MEDIA KIT THE WINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA “YOUR WINES ARE THE WINES OF SENSATIONAL!” BRITISH COLUMBIA ~ STEVEN SPURRIER

British Columbia is a very special place for wine and, thanks to a handful of hard-working visionaries, our vibrant industry has been making a name for itself nationally and internationally for more than 25 years. “BC WINE OFTEN HAS In 1990, the Vintner’s Quality Alliance (VQA) standard was created to guarantee consumers they A RADICAL FRESHNESS were drinking wine made from 100% BC grown grapes. Today, BC VQA Wine dominate wine sales AND A REMARKABLE in British Columbia, and our wines are finding their way to more places than ever before, winning ABILITY TO DEFY over both critics and consumers internationally. THE CONVENTIONAL CATEGORIES OF TASTE.” The Wines of British Columbia truly are a reflection of the land where the grapes are grown and the exceptional people who craft them. We invite you to join us to savour all that makes the Wines of STUART PIGOTT British Columbia so special. ~

“WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT BC WINES IS THEY MIMIC THE PLACE, THEY MIMIC THE PURITY. YOU LOOK OUT AND FEEL THE AIR, TASTE THE WATER AND LOOK AT THE LAKE AND YOU CAN’T HELP BUT BE STRUCK BY A SENSE OF PURITY AND IT CARRIES OVER TO THE WINE. THEY HAVE PURITY AND A SENSE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS WHICH IS VERY ETHEREAL AND CAPTIVATING.”

~ KAREN MACNEIL

2 DID YOU KNOW? • British Columbia’s Vintners Quality Alliance (BC VQA) designation celebrates 29 years of excellence in 2019. • BC’s wine industry has grown from just 17 grape wineries in 1990 to more than 280 today (as of January 2019). • There are more than 10,499 acres (4,249 hectares) of vines in British Columbia’s nine geographical indications (GI): Okanagan Valley, Similkameen Valley, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, Thompson Valley, Lillooet, Shuswap, Kootenays and beyond. • Warmer and more arid than Napa Valley, the Okanagan Valley gets nearly two hours more sunlight per day than Napa during the peak of the July and August growing season. • The most planted red grapes are: o Merlot o Pinot Noir o Cabernet Sauvignon o Cabernet Franc o Syrah / Shiraz o Gamay Noir • The most planted white grapes are: o Pinot Gris o Chardonnay o Gewürztraminer o Riesling o Sauvignon Blanc o Pinot Blanc o Viognier • BC VQA Wines are frequent winners of prestigious awards, receiving more than 700* top accolades in 2018. This does not include bronze or commendable winners.

*This reflects the number won in just 14 BCWI consolidated competitions. • The BC wine industry contributes $2.8 billion annually to British Columbia’s economy. • Each year, BC’s wineries welcome more than 1,000,000 visitors. • WineBC.com offers wine tourists an interactive tour guide to make planning their wine country getaways easier than ever.

3 4 YES, CANADA MAKES WINE. GREAT WINE. WHAT MAKES Internationally, it surprises many people that British Columbia even produces wine. Being so far north, above 49° latitude, the logical thought is that it must be too cold. BRITISH COLUMBIA Even those who accept that wine is made here expect it to be a marginal cool climate region, but British Columbia is like no other place on earth when it comes to growing UNIQUE? grapes. BC has the unique combination of extreme heat and cold that results in intense fruit-driven, fresh and structured wines.

NOT A COOL CLIMATE? With the vineyards north of 49° latitude, you would expect a very cool climate similar to other wine producing areas at this latitude, like the Champagne region of France and much of Germany, that are indeed very chilly places to grow grapes. The Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley, where most of British Columbia’s grapes are grown, belie their location and instead of being cool have a unique climate best described as a short, hot growing season with desert-like conditions.

IT’S A DESERT While grapes are grown in many parts of southern British Columbia, 90% of all vineyards are in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley, a four-hour drive east from the city of Vancouver. Between Vancouver and wine country is the Coastal Mountain Range. These impressive mountains strip the moisture from the weather that comes from the Pacific Ocean and, while Vancouver is a coastal city, the Okanagan and Similkameen enjoy dry, desert-like conditions. Annual precipitation (combined rainfall and snow) levels range between 318 mm (12 inches) in Osoyoos on the USA border and 415 mm (16 inches) in Kelowna, 100 km (62 miles) to the north. The dry desert region of the south Okanagan Valley is the northern point of the network of deserts that stretch right through the USA and into Mexico. Low rainfall and lots of sunshine make it easy to farm sustainably and help produce pure, intensely fruit-driven wines.

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GRAPEGROWING REGIONS GOING TO THE EXTREMES AROUND THE WORLD BRITISH It gets very hot and yet it can get very cold in British Columbia vineyards, and often COLUMBIA Growing Degree Days (measured in on the same day. The diurnal temperature swing (between day and night) can be as Celsius) is defined as the sum of the much as 30°C (86°F), something very rare anywhere else in the world. Temperatures monthly mean temperature. in the winter can dip below -20°C (-4°F) and then hit +40°C (104°F) in the summer. Calgary Grapegrowing in British Columbia is about extremes. The cool nights have a big impact Kaloos OVER 10°C (50°F) DURING Salon Ar on wine quality. While the sun and heat create intense fruit flavours in the wines, the Lillooet THE GROWING SEASON cool nights preserve natural acidity keeping the wines fresh and lively – a signature trait of the Wines of British Columbia. Fraser Valley, BC...... 956 Nanaio Kelowna LET THE SUN SHINE Geisenheim, Germany...... 1,050 Vanouer Kereeos Creston The northern latitude also has a big advantage when it comes to sunlight. During the Osoyoos Epernay, France peak of the growing season, British Columbia vineyards will see as much as two hours (Champagne)...... 1,050 Vitoria more sunlight per day than famed regions such as Napa Valley in California. This is like the vines enjoying an extra day of sunshine every week and, because of this, the vines USA Cowichan Valley rarely have trouble producing ripe, intensely flavoured fruit, and are able to do it over a Seattle (Vancouver Island), BC...... 1,103 shorter number of days. Marlborough, New Zealand.... 1,200 A SHORT, HOT GROWING SEASON Burgundy, France...... 1,320 The combination of dry conditions, hot days and long daylight hours with lots of Offiial Geograhial Iniations (GIs) of British Colubia sunlight means the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley have a condensed, hot Kelowna, BC...... 1,330 and intense growing season. Budbreak can start weeks after places like Bordeaux in France but harvest will often take place around the same time between September Summerland, BC...... 1,336 and October. This short, hot growing season is unique to British Columbia; there isn’t Yarra Valley, Australia...... 1,360 anything else like it in the world.

VANCOUVER GULF FRASER SIMILKAMEEN OKANAGAN Oliver, BC ...... 1,393 BRITISH COLUMBIA IN A BOTTLE ISLAND ISLANDS VALLEY VALLEY VALLEY This unique climate makes unique wines. The Wines of British Columbia have bright SUB-GIs Okanagan Falls, BC ...... 1,405 Oanaan alls natural acidity along with ripe fruit with pure and intense flavours. There is also natural Golen Mile Benh Yakima, Washington...... 1,426 tannin structure in the red wines that gives great ability to age. Our wines offer great acid, tannin, fruit and concentrated flavours - naturally. Napa, California...... 1,450

KOOTENAYS LILLOOET THOMPSON SHUSWAP VALLEY Niagara, Ontario...... 1,450

Similkameen Valley, BC ...... 1,533

Osoyoos, BC...... 1,551

7 8 FROM COAST TO DESERT DIVERSE TERROIR Even though much of the grapegrowing is concentrated within the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley regions, there is a diverse group of other terroirs making interesting wine in British Columbia. On the coast, the regions of Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and the Fraser Valley all enjoy a moderate, maritime climate. New frontiers for grapegrowing have been established inland including Shuswap, Thompson Valley, Lillooet, and Kootenays.

THE AIR UP HERE An often-forgotten fact about British Columbia wine regions is that significant altitude is involved. Vineyards range from around 300 metres altitude near Osoyoos up to around 600 metres for some hillside vineyards near the town of Oliver. The Similkameen vineyards range from about 400 to 480 metres. In many countries, these would be considered high-altitude vineyards, yet another extreme in the diversity of British Columbia’s terroir.

DIGGING DEEP The vineyards of British Columbia have an interesting geological history. The Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley have a diverse range of soils formed by everything from volcanic to glacial action. A complex mix of soil formations, structures and types is the result and soils can vary considerably even within a small area. Driving through the Okanagan or Similkameen and looking at the steep rocky cliffs, you get an idea of the diversity of soils that underlie the vineyards, which have been shaped by years of sedimentation, stream and meltwater deposits, glacial till, windblown deposits and colluvial action.

