Daily Archives: Monday, May 15, 2006

Over three or four days, we visited 22 of the over 70 wineries in the Okanagan area of British Columbia, and one in Washington State called Gold Digger who will be changing their name to Okanagan something or other. Of these wineries there were only 3 we didn’t like very much. One was Gold Digger in Washington State, the others were Inniskillin, Domaine Combrey (soon to be re-named Antelope Ridge), and we were not too impressed with Golden Beaver (this winery was formerly known as Gersighel Wineberg). All of the wine was drinkable but we felt these were sub-average relative to the other wineries. Outstanding wines came from Hester Creek Wineries (by far the best of the best), and the major wineries of Tin Horn Creek, Burrowing Owl, Mission Hill, Gray Monks, and others. Many of the wineries were small producers capable only of limited distribution within BC, but often … Continue reading →