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Remembrance Day at the Military Museum


Red poppies on lapels, decorated veterans at supermarket entrances – sure signs that Remembrance Day is around the corner. We’ll be marking the day in Kelowna with ceremonies at the Cenotaph in City Park as well as in Rutland Lions Park, and a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. We all have our [...]

Sandhill Wins Winery of the Year Award


We’ve done it again! Another Okanagan winery has raked in the coveted title of Winery of the Year at the Canadian Wine Awards for 2009.  Wine Access, the national wine magazine that administers the Canadian Wine Awards,  selected Sandhill as ‘Winery of the Year’ from among 157 wineries across the country and over 1000 wines [...]

Harvest 2009: Touchdown!


Okay: this was just too delicious a tidbit not to share with you. I was speaking with Jane Hatch from Tantalus Vineyards last week, checking in on the progress of their new LEED-certified winery facility construction and how their harvest went this year. Turns out, harvest 2009 was a white-knuckler for many wineries since we [...]