10 DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS • C.C. Jentsch Cellars Small Lot Merlot 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • C.C. Jentsch Cellars Syrah 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley GOLD • Crescent Hill Winery Curvy Gurl 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Black Sage Vineyard Shiraz 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley 2018 AWARDS • Harper’s Trail Estate Winery Cabernet Franc 2016 BC VQA British Columbia • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Reserve Shiraz 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Indigenous World Winery Cabernet Franc 2013 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Reserve Riesling Icewine 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Indigenous World Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley CASCADIA WINE COMPETITION 2018 NEW WORLD INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION • Monte Creek Ranch Winery Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA British Columbia • Indigenous World Winery Pinot Noir 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Monte Creek Ranch Winery Riesling 2016 BC VQA British Columbia BEST OF SHOW DOUBLE GOLD • Inniskillin Okanagan Estate Winery Discovery Series Zinfandel 2015 • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Pinot Gris 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery King’s Ransom Meritage 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Quails’ Gate Winery Stewart Family Reserve Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Quails’ Gate Winery Boswell Syrah 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Lang Vineyards Riesling Icewine 2012 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BEST SPARKLING GOLD • See Ya Later Ranch Ping Meritage 2015 BC VQA British Columbia • Lake Breeze Vineyards Pinot Gris 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Township 7 Vineyards & Winery Seven Stars Sparkling Wine 2015 • Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Lunessence Winery & Vineyard Blanc de Noirs 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BC VQA Okanagan Valley • 25TH Chardonnay du Monde TH 36 DAN BERGER’S INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Terroir Collection Syrah 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley DOUBLE GOLD / BEST OF CLASS TRIPLE GOLD / BEST OF CLASS • Monte Creek Ranch Winery Sparkling Reserve 2016 BC VQA British Columbia 25TH CHARDONNAY DU MONDE • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Mystic River Gewürztraminer 2017 • Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery Reserve Meritage 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Monte Creeek Ranch Winery Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA British Columbia BC VQA Okanagan Valley GOLD • Moon Curser Winery Syrah 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley GOLD GOLD / BEST OF CLASS • Nk’Mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Moraine Estate Winery Late Harvest Merlot 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Kalala Organic Estate Winery Chardonnay Icewine 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Desert Hills Estate Winery Viognier 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Nk’Mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Riesling 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery Dry Rock Sauvignon Blanc 2017 • Desert Hills Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BC VQA Okanagan Valley • 25th • Orofino Winery Beleza 2015 BC VQA Similkameen Valley • Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery King’s Ransom Meritage 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Privato Vineyard & Winery Tesoro Pinot Noir 2015 BC VQA British Columbia • Hillside Winery Muscat Ottonel 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley SILVER • Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery King’s Ransom Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 BC VQA • Privato Vineyard & Winery Grande Reserve Pinot Noir 2014 BC VQA British Columbia • Lake Breeze Vineyards Sèmillon 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • C.C. Jentsch Cellars Small Lot Series – Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Road 13 Vineyards Seventy-Four K 2016 BC VQA British Columbia • Tightrope Winery Riesling 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley Okanagan Valley • Tightrope Winery Syrah 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Singletree Winery Grüner Veltliner 2017 BC VQA Fraser Valley • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Pinot Noir 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Tightrope Winery Riesling 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • TIME Winery Viognier 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Quails’ Gate Winery Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Tightrope Winery Pinot Gris 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Ursa Major Estate Winery Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BRITISH COLUMBIA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S • Inniskillin Okanagan Estate Winery Dark Horse Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Red Horizon Meritage 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Whispering Horse Winery Pinot Gris Rosé 2017 BC VQA Fraser Valley WINE AWARD 2018 Okanagan Valley • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Riesling 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Whispering Horse Winery L’Acadie 2017 BC VQA Fraser Valley WINE OF THE YEAR TH 49 INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION 2018 SYRAH DU MONDE 2018 • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Red Horizon Meritage 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Lake Breeze Vineyards Pinot Noir 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Gewürztraminer 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley GOLD GOLD • Vanessa Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2015 BC VQA Similkameen Valley 18TH WINEALIGN NATIONAL WINE AWARDS OF CANADA • Inniskillin Okanagan Estate Winery Riesling Icewine 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Syrah 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Inniskillin Okanagan Estate Winery Vidal Icewine 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley 38TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION WINERY OF THE YEAR • Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate Reserve Vidal Icewine 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley SILVER • Road 13 Vineyards British Columbia • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Estate Reserve Riesling Icewine • Red Rooster Winery Red Bird Series Syrah 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BEST IN SHOW & DOUBLE GOLD BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Wayne Gretzky Okanagan Signature Series Shiraz 2015 Okanagan Valley • Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate Meritage Grand Reserve 2015 PLATINUM • Nk’Mip Cellars Riesling Icewine 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BC VQA Okanagan Valley (98 points) • Bench 1775 Winery Semillon 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley 79TH LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL WINE AWARDS 2018 • CedarCreek Estate Winery 2016 Platinum Block 5 Chardonnay BC VQA Okanagan Valley TH DOUBLE GOLD • Daydreamer Wines Amelia 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley 36 INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE – TRANCHE 1 BEST OF CLASS - GOLD • Crescent Hill Winery Gewürztraminer Private Reserve 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Deep Roots Winery Syrah 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley SILVER • Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Meritage 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Inniskillin Okanagan Estate Winery Zinfandel Discovery Series 2015 • Lang Vineyards Riesling Icewine 2012 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Poplar Grove Winery Cabernet Franc 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Monte Creek Ranch Winery Rosé BC VQA British Columbia BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Le Vieux Pin Winery Syrah Cuvée Violette 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Unsworth Vineyards Pinot Noir 2016 British Columbia • Poplar Grove Winery Syrah 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate Riesling Icewine Reserve 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Meyer Family Vineyards Micro Cuvee Chardonnay Old Main Road 2016 • Poplar Grove Winery Rosé, Malbec, Blanc de Noirs, 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Merlot Reserve 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BC VQA Okanagan Valley 33RD ANNUAL PACIFIC RIM INTERNATIONAL • Sandhill Wines Riesling Icewine 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Shiraz Reserve 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Nk’Mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Chardonnay 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley WINE COMPETITION • Township 7 Vineyards & Winery Merlot 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Riesling Icewine Reserve 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Road 13 Vineyards Roussanne 2016 BC VQA British Columbia • Mission Hill Family Estate Winery Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2017 • Stag’s Hollow Winery & Vineyard Albarino Shuttleworth Creek 2017 BEST OF CATEGORY – ICEWINE 37TH ALL CANADIAN WINE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Grizzli Winery Sauvignon Blanc Icewine 2013 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery Premium Red Blend 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Thornhaven Estates Winery Syrah 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BEST OF CLASS – RED WINE BEST OF CLASS • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Red Horizon Meritage 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley 21ST MONDIAL DES PINOTS 2018 BEST OF THE NORTHWEST WINE AWARDS • Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Cabernet Franc 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Monster Vineyards Merlot 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley BEST OF CLASS – WHITE WINE GOLD DOUBLE GOLD • Perseus Winery Select Lot Cabernet Franc 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Gewürztraminer 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Arrowleaf Cellars Pinot Gris 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Lake Breeze Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Summerhill Pyramid Winery Ehrenfelser 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley DOUBLE GOLD SILVER • Monte Creek Ranch Winery Hands Up White 2017 BC VQA British Columbia • Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Cabernet Franc 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • 50th Parallel Estate Winery Riesling 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Arrowleaf Cellars Rosé 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Road 13 Vineyards GSM 2016 BC VQA British Columbia • Grizzli Winery Sauvignon Blanc Icewine 2013 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • BC Wine Studio Siren’s Call Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Gewürztraminer 2017 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Bench 1775 Winery White Blend Chill 2016 BC VQA Okanagan Valley INTERVIN INTERNATIONAL WINE AWARDS • Bench 1775 Winery Whistler Chardonnay Late Harvest 2015 BC VQA Okanagan Valley CANADIAN WINERY OF THE YEAR • Bench 1775 Winery Paradise Ranch Chardonnay Icewine 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley • Painted Rock Estate Winery, Okanagan Valley • Cassini Cellars Merlot Nobilus 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley HISTORY OF THE WINES 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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13 14 THE PAST PAST, PRESENT Even with a history of growing grapes for over 100 years, the modern BC wine industry we see today is quite new, really only beginning in the early 1990s. Before this time, with the exception of a few industry pioneers, most of the grapes were hybrids and the & FUTURE focus was on quantity rather than quality. In the 1990s everything changed with the signing of NAFTA (North American Free “The evolution of the BC wine industry Trade Agreement) between Canada and the United States. From this point, the only has been extraordinary, the wines way to compete was on quality and the subsequent planting of quality vinifera varieties showing a real sense of place.” saw the beginning of the modern industry. – Terry Threlfall With the onset of free trade, the government gave the option for growers to remove their vines and plant a different crop. Two-thirds of the grape acreage was removed GROWTH IN NUMBERS leaving only approximately 1,000 acres of grapes, only half of which was estimated to VINEYARD ACREAGE OF GRAPE WINERIES be quality vinifera grapes.

2018 280 12,000 THE PRESENT 2017 276 10,260 10,499 2016 275 Being a young industry and planting grapes in new locations, the initial wines attempted 10,000 9866 to mimic some of the tried and true styles and techniques from other more established 9100 2015 255 regions in the world. This met with limited success as one cannot simply apply the recipe 2014 232 of one area to the unique conditions of BC’s wine regions. 8,000 6632 2013 217 5462 4200 2012 212 Now with more than 25 years of experience testing different theories and figuring out the 4,000 2011 201 right place for the right grape, a true BC style of wine is being established. The exciting 2149 2010 182 potential of BC wine has attracted talented winemakers and grapegrowers from around 2,000 1476 2009 170 the world. Plantings boomed in the late 2000s increasing the overall acreage by 50%.

