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CedarCreek Winery’s New Restaurant Home Block Makes a Splash in Kelowna

Chef Neil Taylor’s latest endeavour is a candidate for Best New Restaurant in Canada.

B.C. Wines for Spring 2019

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B.C. Wines for Spring 2019

Seasonal sips.

Three delicious B.C. wine options in anticipation of longer and warmer days.

MONTECRISTO: Adventuresome Grapes

Food and Drink

Adventuresome Grapes

Life isn't always a cabernet.

They say that curiosity killed the cat, but it’s the number one prerequisite for any wine drinker interested in expanding his or her palate. After nearly two decades of growing consumption in B.C. mostly dominated by chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, shiraz, and malbec sales, where do we go from here?

MONTECRISTO: Ross Fitzpatrick

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The Honourable Ross Fitzpatrick

Senator of the Okanagan.

Ross Fitzpatrick, a Canadian senator for the Okanagan-Similkameen, founded CedarCreek Estate Winery in 1986 and saw it to success with a savvy amalgam of business acumen, knowledge of Okanagan agriculture history and confidence that the region could produce, in his words, “pretty good wine”.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: CedarCreek Estate Winery

Food and Drink

CedarCreek Estate Winery

Milestone wine.

Another exciting milestone will be achieved in the B.C. wine industry this year, and this time it’s CedarCreek Estate Winery that will be celebrating.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Rob Van Westen Keeps it Simple

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Van Westen Vineyards

The wine cowboy.

The Van Westens first planted vineyards in 1999 to diversify their orchard business. Before making their first wine in 2003, they sold grapes to top wineries such as Poplar Grove, CedarCreek, and Lake Breeze. The transformation from grower to winemaker hasn’t always been easy for him.