valley not for profit public page built for the community. The region is often extended a few miles north to include the wineries around salmon arm. Travel by deluxe vehicle through the okanagan valley, and enjoy fine views over the fertile vineyards, soaring peaks and shimmering lakes. Napa valley winery map plan your visit to our wineries. The okanagan valley wine region, located within the region of the same name in the british columbia interior, is canadas secondlargest wine producing area.
Normally, wine tasting does not make me think of this movie. Transformations in the okanagan wine industry core. The wines of the okanagan are known around the world. Map of the okanagan valley wineries and vineyards find wineries, wine tasting and tours, maps of wine regions by continent, country and specific wine regions and villages throughout the world. Download the complete napa valley winery map or visit the welcome center to get your free copy. Links to nearby restaurant and lodging suggestions. Okanagan colleges penticton campus is the regions first educational facility of its kind. Local wine tasting, great selection of wines to purchase, a brew house for the beer lovers, great locally sourced pizzas for every palate, picnic supplies, and listening to how it all began worth the visit. The wines are good not great, the tasting room is great fun, the patio is spacious and offers a grand view of the vineyards and lake, and there is an outdoor tasting area featuring. Weve been mapping the worlds wine regions for nearly a decade.
Were on the lookout for great wine deals and when we see them, well send you an email. The okanagan valley is a major viticultural area in the canadian province of british columbia. As john schreiner, author of the excellent okanagan wine tour guide, says. A wine tour of canadas beautiful okanagan valley travel. Okanagan named number one wine destination in world. Bcs okanagan valley wineries, wines and wine regions.
With varietals including tempranillo, albarino, grenache, marsanne and dolcetto, we offer a new tasting experience for okanagan wine lovers. By margo true, sunset food editor my favorite scene in the disney classic fantasia is the one in which the earth evolves at warp speed, from a dark mass to a frenzy of erupting volcanoes and thundering dinosaurs. The okanagan valley, the largest viticultural area of british columbia was carved out over thousands of years by a series of glaciers that left fertile benchlands over the hard bedrock of the rockies. The okanagan has a wealth of activities to offer, year round. The okanagan valley is canadas premier winegrowing region. 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, and are second in economic. On vancouver island located west of the cascade mountains and in the okanagan valley situated east of the. Theres even a long list of what are regarded as the best okanagan wineries, but we have compiled a short guide to our favourites making the decisionprocess. There are over 100 wineries in the valley, and its worthwhile to do a wine tour and sample some of. Food and wine pairings available, as well as casual ranchstyle lunch served in the newly refurbished major fraser room. Okanagan wine the okanagan valley is a picturesque valley located in the southern interior of british columbia. The facility, which opened its doors in 2014, was created specifically.
Vineyards and wineries can be found all along the 1 km okanagan lake and communities. The okanagan valley lies in a rain shadow, between the coastal and monashee mountain ranges. A critics guide to south okanagan wineries the globe. The okanagan wine region of british columbia, canada. The x 37 maps should be available to purchase from most wineries in the okanagan valley from mid may onwards. We offer pickup dropoff for private tours from as far away as salmon arm so that everyone can enjoy the magnificent okanagan wine region. British columbia has over 200 wineries which range from small familyrun vineyards to some of the spectacular estate wineries of the okanagan valley. Map page bc wine regions north okanagan valley wineries. The geohistorical phenomena that have defined the okanagan have uniquely marked it with a distinct terroir that now allows winemakers to harvest fully ripe and complex warm climate varieties.
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