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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
I wouldn't do Kelowna either, but Summerhill and Quail's Gate are both very good, with Summerhill producing the best Canadian wine ever - 2007 Cabernet Franc. Personally, I would do Naramata and start with Burrowing Owl - I think that is the overall best Canadian producer with a lot of good selections across the board.
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For the ones in Kelowna, I'm always one to be interested in tasting a Foch wine. They're not super common, but very interesting to try.
Summerhill is the pyramid one. It's pretty good overall, I agree. I consider it a decent baseline winery.
Vibrant Vine has a few that isn't bad but also a bunch of meh. They're a little more weird on purpose though.
There's a little one called Sperling winery. I liked their Foch and Speritz (bubbly).
Tantalous ice wine is nice, but pricey.
Volcanic Hills IMO is one that I think is underrated.
Tantalous is probably one of the only ones with a nice walking area that can rival the ones on the Naramata bench IMO.
I've gone to quite a few more in the area over the years, but nothing to write home about. Also, if you can find it here in liquor stores, I generally really don't see a reason to try wines from the winery if I can just pick up a bottle at a store for an event to share and "try". This is the Mission Hill, Quail's gate etc. group of wineries from the Kelowna region.
I somehow don't think I have tried burrowing owl though.