2008 154 “The hardest part of establishing a With many grapegrowers and winemakers having been involved in 10, 20 or more 0 2007 134 wine region is to make good, quality vintages, there is starting to be a great understanding of the unique British Columbian 1990 1994 1999 2004 2006 2008 2011 2014 2018 2006 131 wines. BC is there, now it’s time to terroir. Now established as a quality wine region, the wines continue to gain in complexity 2005 119 share it with the world.” and excellence as experience, ambition and vine age combine to make ever better wine. 2004 102 – Karen MacNeil 2003 87 THE FUTURE 2002 72 With a focus on terroir-driven wines, the industry is looking towards creating more 2001 66 sub-GIs. In 2015, the Golden Mile Bench became the first sub‑GI in BC. In 2018, 2000 60 Okanagan Falls was identified as the second sub-GI in BC, and there are many more 1995 32 wanting to follow in their footsteps. 1990 17 With our reputation for quality wines, there has been increased demand for exporting the Wines of British Columbia and we expect to see strong growth in many key markets *January 2019 including the USA, Hong Kong, China and the UK.

15 16 THE PIONEERS BRITISH COLUMBIA’S VINEYARD ACREAGE With the large number of wineries existing today, it is easy to focus on just the exciting Wine regions in British Columbia are called Geographical Indications (GI). developments happening now, forgetting how British Columbian wine got to this point. Nine regional GIs can be used on labels of BC VQA certified wine. If the grapes come from outside one There are many fascinating stories along the way. of these GIs, or are blends from more than one GI, they will be labelled British Columbia. Dick Stewart of the Stewart family, owners of Quails’ Gate Winery, started planting grapes before there was a bridge between Kelowna and the west side of Okanagan Lake. Most of it was hybrid varieties but one mis-order turned out to be the vinifera variety Chasselas, which he planted in 1961 and continues to be one of Quails’ Gate Winery’s best sellers. Earlier unsuccessful attempts with vinifera had been made close to Kelowna International Airport by the Rittich family. The problem early on was that the vine spacing was too wide with too much crop expected from each plant, something that made them weak when the winter freeze hit. More grapes were planted in the 1960s by the likes of George and Trudy Heiss of Gray Monk Estate Winery, while Andrew Peller had already planted a vineyard in the Similkameen in 1959 before going on to plant the renowned Inkameep Vineyard in Oliver in the early 1970s. The 1970s was the first time vinifera grapes started to take hold. Riesling vines at what are now Tantalus Vineyards and Sperling Vineyards, both in Kelowna, were planted in 1978. In the 1980s, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery, Gray Monk Estate Winery and what is now CedarCreek Estate Winery were some of the first on the scene followed by Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery and what is now See Ya Later Ranch. All these pioneers have sacrificed, with many trials and many errors, to figure out what works in the vineyard, shaping the industry we see today.

BC VQA | 100% BC GRAPES British Columbia’s Vintners Quality Alliance (BC VQA) is an appellation of origin system developed in 1990. Similar to those around the world, the BC VQA designation is a guarantee that you are purchasing 100% BC grape wine. BC VQA certified wines are also tasted by a qualified panel to ensure that they are fault free prior to being able to use BC VQA on their labels. 84% 6% 3.5% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% .5% The BC VQA program is operated by the BC Wine Authority, an independent regulatory body established by the province to oversee and enforce the Wines of Marked Quality Regulation. Okanagan Similkameen Vancouver Fraser Thompson British Shuswap Gulf Kootenays Lillooet Valley Valley Island Valley Valley Columbia Islands

17 18 OKANAGAN VALLEY OKANAGAN VALLEY 185 LICENSED GRAPE The Okanagan Valley is synonymous with BC wine as it is by far the largest region, WINERIES comprising 84% of BC’s vineyards and is home to the majority of its wineries. The climate is one of extremes, with temperatures as low as -20°C (-4°F) in the winter and CALONA VINEYARDS as high as +40°C (104°F) in the summer. The growing season is typically short and hot ST WAS THE 1 WINERY with lots of sunshine and long days and low rainfall thanks to the moisture-stripping OPENED IN 1931 Coastal Mountain Range. The vineyards are mostly planted on the low slopes of the sometimes steep valley walls. TOP GRAPES PLANTED The north-south direction of the Okanagan Valley results in vineyards on both the east and west sides of the valley. The east side is much warmer than the west side MERLOT of the valley as it receives the hot afternoon sun long into the evening. There can be PINOT GRIS ripening differences of as much as two weeks for the same variety at the same latitude PINOT NOIR depending on which side of the valley it is planted. CHARDONNAY The dry conditions have benefits and challenges. Because of low rainfall and snowfall, irrigation is essential. Pest and disease pressure is low due to the low levels of humidity CABERNET SAUVIGNON and, because of this, organic viticulture is becoming increasingly popular. The big GEWÜRZTRAMINER challenge is when the dry conditions combine with clear nights, losing the effect CABERNET FRANC of clouds holding in heat, and cold arctic air flows in from the north that can send temperatures plunging and kill buds or even entire vines. The series of lakes beginning SYRAH at Osoyoos Lake at the USA border through most areas of the Okanagan Valley RIESLING provides some natural moderation of the harsh climate, protecting vineyards from SAUVIGNON BLANC spring and fall frosts and extremes of winter cold. Some areas, such as most of the vineyards around Oliver, do not have the protection of the lakes and can be more prone to temperature extremes, both hot and cold. 8,830 ACRES PLANTED IN THE REGION The Okanagan Valley has two sub-GIs. The Golden Mile Bench established in 2015, where 791 acres of vineyards are sited on an alluvial fan that was deposited during the last glacial episode. In 2018, Okanagan Falls was identified as BC’s second sub-GI. Because of the large size of the Okanagan Valley, there are moves being made to divide the region into more sub-GIs to reflect the varying climate and grape varieties that are successful in the different parts of the valley.

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97C 97 6 Mill Bay 3 Summerland Gulch Rd 3 8 8 Giants Naramata Creek Canyon PEACHLAND OKANAGAN Prairie Valley K 8 Okanagan Lake VALLEY Head 6 6 Em 97 FAULT KVR 3 6 K Naramata 5 3 MAP AREA MJgd 2 5 8 Arawana Rd KVR Mount Ewl Conkle Ewl 3 6 NARAMATA Zimmerman Gulch JKg SUMMERLAND 6 MJgd Ewl lateral morraine 3 Ev Trout 3 6 2 Creek KVR ggn PENTICTON Fan 7 SUMMERLAND7 FAULT Skaha Lake LS Sun Oka Park 3A KALEDEN OKANAGAN 7 3 6 FALLS

MJgd Golf Ev LS Vaseux Lake Course Crater Mountain White Lake 3 KVR Ev 8 KEREMEOS OLIVER M Jgd 97 0 10 25 Scale MJgd 6 Rock kilometres Slide Three Mile 8 MJgd Point OSOYOOS Okanagan 3 MJgd Lake

3 KVR Madeline Canyon Mount 97 Nkwala ggn

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6 97 6 VERNON Penticton 2 ggn 3 Eneas Creek 5 6 N 1 Crescent 2 KVR Kalamalka 6 Beach MJgd Lake 3 Sumac Ridge 6 2 BRITISH ALBERTA COLUMBIA 7 6 Okanagan Wood Lake M Jones’ Flat Lake KVR 8 EllisonKVR Lake Ritchie Strandline U.S.A. 5 3 5 6 6 KELOWNA 5 5 5

97C 97 6 Mill Bay 3 Summerland Gulch Rd 3 8 8 Giants NaramataShingle Creek Creek Canyon PEACHLAND OKANAGAN ggn Prairie Valley K 8 Okanagan Lake VALLEY Head 6 6 97 3 FAULT KVR 3 6 K Naramata 5 6 3 MAP AREA 2 Arawana Rd 5 8 Ev KVR Volcanic, siltstone, MJgd Mount volcanic beds Conkle 3 6 NARAMATA Zimmerman Gulch Granite SUMMERLAND 5 6 97 Ellis Creek Canyon lateral morraine Ev 3 Trout 3 6 Volcanic 2 Creek KVR PENTICTON Deposits 3 Fan Raised 6 7 SUMMERLAND7 FAULT BeachesSkaha Lake LS Sun Oka Park 3A KALEDEN OKANAGAN 7 3 6 FALLS

Golf LS Vaseux Lake Course Crater 6 Mountain White Lake Airport 3 KVR Skaha Bluffs 8 KEREMEOS OLIVER 97 0 10 25 Scale 6 Rock Ev kilometres 6 Slide Three Summerland Mile 8 Point Granite OSOYOOS Okanagan 3 Lake East Side Rd. 3 Okanagan KVR Madeline Canyon Gneiss 6 Mount 97 Nkwala Skaha LKgd-mb Munson Mtn. KVR Lake 3 Penticton 3 Creek Canyon

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Felis Ck Fan 4A Ev Kaleden 8 Parkway” “Volcanic 6 East Side Rd. to Keremeos Em 6 97 3 7 7 Ewl 3 Skaha Ev 6 Lake 8 6 ggn

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Deposits McLean Rd. 7 7 K Footbridge Footbridge Mount 5 7 Mount 5 7 McLellan Dusty Mac Okanagan 2 Ev McLellan 3 Falls Ev Gold Mine 3 Dusty Mac 3 Okanagan 2 3 Peachcliff Em Gold Mine 7 Falls 1 Ev3 8 8 White Lake Formation, Shuttleworth sandstone, siltstone Canyon & volcanic deposits Ev Peachcliff ggn 7 97 1 3 8 8 8 Skaha Okanagan Shuttleworth Formation 1 8 Gneiss White Ewl Canyon 8 Lake 8 Mount Hawthorne

