A road trip through the Thompson Okanagan region takes you past rich pickings of vineyards and orchards, where meeting the winemakers and farmers is part of the farm to table experience.
Barrels of freshly picked apples, baskets piled to the brim with sweet cherries, juicy peaches, plums and vegetables.
A picturesque region...
In the fertile Okanagan Valley near Vernon in British Columbia, the produce barn at Davison Orchards Country Village is packed with shoppers filling up their baskets with punnets of apples, peaches, apricots and cherries.
The fruit is fresh and straight from the orchards. So are the tomatoes, zucchinis, eggplant and...
At 50th Parallel Winery, Curtis Krouzel and Sheri-Lee Turner-Krouzel welcome us at the entrance with a chilled bottle of 2015 Pinot Gris and more than enough enthusiasm to convince me that I need to spend a few days drinking wine in the region. The couple’s passion for winemaking and...
You might be surprised to learn that British Columbia's Thompson Okanagan region is a favourite holiday destination in winter. But visit this region in summer, spring or autumn for orchards and vineyards. So, put these Kelowna wineries on your list of places to visit.
The lure of the “vine change”...
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