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"The book is noted on the
cover as a 'food and wine lover's guide' and it delivers. The tone is personal
but informative, and the authors recommend specific wines to try and menu items
to order."
- Daily Herald, Chicago |
Northwest Wine Country-Wine's New Frontier, 3rd Edition Below is a sample page from our Hill Guide to the Northwest Wine Country, which includes Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Idaho. The Okanagan Valley is British Columbia's and Canada's "fruit basket" and primary wine growing area. This page covers a new winery and lists the new "far out wineries" in the northern Okanagan. 
The western bluffs above Lake Okanagan are the new frontier of for new wineries in the Okanagan Valley.
Greata Ranch Estate Winery, the newest enterprise of Ross and Linda Fitzpatrick of CedarCreek, with magnificent views of Okanagan Lake north and south which opened its doors in Spring, 2003, 697 Highway 97 South, Peachland, BC V0H 1X9,
phone: (250) 494-7778, e-mail: info@thornhaven.com.
Thornhaven Estates Winery, built in 1999 emphasizes Pinots and has other varieties, 6816 Andrew Avenue (off Highway 97 at Arkell), Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, phone: (250) 494-7778, e-mail: info@thornhaven.com, web: www.thornhaven.com.
NEW FAR OUT WINERIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
For the adventurous wine aficionado willing to drive a distance several small new wineries in beautiful British Columbia have been established beginning 1999. These include: Arrowleaf Cellars, 1574 Camp Road, Lake Country, BC V4V 1K1; Bonaparte Bend Winery, Highway 97, Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0 (phone: 250)-457-6667); Columbia Gardens Vineyard & Winery, 9340 Station Road, Trail, BC V1R 4W6 (phone: 250-367-7493); Hunting Hawk Vineyards, 4758 Gulch Road, Spullumcheen, BC, V0E 1B4 (phone: 250-546-2164); Pemberton Valley Vineyard & Inn, 1427 Collins Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0, (phone: (604-894-5857); Recline Ridge Vineyards & Winery, 2640 Skimikin Road, Tappen, BC V0E X0 (phone: 250-835-2212), which is apparently the most northerly winery in the western hemisphere, if not the world.
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