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Geology: Mt. Boucherie (near Kelowna), home to a number of wineries, is an extinct volcano.

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

More awards: Jackson Triggs - Okanagan won the 2006 Rosemount Estate Trophy for Best Shiraz/Syrah of the year at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London, England. A first for a North American Winery since they began awarding the trophy in 1994!

Varietals: 49% of British Columbia’s wines are white. 51% are red. In the last acreage survey conducted, 97.1% of the yield was from vinifera grapes and 2.9% from hybrids.

Viticulture: Grapes for Icewine are harvested at -8° Celsius or lower, and often by moonlight.

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

 
 
DIG A LITTLE DEEPER
 


Visit our members’ websites – using the drop down menus on the right. Our 81 winery members and 16 grapegrowers represent 95% of BC VQA sales, 95% of the total wine production in the province and produce 88% of 100% BC grape wine production. They also produce most of British Columbia’s award-winning wines.

These web sites are great resources for gathering information to plan a tour of a region or discovering specific winemaking philosophies and geographic differences. Best of all, some offer wine for sale on their sites (shipping restrictions apply) and will add you to an email list to notify you when limited releases are available.


BC WINE REGION MAPS
 

There are five main wine regions or DVAs (Designated Viticultural Areas) in British Columbia, each producing a range of grape varieties and wines – the Okanagan Valley, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, the Fraser Valley and the Similkameen Valley.

Map of North/Central Okanagan

Map of South Okanagan & Similkameen Valley

Map of Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands

Map of Vancouver & Fraser Valley



 
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