John Schreiner S Okanagan Wine Tour Guide

Explore British Columbia`s world famous wine region with wine expert John Schreiner. The lush Okanagan Valley is internationally acclaimed for its wine industry. Updated and revised with 30 percent new material, John Schreiner`s Okanagan Wine Tour Guide provides succinct, insider profiles of each winery. Included are thumbnail sketches of proprietors, winemakers, and well-known wineries as well as many new ones. Schreiner peppers the book with fascinating facts acquired through his winery visits: Crowsnest Vineyards offers a red wine from the improbably named Samtrot grape; Hunting Hawk Vineyards has a second winery at the historic O`Keefe Ranch in Vernon, British Columbia; and Two Thumbs Up was the name of the Okanagan`s first $100-a-bottle Meritage wine. Schreiner guides the wine tourist to the best wines by sharing his own favorites from the region. Maps, addresses, telephone numbers and website addresses round out this valuable tour guide.

The definitive guide to Interior BC wineries, covering the Okanagan, Similkameen, Thompson and Kootenays. With updated maps and travel tips, it’s your ultimate glove-box guide, now in a newly expanded and updated edition. For nearly fifteen years Okanagan Wine Tour Guide has been the definitive companion for travelling the winding roads of BC’s Interior wine region. In this, the 6th edition, John Schreiner and his new co-author—wine writer, podcaster, and instructor Luke Whittall—chart the latest developments at the oldest wineries and the very first vintages from the newest startups in a region that stretches along Okanagan Lake, west to the Similkameen, north to the Thompson, and east to the Kootenays. This edition includes 240 wineries (that’s over 40 openings in five years!), revised and updated maps, contact information, tasting room information, and recommendations. From pioneers like Quail’s Gate on Mount Boucherie to the newest arrivals like Cliff & Gorge in Lillooet, these stories are as varied as the personalities of the wines themselves—a few vines planted as a retirement project, a few acres purchased on a whim, or a gala grand opening underpinned by years of planning and consultation. What emerges across the guide is the sense of community and the room for wildly different philosophies on everything from growing to fermenting to naming. Whether you’re paging through the aisles of the local liquor store, sorting your Viogniers from your Syrahs, or relishing a family vineyard’s journey from its Quonset-hut years to international acclaim, John Schreiner’s Okanagan Wine Tour is the ultimate guide to and celebration of Interior BC wine.

Guide to 196 wineries in the Okanagan, Similkameen, and Thompson River valleys and the Kootenays in British Columbia.

There is no doubt that the wine industry is undergoing an incredible boom in British Columbia. And not all of the award-winning wineries are in the Okanagan Valley—the Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver, and Vancouver Island are fast becoming just as reputable for their wines. Now from BC’s most respected wine writer comes the much-awaited guide to all the wineries of the coastal regions. Here you’ll find everything you need to know to take a fascinating self-guided tour of the wineries, including— • Thumbnail sketches and insider profiles of each winery and its winemakers • Interesting facts acquired through interviews with the winemakers and owners • Recommendations for what wines to take home from the cellar door • Addresses, telephone numbers, and website addresses of each winery Whether you’re visiting in person or from the comfort of your armchair, you’ll have all the information you need to enjoy the best of BC coastal wines.

Covering 122 wineries, John Schreiner outlines the history of production and rise to fame of the province`s domestic wines. Full of useful resources such as wine shop hours and contact information, The Wineries of British Columbia is an invaluable tour guide.

A well-illustrated to wine regions of British Columbia that tells the stories of the people, the wineries and the wines. Each chapter focuses on a different region, and this edition is fully revised and updated to include all the new faces.