Kelowna's Juicy Tips

Can you believe this? It’s already Canada Day! The summer is just flying by. Our remedy for Timefliesitis? Make the most of every day– and with so much happening tomorrow, Canada Day is a great place to start.
Festivals Kelowna has the whole day planned so that you can just enjoy. Check out the proceedings and [...]

Now, I know Kelowna is a great city for green space, but I made a discovery this weekend that just put it at a whole new level for me.

I’ll bet you never thought about wineries in terms of characters. But you’ll find that when you visit Kelowna’s wineries, each offers such a distinct experience and personality – as varied as the people who own and run them.

Photo by Suzanne Gebert, St. Hubertus Vineyards, “September” sitting on vineyard post.

In today’s Capital News, Alistair Waters writes about our blog and Tourism Kelowna’s web initiatives. If you’d like to read Alistair’s story, click here. Thanks to Alistair for helping to get the word out about Kelowna’s Juicy Tips and about our Flip for the Juice Contest! If you haven’t done so already, be sure to [...]

On this week’s show, Joonyer and I talked about barbequing. With this weekend ushering in Father’s Day, the first official day of Summer, and the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival, how could we possibly have done otherwise?

Today on the show, Joonyer and I talked about great places to get ice cream or gelato in Kelowna. After all, we’re looking at temperatures in the high 20s and low 30s this weekend, sunshine, and lots of family-oriented events that people will be enjoying. All of these elements lend themselves well to an ice [...]

Scary fact: the majority of today’s kids can identify something in the order of 1200 logos, but are hard pressed to identify a dozen plants. I learned this from Stephen Cipes, the environmentally-dedicated proprietor of Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna.
To help with environmental awareness, he has teamed up with renowned Canadian artist Robert Batemen to [...]

Here’s something I’ve found really handy to develop for entertaining my guests: 1-2-3 Tours (that’s a technical term).  A 1-2-3 Tour would be 3 attractions that are relatively close to one another that I can visit with company for a  memorable experience. It could also be just 2 locations, but I like the balance of [...]