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Botrytis: A fungus that attacks grape skins. In favourable conditions, it dehydrates grapes, allowing the production of intense dessert wines.*

Awards: In 1994, Mission Hill Grand Reserve Chardonnay 1992 won the Avery Trophy for “Best Chardonnay Worldwide” at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London—the first major award win of the new era of BC winemaking.

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

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

Must: Unfermented grape pulp or juice.*

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

 
 
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