{"id":8546,"date":"2026-07-10T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7734427"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:00:20","slug":"west-kelowna-makes-list-for-best-winery-restaurants-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwine\/news\/8546\/west-kelowna-makes-list-for-best-winery-restaurants-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"West Kelowna makes list for best winery restaurants in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has been a good year for critical acclaim for wineries in West Kelowna, and a winery just made another list to put the region on the culinary map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quails\u2019 Gate Winery\u2019s Old Vines Restaurant made it onto Wine Enthusiast\u2019s list of the 57 best winery restaurants in the world. Pear Morissette Winery was the only other Canadian winery on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNearly every table here comes with a view of Okanagan Lake, a perfect setting for British Columbian dishes like white king salmon cured with the cylindrical, tart-sweet blue haskap berry or lamb chops with a spruce-tip jus,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wineenthusiast.com\/best-winery-restaurants-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wine Enthusiast<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelowna became a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy and it made it onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/best-of-the-world-2026\/article\/best-food-destinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Geographic\u2019s list <\/a>of 15 best places in the world for food right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though there are great places to eat in Kelowna that aren&#8217;t high-end, white tablecloth restaurants, wineries on the west side of the lake are the ones getting praise from critics around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Geographic pointed out all of the winery restaurants in West Kelowna like Volcanic Hills, Little Straw Vineyards, Mission Hill Family Estate, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quailsgate.com\/old-vines-restaurant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Vines Restaurant at Quails\u2019 Gate Estate Winery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese aren\u2019t just spots for a meat-and-cheese platter between pours. They are destinations to plan trips around and gain a deeper understanding of the wine regions they call home,\u201d Wine Enthusiast wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wine Enthusiast said Quails\u2019 Gate Winery\u2019s Old Vines Restaurant isn&#8217;t just a spot for a &#8220;meat-and-cheese platter between pours.&#8221; 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