3 K Indian 8 K ggn Head Keans 97 Creek Green Lake Valley CTrsv Penticton K Volcanic 8 Ewl 8 Deposits ggn 7 Saline Lake 3 K Mahoney 8 Lake Old CPR Line Vaseux Esbx 1 8 7 K Lake Irrigation 2 Creek 8 3 White 8 Lake K 8 Mount K Hawthorne Mount Keogan 8 Ewl 3 Ewl 2 Eagle 3 BluffIndian 7 8 K 7 Head Orofino V Willowbrook Vaseux Creek Keans alley McIntyre Creek McIntyre 10 Canyon Green Lake EwlDam Fan Valley Meyers McIntyre Bluff ggn Flats 97 Esbx 3 8 Ev 2 9 Gallagher Pine 7 Lake Bluff 3 7 3 Saline Lake Mahoney 8 5 Lake Old CPR Line Atsikluk Vaseux Legend Okanagan River Valley 4 Em 7 9 Lake Irrigation SURFICIAL DEPOSIT LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS BEDROCK LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS 2 Creek *Ages are approximate. BP means Before Present. 8 Tertiary (Mainly Eocene) 3 Fairview-Westlake Rd. 5 Recent Age (Holocene) Esbx Skaha Formation, megabreccia. 3 (? Miocene Age) 3 1 Active floodplain, fan and beach; sand, 5 9 gravel, organic, (1,000 BP* to Present) Ewl White Lake Formation, sandstone, siltstone, coal layers, conglomerate, 2 Raised beach and alluvial fan; sand, volcanic and volcanic tuff interbeds; N CTrsv CTrsv gravel (8,000 to 1,000 BP*) fossil plant remains. 1 Eroded 3 Steep slope in bedrock or surficial deposit, Em Marama Formation, dacite, volcanic, 7 ggn colluvium, landslide designated LS (12,000 pipe and dome remnants, breccia, Crevasse BP* to Present) (Giants Head, Peach Cliff, Munson Oliver Mount Keogan 8 Mountain). Field 4 Pre-historic channel of Okanagan River, Mountain sand, gravel (4,000 to 1,000 BP*) 7 Ev Penticton Group volcanic deposits, Tuc 9 5 Alluvial terraces, bars and fans; ancestral fifteen formations, undifferentiated. el 3 streams related to flood stages of the ice 5 Nuit CTrsv K dam failure near Vaseux Lake (12,000 to Jurrassic to Cretaceous Lake 2 Eagle 8,000 BP*) Oliver LKgd-mb Granodiorite, Skaha Bluffs. Gypo 3 Bluff 7 Pleistocene Age (Fraser Glaciation) JKg Okanagan Batholith, granite. Pluton Quartz 4 ggn 3 7 6 Glacial Lake Penticton Sediments, benches JKo Oliver Pluton, granite Vein and terraces, silt, sand, gravel (12,000 to Jqm-b Quartz Monzonite 9 Baldy Rd. 10,000 BP*) Oliver 7 Glacial outwash, terraces, channels, sand, Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic Sewage 5 Orofino V gravel (12,000 to 10,000 years BP*) MJg Anarchist Granite Lagoon Vaseux 9 Willowbrook 8 Kettled outwash, terraces, sand, gravel, till Creek MJgd Summerland Granite 3 (12,000 to 11,000 years BP*) LJgd-m Osoyoos Granodiorite alley McIntyre 9 Lake Oliver Sediments, terrace, bench, 8 9 97 8 silt, varved clay, sand, overlain by flood Late Triassic deposits, outwash sand and gravel, or Fairview Fairview Rd. McIntyre 10 Canyon locally by till, diamicton, boulders, wind LTgd Osoyoos Lake Gneiss blown sand (20,000 to 17,000 BP*) Dam Fan Carboniferous to Upper Triassic Pre-Fraser Glaciation Age 8 3 3 ggn CTrsv Mount Kobau Rocks, amphibolite, schist, 9 10 Buried fan, boulder gravel (18,000 BP* greenstone, minor marble. Includes 9 McIntyre 4 and older) Shoemaker and Old Tom Formations of 5 3 9 Meyers Upper Triassic age, volcanic rocks, cherty JKo Bluff tuff, breccia, silicified tuff. Devonian(?) to Cretaceous 4 Flats 97 SYMBOLS Gravel Pit ggn Okanagan Metamorphic and Plutonic 2 Photogeologic Mine Complex (“Okanagan Complex” and/ 3 contact or “Okanagan Gneiss”), granitic gneiss 1 8 3 2 Bedrock, fractures, K Kettle and migmatite, mylonitic zone in the 3 joints Okanagan Valley Fault zone. (McIntyre, Tinhorn Pine and Eagle Bluffs, Naramata Bench.) Trace of bedrock Landslide Canyon 2 strata LS MJg Canal 9 Pine Fault in bedrock 8 Gallagher 2 Glacial lineation Cutoff Lake Bluff Prominent bedrock Meanders, 3 scarp Okanagan 0 1km 2km 9 River Hester Narrow bedrock 2 Water Dog canyon Major Canyon Quartz Monzonite Meltwater Scale (approximate) Lake 7 3 Prominent scarp in Valley

surficial deposit Sandpoint Drive ++ KVR ++ Kettle Valley Dam Railway 8 9 5 2 9 JKo ggn Atsikluk 3 4 Testalinden Legend Canyon Black Sage Road Okanagan River Valley 8 1 Osoyoos Lake ggn 5 Gneiss 4 9 8 SURFICIAL DEPOSIT LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS BEDROCK LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS Sub-Regions of the Okanagan – The Next Phase in *Ages are approximate. BP means Before Present. Tertiary (Mainly Eocene) Fairview-Westlake Rd. 5 ggn BC Terroir 97 Recent Age (Holocene) Esbx Kobau Skaha Formation, megDeadmanabreccia. 3 Group Lake 3 (? Miocene Age) varved 1 Active floodplain, fan and beach; sand, clay 9 The next phase in further identifying and understanding British Ewl White Lake Formation, sandstone, 5 gravel, organic, (1,000 BP* to Present) Osoyoos Lake 8 siltstone, coal layers, conglomerate, 3 2 Raised beach and alluvial fan; sand, Gneiss Columbia terroir is to create sub-regions within the large Okanagan volcanic and volcanic tuff interbeds;1 Inkaneep Creek 8 N KELOWNA gravel (8,000 to 1,000 BP*) 1 fossil plant remains. 9 9 Eroded 3 Steep slope in bedrock or surficial deposit, 7 Valley linked to unique climates, soil types and resultant wine Em Marama FormationSpotted Lake, dacite, volcanic, 9 colluvium, landslide designated LS (12,000 2 pipe and dome remnants, breccia, 3 9 Crevasse styles. So far, only two sub-GIs have been created, the Golden Mile BP* to Present) 3 (Giants Head, Peach Cliff, Munson 3 Oliver Jqm-b Mountain). Field 4 Pre-historic channel of Okanagan River, MJg Bench in Oliver and Okanagan Falls. sand, gravel (4,000 to 1,000 BP*) Mountain 7 Ev Penticton Group volcanic deposits, Osoyoos 9 Lake 9 JKo Tuc 5 Alluvial terraces, bars and fans; ancestral fifteen formations, undifferentiated. el streams related to flood stages of the ice 9 3 In addition to the creation of sub-regions, many wineries also 1 3 5 Nuit Reconaissancedam failure near Vaseux LakeGeologic (12,000 to JurMaprassic to Cretaceous Osoyoos Desert Centre Lake 8,000 BP*) Oliver identify single-vineyard wines. LKgd-mb Granodiorite, Skaha Bluffs. 8 97 Gypo 3 2 South PleistoceneOkanagan, Age (Fraser Glaciation) British ColumbiaJKg Okanagan Batholith, granite. 3 Pluton Quartz 4 The development of single-vineyard wines in British Columbia is not X NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre 3 6 Glacial Lake Penticton Sediments, benches JKo Oliver Pluton, granite Osoyoos 5 Vein Granodiorite 9 limited to small producers, but is a product of wineries, even those Murray A. Roed,and terraces 2011, silt, sand, gravel (12,000 to Jqm-b Quartz Monzonite K Baldy Rd. 10,000 BP*) 2 Osoyoos Oliver 7 Glacial outwash, terraces, channels, sand, Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic 3 5 with many vineyards, putting a focus on terroir. It’s a realization that Map based on air photo interpretation (2001 air photographs), reconaissance field checking, generalized bedrock mapping Mount Sewage gravel (12,000 to 10,000 years BP*) Kruger 9 Till Rides from map compiled by Andrew Okulitch (Geological Survey of Canada). Roads shown are approximate. MJg Anarchist Granite Lagoon Jqm-b 9 3 some sites will naturally produce higher quality wines. These lots 8 Kettled outwash, terraces, sand, gravel, till 9 MJgd Summerland Granite 3 Fairview-Westlake Rd. Mapping by Murray A. Roed, 4890 Westridge(12,000 Drive, Kelowna, to 11,000 BC years V1W 3A1 BP*) Haynes Point For more information, email [email protected] LJgd-m Osoyoos Granodiorite are being harvested, made and bottled separately and labelled with 9 Lake Oliver Sediments, terrace, bench, 8 97 8 9 Anarchist 8 silt, varved clay, sand, overlain by flood Kobau Mountain Late Triassic 5 Fairview Viewpoint the vineyard name. In order to be labelled as a single-vineyard wine deposits, outwash sand and gravel, or Group 2 Fairview Rd. locally by till, diamicton, boulders, wind LTgd Osoyoos Lake Gneiss CTrsv under the Wines of Marked Quality Regulation, 100% of the grapes blown sand (20,000 to 17,000 BP*) CANADA 97 LS Carboniferous to Upper Triassic USA must be sourced from the named vineyard. Pre-Fraser Glaciation Age 8 3 3 CTrsv Mount Kobau Rocks, amphibolite, schist, 9 10 Buried fan, boulder gravel (18,000 BP* greenstone, minor marble. Includes 9 4 Although only two sub-GIs exist, the British Columbia Wine Institute and older) Shoemaker and Old Tom Formations of 5 3 CTrsv 9 Upper Triassic age, volcanic rocks, cherty breaks the Okanagan down into the unofficial sub-regions (from Sub-Region:tuff, breccia, silici Blackfied tuff. Sage-Osoyoos 4 Devonian(?) to Cretaceous Jqm-b south to north) Black Sage/Osoyoos, North Oliver, Naramata/ SYMBOLS Gravel Pit ggn The vineyards Okanagan Met closestamorphic and to Plutoni thec USA border tendCTrsv to be the warmest. The2 vineyards in this Penticton/Summerland and Kelowna/Lake Country. These unofficial Photogeologic Mine Complex (“Okanagan Complex” and/ contact sub-regionor “Ok aarenagan mostlyGneiss”), gra niticplanted gneiss on the east side of Osoyoos Lake and up along the 1Black PENTICTON 8 3 sub-regions were identified based on climatic studies by scientists at Bedrock, fractures, K Kettle and migmatite, mylonitic zone in the 3 joints Sage BenchOkanagan to Va lleythe Fa ulsoutht zone. (McIn endtyre, of Oliver. ThisTinhorn area benefits from long evening sunlight Pine and Eagle Bluffs, Naramata Bench.) the Summerland Research and Development Centre. Trace of bedrock Landslide hours while the Osoyoos vineyards also benefitCanyon from the protective 2moderating effect strata LS Jqm-b Canal CTrsv Fault in bedrock of the lake that sits at 276 metres above sea level. 8 2 Sub-Regions of the Okanagan Valley (Unofficial) Glacial lineation Cutoff Prominent bedrock Meanders, This warm climate makes this the ideal sub-region3 for longer ripening red grapes such scarp Okanagan 0 1km 2km 9 Black Sage / Osoyoos River Hester • Narrow bedrock as Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah/ Shiraz. This2 area produces Jqm-b Water Dog canyon Major Canyon Meltwater Scale (approximate) Lake • North Oliver Prominent scarp in Valley around 50% of all Okanagan Valley grapes. The desert influence is obvious with few

