Stratus Vineyards, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
There’s just no end to the celebrations of fine wine here in Canada.
LATITUDE FIFTY
it’s
where you are
October) or wanting to just enjoy their favourite wine. Tours and tastings run at 2:00 pm daily with a choice of four wines plus an extra of your choice.
Fifteen minutes south of downtown Kelowna is CedarCreek Winery. They live by the philosophy to “Respect the land, honour tradition, pursue perfection.” They have been named Canada’s Winery of the Year, not once, but twice. Like Gray Monk, CedarCreek’s wine shop and tasting room is open 363 days a year. Their fall hours are 11 am to 5 pm and they will do winery tours by request for groups of four or more. The wine shop is a great place to do Christmas shopping. There are gift baskets and imaginative things for wine drinkers everywhere. A word of warning from the winery, the Malbec may be out of the 2007 vintage shortly, but the 2008 will be released in November, and only for sale in the CedarCreek wine shop.
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For those heading to the South Okanagan, a stop at the Nk’Mip Cellars in Osoyoos is definitely in order. Tours and tastings run at 1:00 pm daily from late October to early April and include a history of the Indian band and their long history of grape growing in the Okanagan; some vines are 33 years old. Once back at the wine tasting room you’ll enjoy four current vintages plus an icewine. There is also a two hour,
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Gray Monk Winery, Kelowna, BC
private guided tour which ends with an entire flight of up to 13 wines, (get your designated driver ready!) paired with local cheeses. A vintage wine will also be opened for your tasting pleasure.
Over on Vancouver Island, Leslie Goodall of Vancouver Island Wine Tours will pick you up at the airport or the hotel. The wineries here are much further apart than in the Okanagan or the Niagara area; which gives time to stop for lunch.
The Starling Lane Winery (open Saturday and Sunday only) is a true Vancouver Island Estate Winery. They make their wines with grapes only grown on their property. As a small family winery on the Saanich Peninsula near Victoria, they make
CedarCreek Winery, Kelowna, BC
Steven Elphick
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