Church & State Winery Glenterra Vineyards

Salt Spring Vineyards Saturna Island Family Estate Winery

Blossom Winery Glenugie Winery Isabella Winery Ltd Paradise Ranch Wines St Urban Winery Township 7 Vineyards & Winery - Langley

Arrowleaf Cellars Bounty Cellars Calona Vineyards CedarCreek Estate Winery Granite Creek Estate Wines Gray Monk Estate Winery Peller Estates Sandhill Wines St Hubertus Estate Winery Summerhill Pyramid Winery Tantalus Vineyards The View Winery

Little Straw Vineyards Estate Winery Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery Quails' Gate Estate Winery Rollingdale Winery

First Estate Cellars Greata Ranch Vineyards Hainle Vineyards & Deep Creek Wine Estate Hijas Bonitas Vineyard Sonoran Estate Winery Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Thornhaven Estates Winery

Lake Breeze Vineyards Lang Vineyards Mistral Vineyards Red Rooster Winery Soaring Eagle Estate Winery Stonehill Estate Winery Therapy Vineyards Township 7 Vineyards & Winery - Okanagan Van Westen Vineyards

Noble Ridge Winery See Ya Later Ranch Wild Goose Vineyards

Antelope Ridge Dunham & Froese Estate Winery Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Golden Mile Cellars Hester Creek Estate Winery Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Jackson-Triggs Vincor International Tinhorn Creek Vineyards

Black Hills Estate Winery Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Desert Hills Estate Winery Le Vieux Pin Winery Nk' Mip Cellars Oliver Twist Estate Winery Osoyoos Larose Estate Winery Quinta Ferreira Estate Winery

Crowsnest Vineyards Herder Winery and Vineyards

Columbia Gardens Winery

Antelope Ridge Arrowleaf Cellars Black Hills Estate Winery Blossom Winery Bounty Cellars Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Calona Vineyards CedarCreek Estate Winery Church & State Winery Columbia Gardens Winery Crowsnest Vineyards Desert Hills Estate Winery Dunham & Froese Estate Winery First Estate Cellars Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Glenterra Vineyards Glenugie Winery Golden Mile Cellars Granite Creek Estate Wines Gray Monk Estate Winery Greata Ranch Vineyards Hainle Vineyards & Deep Creek Wine Estate Herder Winery and Vineyards Hester Creek Estate Winery Hijas Bonitas Vineyard Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Isabella Winery Ltd Jackson-Triggs Vincor International Lake Breeze Vineyards Lang Vineyards Le Vieux Pin Winery Little Straw Vineyards Estate Winery Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Mistral Vineyards Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery Nk' Mip Cellars Noble Ridge Winery Oliver Twist Estate Winery Osoyoos Larose Estate Winery Paradise Ranch Wines Peller Estates Quails' Gate Estate Winery Quinta Ferreira Estate Winery Red Rooster Winery Rollingdale Winery Salt Spring Vineyards Sandhill Wines Saturna Island Family Estate Winery See Ya Later Ranch Soaring Eagle Estate Winery Sonoran Estate Winery St Hubertus Estate Winery Stonehill Estate Winery St Urban Winery Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Summerhill Pyramid Winery Tantalus Vineyards Therapy Vineyards Thornhaven Estates Winery Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Township 7 Vineyards & Winery - Langley Township 7 Vineyards & Winery - Okanagan Van Westen Vineyards The View Winery Wild Goose Vineyards

Geography: The southern Okanagan Valley in the area between Oliver and the border is classified as part of the Sonora Desert, which runs south to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

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

Acreage: British Columbia currently has approximately 7,500 acres under vine, up from just 1,000 acres planted in 1989.

Varietal: When the grape variety in the wine is named on the label (Chardonnay, Merlot), the wine is a varietal.*

Geography: Lake Okanagan, at 144 kilometers long and 3.5 kilometers average width, is the source of much-needed water for irrigation for vines in the Okanagan Valley.

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