surficial deposit Sandpoint Drive ++ KVR ++ Kettle Valley trees on the hillsides, which are dominated by wild sagebrush8 and other native desert • Naramata / Penticton / Summerland Dam Railway X Landfill OKANAGAN FALLS plants. The vineyards are nearly all situated on CTrsvdeep, stone free, sandy glaciofluvial 9 2 • Kelowna / Lake Country parent materials, overlying granite bedrock. The soils are rapidly drained and have very 9 Osoyoos Lake 3 4 Gneiss low moisture holding capacity, but are well suited Testalindento grape production. Canyon Black Sage Road Sub-GIs of the Okanagan Valley 8 1 GOGOLDENL Growing Degree Days*: 1,575 5 LTgd • Golden Mile Bench MIMILE Map Credit: Murray A. Roed in Okanagan 8 Geology South, 2011. Edited by Murray A. Roed and Robert J. Fulton. Available from • Okanagan Falls LTgd BLACK SAGE Sandhill Book Distributors Ltd., Kelowna. /OSOYOOS _ *GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, SSISIMILKAMEENMIM LKAAMEEN CTrsv 97 average over last 10 years, farmwest.com. Kobau Deadman VALLEYVVAALLLEY Group Lake 21 22 varved clay Osoyoos Lake 8 3 Gneiss

8 1 Inkaneep Creek 9 9

Spotted Lake 9 2 3 9 3 3

Osoyoos Lake 9

9 1 3 Reconaissance Geologic Map Osoyoos Desert Centre LTgd 8 97 3 2 South Okanagan, British Columbia 3 X NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre Osoyoos 5 Murray A. Roed, 2011 Granodiorite K 2 LJgd-m Osoyoos LTgd 3 Map based on air photo interpretation (2001 air photographs), reconaissance field checking, generalized bedrock mapping Mount Kruger 9 from map compiled by Andrew Okulitch (Geological Survey of Canada). Roads shown are approximate. 3 9 Mapping by Murray A. Roed, 4890 Westridge Drive, Kelowna, BC V1W 3A1 Haynes Point LTgd For more information, email [email protected] CTrsv 8 Anarchist Kobau Mountain 5 Group 2 Viewpoint

CANADA 97 LS USA 6 97 MJgd ggn VERNON

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6 97C 97 97 6 Mill Bay 3 Summerland Gulch Rd 3 VERNON 8 8 Giants Naramata Creek Canyon PEACHLAND OKANAGAN Prairie Valley K 8 Okanagan Lake VALLEY Head 6 3 6 97 FAULT Eneas Creek Em 6 N KVR 3 Crescent 6 K 5 1 Kalamalka 3 Naramata 6 Beach KVR MAP AREA Lake MJgd 2 Sumac Ridge 5 8 Arawana Rd BRITISH ALBERTA KVR COLUMBIA Mount Ewl 6 7 Okanagan Wood Lake Conkle Ewl 3 6 NARAMATA Zimmerman Gulch JKg M Jones’ Flat Lake KVR SUMMERLAND Ellison Lake 6 MJgd Ritchie Strandline U.S.A. Ewl 5 3 lateral morraine Trout 6 KELOWNA 3 Ev 3 6 6 2 KVR ggn PENTICTON 5 5 Creek 97C 97 Fan 6 Mill Bay 3 7 Skaha Lake Summerland Gulch Rd 3 SUMMERLAND7 FAULT 8 8 LS Sun Oka Park Giants Naramata Creek Canyon PEACHLAND OKANAGAN 3A Prairie Valley 8 Okanagan Lake KALEDEN OKANAGAN K VALLEY 7 6 Head 6 3 FALLS 6 97 FAULT KVR 3 MJgd 6 K Naramata 5 3 MAP AREA Golf Ev LS Vaseux Lake 2 Course Crater 5 8 Arawana Rd KVR Volcanic, siltstone, White Lake Mount volcanic beds Mountain 3 Conkle 3 6 NARAMATA Zimmerman Gulch KVR Granite SUMMERLAND Ev 6 8 KEREMEOS OLIVER MJgd lateral morraine 97 0 10 25 6 Scale 3 Trout 3 MJgd 6 Volcanic 2 KVR PENTICTON Rock Deposits Creek kilometres Fan Slide Three 7 Skaha Lake SUMMERLAND7 FAULT Mile 8 LS Sun Oka Park MJgd Point 3A KALEDEN OKANAGAN OSOYOOS 3 7 6 Okanagan 3 FALLS MJgd Lake Golf LS Vaseux Lake Course Crater 3 White Lake KVR Mountain Madeline Canyon 97 3 Mount KVR ggn 8 KEREMEOS OLIVER Nkwala 97 0 10 25 Scale 6 Rock kilometres Slide Three Munson Mtn. KVR Summerland Mile Em 8 Point Granite 3 OSOYOOS Okanagan 3 Penticton Lake Creek Canyon 3 Okanagan KVR Madeline Canyon 97 Gneiss Mount 6 Nkwala Penticton 2 ggn 5 Munson Mtn. KVR 2 M 3 3 Jgd 6 Penticton 2 Creek Canyon 8 KVR 6 5 5 Penticton 2 5 2 3 6 Shingle Creek ggn 2 3 6 8 KVR 5 MJgd Ev 5

97 5 Ellis Creek Canyon Shingle Creek Okanagan Ev Gneiss 3 3 Raised 6 6 Beaches

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97 5 Ellis Creek Canyon 6 3 Airport Raised 6 Beaches Skaha Bluffs

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Eneas Creek 7 6 N 1 Crescent 7 KVR Kalamalka Footbridge 6 Beach Lake Mount 5 7 7 Sumac Ridge Ewl McLellan BRITISH ALBERTA Dusty Mac Ewl COLUMBIA Okanagan 2 7 6 McLean Rd. Wood Lake 3 Gold Mine 3 Okanagan Ev KVR Falls M Jones’ Flat Lake Ellison Lake

