DESTINATIONS — CANADA
Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort
CANADA
NEWS FROM
Okanagan Valley
l THE OKANAGAN The Okanagan is a 50-minute flight from Vancouver to Kelowna or a picturesque four-hour drive into the interior. There are many award-winning wineries in the area such as Mission Hill, which won Decanter magazine’s world’s best pinot noir award in 2013, and Summerhill Pyramid Winery, whose Cipes Rose sparkling wine won a gold medal in the 2013 Effervescents du Monde. Many of the wineries have excellent restaurants on site and several offer special events, such as Tinhorn Creek’s summer concert
series. Wine consultant Kurtis Kolt says: “Nowhere else in the world has so many diverse micro- climates in such a contained area, from cool lake country to Canada’s only desert.
Thanks to ancient glacial movements, the Okanagan has a mineral- rich soil that gives wines more character. Grapes that excel here include riesling and chardonnay
on the whites and pinot noir for red. There is also enough heat for syrah and cabernet francs.” Stay: In Osoyoos, the Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort adjoins Canada’s only First Nations winery, Nk’Mip (pronounced “ink-a-meep”), which boasts desert golf, a luxurious spa and aboriginal cultural centre. Prices start at £80 plus tax. Burrowing Owl Estate winery, halfway between Osoyoos and Oliver, offers 10 rooms overlooking the vines, with a pool and hot tub, from £64 plus tax. Hester Creek, a winery near Oliver, offers six villas high on a hill overlooking orchards and its vineyard (from £123 plus tax). The luxury suites offer geothermal heating and soaker tubs. See: Wine geeks will love Experience Wine Tours’ sommelier-hosted itineraries, covering Naramata, Kelowna, South Okanagan and Similkameen in a luxury Mercedes van.
Starting at £60, they include a gourmet picnic. Soft-adventure seekers can team kayaking on Okanagan Lake and winery
Cox & Kings has launched its first brochure dedicated to Canada and Alaska, with a range of group tours, rail journeys, cruises, self-drive holidays and suggestions for tailor-made trips. An 11-day Classic Western Canada self- drive tour from Vancouver to Calgary starts at £995.
coxandkings.co.uk
Agents can win one of three £500 vouchers towards a holiday in Canada with Travel 2 by making a booking that includes flights and five nights’ ground arrangements by March 31.
travel2.com
KLM will launch year- round flights to Edmonton International airport via Amsterdam on May 5. Initially flying three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, a Friday flight will be added on June 22 for the summer. The new route will operate with a wide-body Airbus A330-200. The aircraft will offer 30 business-class seats, 35 economy-comfort seats and 178 economy seats.
klm.com
Hester Creek vineyard
Rugby fans can win tickets to the World Cup match between Ireland and Canada at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on September 19 with the Canadian Tourism Commission, Rocky Mountaineer and Prestige Holidays. To enter, become a Canada Specialist and book a two-day Rocky Mountaineer rail trip in either the SilverLeaf or GoldLeaf categories with Prestige Holidays before February 28, or between May 1 and June 30.
canadaspecialist.co.uk prestigecanada.co.uk
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travelweekly.co.uk — 29 January 2015
FAST FACT
Prestige Holidays offers a Deluxe
Winery Tour of the Niagara Peninsula, including lunch, from £70
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