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Sales: British Columbia VQA wine sales have doubled in the last six years to more than $155 million annually.

Terroir: The Okanagan Valley has five officially recognized sub-regions – Kelowna, Naramata, Okanagan Falls, Golden Mile, and Black Sage/Osoyoos.

Vinifera: A species of grape–Vitis Vinifera–that produces the classic wine grapes that have spread from the vineyards of Europe.*

Tannin: A compound in the skin and seeds of grapes that is essential in providing substance and backbone to red wines.*

History: In 1859, Oblate missionary Father Charles Pandosy planted the first vineyard at the Oblate Mission near present-day Kelowna.

*Schreiner, John - British Columbia Wine Country, Whitecap Books Ltd., 2003

 
 
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May 7, 2008



May 4, 2008
Terrace at Mission Hill Family Estate Voted Best Winery/Vineyard Dining: Accolades Continue for Cuisine de Terroir based Okanagan Restaurant


May 4, 2008
Mission Hill Family Estate Initiates Season of Food, Wine and Culture: New outdoor concert series, twilight film nights and Terrace opening


May 4, 2008
Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Chef Michael Allemeier Interprets Anita Stewart’s Canada


April 18, 2008
Theatre in the Summerhill Winery Pyramid


April 15, 2008
Black Hills Estate Winery’s public release of Nota Bene generates sales frenzy


April 4, 2008
Quails’ Gate Announces Change of Sales Agency


April 3, 2008
Vincor Canada Acquires Medallion Wine Marketing


March 31, 2008
Chef Judith Knight Joins The Vineyard Terrace Restaurant at CedarCreek


March 31, 2008
Quails’ Gate Named Family Enterprise of the Year


March 13, 2008
Chef Roger Planiden Joins the Great Estates of the Okanagan


March 7, 2008
Quails' Gate - Dedication to Pinot Noir pays off for Local Winery


February 11, 2008
Mission Hill Family Estate's Terrace Restaurant Named One of Top Five Winery Restaurants in the World


February 11, 2008
RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH AN ICY HARVEST


December 19, 2007
"Wine Report 2008" Names Dunham & Froese Estate Winery in Oliver #2 in Canada


December 10, 2007
CedarCreek Syrah Canada's Red Wine of the Year


October 17, 2007
Inniskillin Okanagan Continues its Role as a Canadian Wine Industry Pioneer


October 17, 2007
CedarCreek Estate Winery Acquires Fourth Okanagan Vineyard

 
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