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Peachcliff 5 3 7 7 6 6 KELOWNA 5 5 K 1 3 Footbridge Mount 5 97C 7 97 8 6 Mill Bay 8 White Lake Formation, 3 Shuttleworth Summerland Ev GulchMcLellan Rd 3 sandstone, siltstone Canyon 8 Dusty Mac Ev 8 Okanagan 2 & volcanic deposits Giants Naramata Creek3 Canyon PEACHLAND GoldOKANAGAN Mine 3 Prairie Valley K 8 Em Okanagan Lake VALLEY Head 6 Falls 6 97 Ev FAULT KVR 3 97 6 K Naramata 5 3 MAP AREA 2 Arawana Rd Ev 5 8 Peachcliff ggn 8 KVR Volcanic, siltstone, Mount volcanic beds 7 Conkle 3 6 NARAMATA Zimmerman Gulch 1 Skaha Okanagan Granite SUMMERLAND 3 1 8 6 Formation Gneiss 8 8 lateral morraine Shuttleworth White 3 Trout 3 6 8 Lake Volcanic 2 Creek KVR Ewl PENTICTON Canyon 8 Mount Deposits Hawthorne Fan 7 Skaha Lake SUMMERLAND7 FAULT K 3 LS Sun Oka Park K ggn Indian 8 3A KALEDEN OKANAGAN Head 7 3 6 97 FALLS Keans CTrsv Golf Vaseux Lake Creek Course LS K Green Lake Crater Ewl 8 Valley Mountain White Lake ggn Penticton 3 KVR K Volcanic 8 8 Esbx KEREMEOS OLIVER 1 97 8 0 10 25 Deposits K Scale Rock 6 7 kilometres Slide White 3 8 Lake Three K Summerland Mile Mount Mahoney Saline Lake 8 8 Point K 8 Granite OSOYOOS 3 Lake Old CPR Line Vaseux Okanagan Hawthorne 7 Ewl Lake Irrigation Lake 3 3 Okanagan 2 Creek KVR 8 3 EwlMadeline Canyon Gneiss 8 K Mount 97 Indian Nkwala Head Keans Creek Munson Mtn. Green Lake EwlKVR Valley Mount Keogan 8 3 Penticton Esbx ggn 8 Creek Canyon 2 Eagle 3 Bluff 7 Ev 6 7 7 Penticton 2 Orofino V 5 3 Vaseux 2 Saline Lake Willowbrook Creek Mahoney3 6 8 alley McIntyre 2 Lake Old CPR Line Vaseux McIntyre Canyon 10 8 EmKVR 7 Dam Fan 5 5 Lake Irrigation 2 Creek 8 Meyers McIntyre 3 Bluff Shingle Creek Okanagan Gneiss Flats 97 3 6 3 CTrsv 2 Granite CTrsv 97 5 Ellis Creek Canyon ggn Mount Keogan 9 Pine 3 8 Gallagher Raised 6 Lake Bluff Beaches CTrsv K 7 3 2 Eagle 6 Airport 3 7 Skaha Bluffs Bluff 7 ggn 5 Atsikluk 6 Orofino V Legend Okanagan River Valley Vaseux 4 East Side Rd. Willowbrook Creek 9 6 alley Skaha Bluffs McIntyre SURFICIAL DEPOSIT LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS BEDROCK LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS Skaha Granodiorite McIntyre *Ages are approximate. BP means Before Present. 10 Canyon Tertiary (Mainly Eocene) Lake Fairview-Westlake Rd. 5 3 Dam Fan Recent Age (Holocene) Esbx Skaha Formation, megabreccia. 3 ggn (? Miocene Age) 3 McIntyre 1 Active floodplain, fan and beach; sand, 5 9 Meyers gravel, organic, (1,000 BP* to Present) Ewl White Lake Formation, sandstone, JKo Bluff siltstone, coal layers, conglomerate, Flats 97 2 Raised beach and alluvial fan; sand, volcanic and volcanic tuff interbeds; N gravel (8,000 to 1,000 BP*) 1 fossil plant remains. Eroded 3 3 3 Steep slope in bedrock or surficial deposit, Em Marama Formation, dacite, volcanic, 7 2 Felis Ck Fan colluvium, landslide designated LS (12,000 pipe and dome remnants, breccia, Crevasse BP* to Present) (Giants Head, Peach Cliff, Munson Oliver Parkway” “Volcanic MJg 4 Pre-historic channel of Okanagan River, Mountain). Field 8 9 East Side Rd. Gallagher Pine sand, gravel (4,000 to 1,000 BP*) Mountain 7 Ev Penticton Group volcanic deposits, 9 Tuc 6 Lake Bluff 5 Alluvial terraces, bars and fans; ancestral fifteen formations, undifferentiated. el 97 streams related to flood stages of the ice 3 5 Nuit 3 dam failure near Vaseux Lake (12,000 to Jurrassic to Cretaceous Lake 7 3 8,000 BP*) LKgd-mb Granodiorite, Skaha Bluffs. Oliver Gypo JKg Okanagan Batholith, granite. 3 Pleistocene Age (Fraser Glaciation) Pluton Quartz 4 Skaha 6 3 5 6 Glacial Lake Penticton Sediments, benches JKo Oliver Pluton, granite Vein Lake JKo ggn Atsikluk and terraces, silt, sand, gravel (12,000 to 9 Baldy Rd. 8 Jqm-b Quartz Monzonite Okanagan River Valley 10,000 BP*) Legend Kaleden Oliver 4A ggn 4 7 Glacial outwash, terraces, channels, sand, Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic 5 6 Sewage to Keremeos 9 gravel (12,000 to 10,000 years BP*) MJg Anarchist Granite Lagoon 9 8 Kettled outwash, terraces, sand, gravel, till 7 MJgd Summerland Granite 3 SURFICIAL DEPOSIT LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS BEDROCK LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS7 (12,000 to 11,000 years BP*) *Ages are approximate. BP means Before Present. Okanagan LJgd-m Osoyoos Granodiorite Tertiary (Mainly Eocene) Gneiss 9 Lake Oliver Sediments, terrace, bench, 8 Fairview-Westlake Rd. 5 9 97 6 ggn silt, varved clay, sand, overlain by flood 8 Late Triassic Fairview Recent Age (Holocene) Esbx Skaha Formation, megabreccia. 3 deposits, outwash sand and gravel, or Fairview Rd. 3 locally by till, diamicton, boulders, wind LTgd Osoyoos Lake Gneiss (? Miocene Age) 7 1 Active floodplain, fan and beach; sand, Penticton 9 blown sand (20,000 to 17,000 BP*) 7 5 Carboniferous to Upper Triassic gravel, organic, (1,000 BP* to Present) Ewl White Lake Formation, sandstone, Volcanic Deposits McLean Rd. Pre-Fraser Glaciation Age 8 3 3 siltstone, coal layers, conglomerate, CTrsv Mount Kobau Rocks, amphibolite, schist, 9 2 Raised beach and alluvial fan; sand, volcanic and volcanic tuff interbeds; 10 Buried fan, boulder gravel (18,000 BP* greenstone, minor marble. Includes 7 N 9 gravel (8,000 to 1,000 BP*) 1 4 fossil plant remains. Eroded and older) Shoemaker and Old Tom Formations of 5 3 Footbridge 9 3 Steep slope in bedrock or surficial deposit, Mount 5 7 7 Upper Triassic age, volcanic rocks, cherty Em Marama Formation, dacite, volcanic, McLellan tuff, breccia, silicified tuff. colluvium, landslide designated LS (12,000 Dusty Mac Crevasse pipe and dome remnants, breccia, 3 Okanagan 2 3 4 Falls Gold Mine Devonian(?) to Cretaceous BP* to Present) (Giants Head, Peach Cliff, Munson SYMBOLS Gravel Pit Oliver Jqm-b ggn Okanagan Metamorphic and Plutonic Mountain). Field 2 4 Pre-historic channel of Okanagan River, Peachcliff MJg Photogeologic Complex (“Okanagan Complex” and/ 7 Mountain Mine sand, gravel (4,000 to 1,000 BP*) 1 7 contact Ev Penticton Group volcanic deposits, 3 9 or “Okanagan Gneiss”), granitic gneiss 1 3 8 8 8 White Lake Formation, JKo Shuttleworth Tuc Bedrock, fractures, K and migmatite, mylonitic zone in the 3 5 Alluvial terraces, bars and fans; ancestral fifteen formations, undifferentiated. Kettle sandstone, siltstone Canyon el 3 joints Okanagan Valley Fault zone. (McIntyre, Tinhorn streams related to flood stages of the ice & volcanic deposits Pine and Eagle Bluffs, Naramata Bench.) Canyon 5 Nuit Trace of bedrock Landslide 2 dam failure near Vaseux Lake (12,000 to Jurrassic to Cretaceous Lake strata LS 8,000 BP*) 97 LKgd-mb Granodiorite, Skaha Bluffs. Oliver Canal 8 Gypo Fault in bedrock 8 2 Glacial lineation Pleistocene Age (Fraser Glaciation) JKg Okanagan Batholith, granite. Skaha OkanaganPluton Quartz 4 Cutoff 1 Meanders, Formation 8 Gneiss 3 Prominent bedrock 3 6 Glacial Lake Penticton Sediments, benches JKo Oliver Pluton, granite White Vein scarp Okanagan 9 8 Lake River 0 1km 2km and terraces, silt, sand, gravel (12,000 to 8 Mount 9 Baldy Rd. Narrow bedrock Hester 2 Jqm-b Quartz Monzonite Hawthorne Quartz Monzonite Water Dog 10,000 BP*) canyon Major Canyon 3 Meltwater Scale (approximate) Lake Indian 8 Oliver Prominent scarp in Valley 7 Glacial outwash, terraces, channels, sand, Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic Head Sewage 5 Keans surficial deposit Sandpoint Drive gravel (12,000 to 10,000 years BP*) Creek Till Rides ++ KVR ++ Kettle Valley MJg Anarchist Granite Green Lake Lagoon Jqm-b Dam Railway 8 Valley 9 9 8 Kettled outwash, terraces, sand, gravel, till Penticton 3 Fairview-Westlake Rd. MJgd SummerlandVolcanic Granite 8 (12,000 to 11,000 years BP*) Deposits 2 LJgd-m Osoyoos Granodiorite 9 9 Lake Oliver Sediments, terrace, bench, 7 97 8 3 4 Saline Lake 3 9 8 silt, varved clay, sand, overlain by flood Mahoney 8 Testalinden Late Triassic Lake Fairview Old CPR Line Vaseux deposits, outwash sand and gravel, or 7 Fairview Rd. Black Sage Road Lake Irrigation Canyon L 2 Creek 8 1 Osoyoos Lake locally by till, diamicton, boulders, wind Tgd Osoyoos Lake Gneiss 8 3 CTrsv 5 Gneiss blown sand (20,000 to 17,000 BP*) Carboniferous to Upper Triassic 8 Pre-Fraser Glaciation Age 8 3 3 CTrsv Mount Kobau Rocks, amphibolite, schist, Mount Keogan 8 9 10 