Okanagan Wine
Why that glass of Okanagan wine is $10
WEST KELOWNA – Neil Martens decided the best way to respond to customers who are ticked-off about the 'high' price of a glass of Okanagan wine in his West Kelowna restaurant was to tell it like it is. In an open letter published on the 19 Okanagan Grill + Bar website, Martens, the owner and...
San Francisco newspaper touts Kelowna as more than just the Napa of the North
KELOWNA – A daily newspaper from one of the top wine regions of the world has urged their readers to stop calling Kelowna "the Napa of the North." The San Francisco Examiner, which calls itself the “longtime Monarch of the Dailies,” has been in continuous publication since 1863. On Dec. 28, they ran a story...
Cold weather means record-breaking ice wine harvest in South Okanagan
SOUTH OKANGAN - Wineries throughout the South Okanagan have begun harvesting ice wine grapes after record-low temperatures sweep the valley. Nk’Mip Cellars Winery in Osoyoos has almost completed its harvesting, which has never happened so early in the year, says Moss Scheurkogel, winery supervisor. “It was completely unforeseen,” he says of the cold weather. A...