Kelowna's Juicy Tips

At Tourism Kelowna, we all love this time of year. One of the great pleasures of early October is the Fall Wine Festival (October 1 through 10 this year). The wine festival is in its 30th year now, and is credited with being one of the top 100 events in North America by the American [...]

Yesterday I blogged about Kasey Wilson and Tony Gismondi’s show, Best of Food and Wine, broadcasting live from the Delta Grand in Kelowna. It was a magical 2 hours of interviews with wineries, chefs, and tourism representatives. We all had a magnificent time getting to know each others’ news!
Today I’m posting the second hour of the [...]

What an exciting evening we had on Friday! Kasey Wilson and Tony Gismondi (and team) from AM 650’s Best of Food and Wine were in Kelowna doing an on-location live broadcast at the Delta Grand Resort. It was a terrific 2 hours of interviews with local wineries, chefs, and tourism representatives.
Check out the podcast above, featuring [...]

I have been hearing reports about the interesting new direction in farming that is called “SPIN Farming” (stands for Small Plot INtensive farming). From what I hear, Kelowna is a stronghold for this new form of farming, which is very cool! This great blog post by Jennifer Cockrall-King was a thorough description of this kind of [...]

Can you believe it’s already Labour Day weekend?! Yes indeed. I’ve noticed that fall is sneaking in, ever so slowly. This got us at Tourism Kelowna thinking about how we could stretch out the remaining days of summer, and the consensus was: a summery drink on a patio. So without further ado, here are some [...]

This Saturday, August 14, Camelot Vineyards in East Kelowna will be holding their first ever Medieval Fair from 11 am to 4 pm. The event promises to offer you can chance to relive the Middle Ages in the vineyard, and to feast on a Medieval lunch paired with Camelot’s tasty wines for just $5. A [...]

I’ve been hearing about this farm lately from different sources: chefs, CBC radio, health-conscious foodies, and now the Toronto Star, so it’s high time I include this info on our blog! The Toronto Star ran a story today by Trish Crawford about a nearby farm that is feeding their cattle one litre of wine a day [...]

Hurray for July! This is the time of year (well, now until fall, really) when Kelowna gets to seriously show off… that’s because this city shines when it comes to beautiful fresh fruit. Cherries are the first out of the gate, and I’m here to tell you that it’s Cherry Time! Come out to the [...]