Buried fan, boulder gravel (18,000 BP* greenstone, minor marble. Includes 9 2 Eagle 4 and older) Shoemaker and Old Tom Formations of 3 Bluff5 7 3 7 CTrsv 9 Upper Triassic age, volcanic rocks, cherty Sub-GI: Golden Mile Bench Sub-GI: Okanagan FallsOrofino V tuff, breccia, silicified tuff. Vaseux Willowbrook Creek alley McIntyre 4 97 Devonian(?) to Cretaceous Jqm-b Kobau McIntyre 10 Canyon Named BC’s first sub-GI in 2015, the GoldenDeadman Mile Bench is located on the west side of the SYMBOLS Gravel Pit The new Okanagan Falls sub-GI incorporates the area immediatelyDam southFan of the village Group ggn Okanagan Metamorphic and Plutonic CTrsv 2 Lake Meyers McIntyre varved Photogeologic Complex (“Okanagan Complex” and/ Bluff Okanagan Valley, south of the town of Oliver and almost directly opposite the vineyards Mine of Okanagan Falls, located on the eastFlats side of the Okanagan Valley giving97 long afternoon clay contact or “Okanagan Gneiss”), granitic gneiss 1 3 3 8 and migmatite, mylonitic zone in the 2 of the Black Sage Bench. Its southerly latitude makes it a warm region but its location on Osoyoos Lake Bedrock, fractures, K Kettle 3 8 joints sunlight Okanwithagan cool Valley Fmornings.ault zone. (McIntyre ,Most vineyards are between 400-500m elevation. The 3 Gneiss Tinhorn 9 Gallagher Pine Pine and Eagle Bluffs, Naramata Bench.) Lake Bluff the west side of the valley means it gets morning rather than afternoon sunshine making Trace of bedrock Landslide Canyon 2 Inkaneep Creek LS sub-GI covers an area just under 2,000 acres (800 hectares). It is estimated there are 8 1 strata 7 3 Jqm-b it a cooler region than its eastern neighbour. The vineyards of the Sub-GI9 are located on9 Canal CTrsv Fault in bedrock approximately 370 acres (150 hectares) of vineyards within the8 area.5 2 Atsikluk 9 Glacial lineation Legend Okanagan River Valley the bench 40 to 100 metres above theSpotted valley Lake floor giving enough altitude to ensure good Cutoff 4 9 2 Meanders, Cool air from higher elevations flows into the region at night keeping night time 3 9 Prominent bedrock SURFICIAL DEPOSIT LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS BEDROCK LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS 3 Okanagan*Ages are approximate . BP means Before Present. 9 air drainage, avoiding the risk of spring and fall 3frosts. Elevation ranges from 325 to 510 scarp Tertiary (Mainly Eocene) River 0 1km 2km Fairview-Westlake Rd. 5 3 Recent Age (Holocene) temperaturesEsbx Skaha Formation low, meg abandreccia. therefore retaining acidity.Hester Chardonnay,3 Pinot Noir2 and Pinot Gris Narrow bedrock (? Miocene Age) 3 Jqm-b Water Dog metres. Major1 Active floodplain, fan and beach; sand, 5 9 canyon gravel, organic, (1,000 BP* to Present) Ewl White Lake Formation, sandstone, Canyon Meltwater accountScale for sil(approximate) troughlystone, coal layers, conglomerate 75%, of the planted acreage in the area. Lake Prominent scarp in Valley2 Raised beach and alluvial fan; sand, volcanic and volcanic tuff interbeds; N gravel (8,000 to 1,000 BP*) fossil plant remains. 1 Eroded Osoyoos surficial deposit 7 Sandpoint Drive The area was identified as having a unique combination of landform, landscape position, 3 Steep slope in bedrock or surficial deposit, Em Marama Formation, dacite, volcanic, Kettle Valleycolluvium , landslide designated LS (12,000 pipe and dome remnants, breccia, Crevasse Lake 9 ++ KVR ++ BP* to Present) 8 Dam Railway Most of the(Gian areats Head, Peach is Cliff, Munsoncovered by glaciofluvial deposits,Oliver coarse, well-drained sands and Mountain). Field X Landfill 4 Pre-historic channel of Okanagan River, Mountain 9 mesoclimate, air drainage and soil materials justifying its qualification to become a sub- sand, gravel (4,000 to 1,000 BP*) CTrsv 7 9 Ev Penticton Group volcanic deposits, Tuc 9 5 Alluvial terraces, bars and fans; ancestral fifteen formations, undifferentiated. 1 gravels that were deposited by glacial meltwater during deglaciationel around3 12,000 3 streams related to flood stages of the ice 5 Nuit 2 GI. The soils are well drained glaciofluvial deposits; coarse texturedOsoyoos sand and gravel fans dam failure near Vaseux Lake (12,000 to Jurrassic to Cretaceous Lake 9 Osoyoos Lake 8,000 BP*) Reconaissance Geologic Map LKgd-mb Granodiorite, Skaha Bluffs. Oliver Desert Centre years ago. The signature landform of the sub-GI is whatGypo are known3 geologically as 4 Gneiss Pleistocene Age (Fraser Glaciation) JKg Okanagan Batholith, granite. Pluton Quartz 4 all formed from Mount Kobau that follow the boundaries of Testalinden, Hester, Tinhorn 3 6 Glacial Lake Penticton Sediments, benches JKo Oliver Pluton, granite TestalindenVein 8 and terraces, silt, sand, gravel (12,000 to kettles.Jqm-b KettlesQuartz Monzonite occur when blocks of ice fall off a glacier and become 9partially or entirelyBaldy Rd. 97 Black Sage Road 3 2 10,000 BP*) Canyon Oliver and Reid Creeks. 7 Glacial outwash, terraces, channels, sand, Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic Sewage 5 8 1 gravel (12,000 to 10,000 years BP*) 3 MJg Anarchist Granite Lagoon South Okanagan, British Columbia buried, later to melt leaving kettle9 holes behind. This gives a jumbled array of ridges5 and 8 Kettled outwash, terraces, sand, gravel, till MJgd Summerland Granite 3 (12,000 to 11,000 years BP*) LTgd X NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre LJgd-m Osoyoos Granodiorite 9 Lake Oliver Sediments, terrace, bench, 8 A wide range of different grape varieties, both red and white, are successful depending on Map Credit: Murray A. Roed in Okanagan Map Credit: Murray A. Roed in Okanagan 9 97 Osoyoos 5 silt, varved clay, sand, overlain by flood mounds. Vineyards are located on all slope positions along the kettles of the8 Okanagan 8 Late Triassic Fairview Granodiorite Geology South, 2011. Edited by Murray A. Geology South, 2011. Edited by Murray A. deposits, outwash sand and gravel, or Fairview Rd. K locally by till, diamicton, boulders, wind LTgd Osoyoos Lake Gneiss the vineyard location. Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon Roed and Robert J. Fulton. Available from Roed and Robert J. Fulton. Available from blown sand (20,000 to 17,000 BP*) Falls sub-GI. Carboniferous to Upper Triassic Murray A. Roed, 2011 L Sandhill Book Distributors Ltd., Kelowna. Sandhill Book Distributors Ltd., Kelowna.Pre-Fraser Glaciation Age 8 3 3 Tgd 2 CTrsv Mount Kobau Rocks, amphibolite, schist, 9 and Cabernet Franc are among the most successful varieties. 10 Buried fan, boulder gravel (18,000 BP* greenstone, minor marble. Includes 9 4 and older) Shoemaker and Old Tom Formations of 5 3 9 Osoyoos _ _ Upper Triassic age, volcanic rocks, cherty 3 390 Acres planted in the region | Growing Degree Days*: 1,400 Mount tuff, breccia, silicified tuff. Map based on air photo interpretation (2001 air photographs), reconaissance field checking, generalized bedrock mapping Devonian(?) to Cretaceous 4 791 Acres planted in the region | Growing Degree Days*: 1,549Kruger *GDD - Culmina 9Family Estate Winery / *GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31,SYMBOLS Gravel Pit ggn Okanagan Metamorphic and Plutonic 2 CTrsv 97 from map compiled by Andrew Okulitch (Geological Survey of Canada). Roads shown are approximate. Arise Bench, average over last 8 years. average over last 10 years, farmwest.com. Photogeologic Mine Complex (“Okanagan Complex” and/ 3 contact or “Okanagan Gneiss”), granitic gneiss 1 8 Kobau3 Bedrock, fractures, K Kettle and migmatite, mylonitic zone in the 3 9 joints Okanagan Valley Fault zone. (McIntyre, Tinhorn Deadman Pine and Eagle Bluffs, Naramata Bench.) Group Haynes Point Trace of bedrock Landslide Canyon 2 Lake Mapping by Murray A. Roed, 4890 Westridge Drive, Kelowna, BC V1W 3A1 strata LS 23 Canal 24 varved Fault in bedrock 8 2 clay For more information, email [email protected] 8 Glacial lineation Cutoff Prominent bedrock Meanders, 3 scarp Okanagan 0 1km 2km 9 Anarchist River Hester Osoyoos Lake Narrow bedrock 2 8Water Dog Kobau Mountain canyon Major Canyon Quartz Monzonite 3 5 Meltwater Scale (approximate) Lake Gneiss Group 2 Viewpoint Prominent scarp in Valley surficial deposit Sandpoint Drive ++ KVR ++ Kettle Valley 8

Dam Railway Inkaneep Creek 9 8 1 2 9 9 9 3 4 CANADA 97 LS Testalinden Canyon Black Sage Road USA 8 1 Osoyoos Lake 9 5 Gneiss Spotted Lake 8 2 3 9 3 3

97 Kobau Deadman Group Lake varved clay Osoyoos Osoyoos Lake 8 9 3 Gneiss Lake

8 1 Inkaneep Creek 9 9 9 1 Spotted Lake 9 3 2 Osoyoos 3 9 Reconaissance Geologic Map3 Desert Centre 3 LTgd 8 Osoyoos 97 Lake 9 3 2 9 3 South Okanagan, British Columbia 1 3 Reconaissance Geologic Map Osoyoos Desert Centre X NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre 8 5 97 Osoyoos 3 2 South Okanagan, British Columbia 3 Granodiorite K X NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre Murray A. Roed, 2011 Osoyoos 5 Granodiorite K 2 Murray A. Roed, 2011 LJgd-m LTgd 2 Osoyoos Osoyoos 3 3 Map based on air photo interpretation (2001 air photographs), reconaissance field checking, generalized bedrock mapping Mount Mount Map based on air photo interpretation (2001 air photographs), reconaissance field checking, generalized bedrock mapping Kruger 9 from map compiled by Andrew Okulitch (Geological Survey of Canada). Roads shown are approximate. Kruger3 9 from map compiled by Andrew Okulitch (Geological Survey of Canada). Roads shown are approximate. 9 3 Mapping by Murray A. Roed, 4890 Westridge Drive, Kelowna, BC V1W 3A1 Haynes Point

For more information, email [email protected] 8 9 Anarchist Haynes Point Kobau Mountain 5 Mapping by Murray A. Roed, 4890 Westridge Drive, Kelowna, BC V1W 3A1 Group 2 Viewpoint LTgd For more information, email [email protected] CTrsv 8 CANADA 97 LS USA Anarchist Kobau Mountain 5 Group 2 Viewpoint

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Orofino V Vaseux Willowbrook Creek alley McIntyre McIntyre 10 Canyon 6 Dam Fan 97 ggn McIntyre VERNON Meyers JKo Bluff Flats 97 3 Eneas Creek 3 6 N 1 Crescent 2 KVR Kalamalka 6 Beach Lake Sumac Ridge MJg BRITISH ALBERTA 9 Pine COLUMBIA Gallagher 7 6 Okanagan Wood Lake Lake Bluff M Jones’ Flat Lake KVR Ellison Lake 3 Ritchie Strandline U.S.A. 7 5 3

6 6 KELOWNA 5 5 5 97C 97 6 Mill Bay JKo ggn Atsikluk Summerland 3 3 Gulch Rd Okanagan River 8 Legend Valley 8 ggn Giants Naramata Creek Canyon PEACHLAND OKANAGAN 4 Prairie Valley K 8 Okanagan Lake VALLEY 9 Head 6 6 97 FAULT KVR 3 6 K Naramata 5 SURFICIAL DEPOSIT LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS BEDROCK LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS 3 *Ages are approximate. BPMAP means AREA Before Present. 2 Arawana Rd Tertiary (Mainly Eocene) 5 8 Fairview-Westlake Rd. 5 KVR Volcanic, siltstone, ggn Mount volcanic beds Conkle 3 6 Recent Age (Holocene) NARAMATA Esbx Skaha Formation, megabreccia. 3 Zimmerman Gulch Granite SUMMERLAND (? Miocene Age) 3 6 1 Active floodplain, fan and beach; sand, 5 9 lateral morraine gravel, organic, (1,000 BP* to Present) Ewl White Lake Formation, sandstone, 3 Trout 3 6 Volcanic 2 Creek KVR PENTICTON siltstone, coal layers, conglomerate, Deposits 2 Raised beach and alluvial fan; sand, Fan volcanic and volcanic tuff interbeds; N gravel (8,000 to 1,000 BP*) 1 7 fossil plant remains. SUMMERLAND7 FAULT Skaha Lake Eroded LS Sun Oka Park 3 Steep slope in bedrock or surficial deposit, Em Marama Formation, dacite, volcanic, 7 3A KALEDcolluviumEN , landslideOKANAGAN designated LS (12,000 Crevasse 7 3 6 pipe and dome remnants, breccia, BP* to Present) FALLS (Giants Head, Peach Cliff, Munson Jqm-b Golf Vaseux Lake Oliver Field Course LS 4 Pre-historic channel of Okanagan River, Mountain). Crater Mountain MJg Mountain White Lakesand, gravel (4,000 to 1,000 BP*) 7 3 Ev Penticton Group volcanic deposits, 9 KVR Tuc 5 Alluvial terraces, bars and fans; ancestral fifteen formations, undifferentiated. JKo 8 KEREMEOS OLIVER el 3 streams 97related to flood stages0 of the ice10 25 Scale 5 Nuit Rock 6 dam failure near Vaseux Lake (12,000 to Jurrassic to Cretaceous kilometres Lake Slide 8,000 BP*) Three LKgd-mb Granodiorite, Skaha Bluffs. Oliver Summerland Mile Gypo 8 Point Granite Pleistocene Age (Fraser OSOGlaciation)YOOS JKg Okanagan Batholith, granite. Okanagan 3 Pluton Quartz 4 3 Lake 6 Glacial Lake Penticton Sediments, benches JKo Oliver Pluton, granite Vein 3 Okanagan 9 Baldy Rd. KVR and terraces, silt, sand, gravel (12,000 to Jqm-b Quartz Monzonite Madeline Canyon Gneiss Mount 97 10,000 BP*) Oliver Nkwala 7 Glacial outwash, terraces, channels, sand, Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic Sewage 5 gravel (12,000 to 10,000 years BP*) Till Rides MJg Anarchist Granite Lagoon Jqm-b Munson Mtn. 9 KVR 8 Kettled outwash, terraces, sand, gravel, till MJgd Summerland Granite 3 Fairview-Westlake Rd. 3 (12,000 to 11,000 years BP*) Penticton LJgd-m Osoyoos Granodiorite Creek Canyon 9 Lake Oliver Sediments, terrace, bench, 8 9 97 8 silt, varved clay, sand, overlain by flood Late Triassic 6 deposits, outwash sand and gravel, or Fairview Fairview Rd. Penticton 2 locally by till, diamicton, boulders, wind LTgd Osoyoos Lake Gneiss CTrsv 5 blown sand (20,000 to 17,000 BP*) 2 3 6 Carboniferous to Upper Triassic 2 Pre-Fraser Glaciation Age 8 3 3 CTrsv Mount Kobau Rocks, amphibolite, schist, 9 8 KVR 10 Buried fan, boulder gravel (18,000 BP* greenstone, minor marble. Includes 9 5 4 Sub-Region: Naramata - Penticton - Summerland 5 and older) Shoemaker and Old Tom Formations of Sub-Region: Kelowna-Lake5 Country 3 CTrsv 9 Upper Triassic age, volcanic rocks, cherty Shingle Creek Okanagan tuff, breccia, silicified tuff. Gneiss Heading further north, the area3 surrounding Penticton is the second coolest sub- The area stretching from Peachland to the north4 end of the Okanagan Valley is the 6 Devonian(?) to Cretaceous Jqm-b SYMBOLS Gravel Pit region. The Penticton regionGranite includes vineyards around the southern end of Okanagan ggn Okanagan Metamorphic and Plutonic CTrsv coolest of the2 sub-regions. Rainfall is also approximately 50% higher than Osoyoos in 97 5 Ellis Creek Canyon Photogeologic Complex (“Okanagan Complex” and/ contact Mine 3 or “Okanagan Gneiss”), granitic gneiss the south, although still low1 on a global scale at around 12 inches annual precipitation.3 Lake (Naramata and Summerland) and along SkahaRaised Lake (Kaleden6 and Skaha Bench). 8 Beaches Bedrock, fractures, K Kettle and migmatite, mylonitic zone in the 3 There are vineyards on the west side of the lake in Summerland and on the east side joints Okanagan Valley Fault zone. (McIntyre, Tinhorn The proximity to Okanagan Lake moderates these regions strongly keeping them cool. Pine and Eagle Bluffs, Naramata Bench.) Canyon 2 6 Airport Trace of bedrock Landslide around Naramata and also on both sides of Skaha Lake. Skaha Bluffs strata LS The cooler temperatures make the region better suited to varieties suchJqm-b as Riesling, Canal CTrsv 6 Fault in bedrock 8 The cooler, early shaded, east facing vineyards are well suited to white and earlier Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer,2 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. This area contains some of the Glacial lineation Cutoff East Side Rd. Meanders, 6 Prominent bedrock 3 oldest vineyards in the Okanagan dating back to the 1960s. Good air drainage from the ripening red grapes. Summerland has been very successful with GewürztraminerSkaha Bluffs and scarp Okanagan 9 Granodiorite 0 1km 2km Skaha River Hester Pinot Noir. Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Merlot dominateLake plantings in the other areas Narrow bedrock benches keeps the2 vineyards largely frost free. TheJqm-b soils are varied rangingWater from Dog very 3 canyon Major Canyon Meltwater Scale (approximate) Lake around Penticton, but Pinot Noir is also proving successful. Prominent scarp in Valley coarse to quite fine texture.

surficial deposit Sandpoint Drive ++ KVR ++ Kettle Valley 8 The soils in the Summerland area are sandy near the surface overlying glacial till. Dam Railway Growing Degree Days*: 1,330 (Kelowna) X Landfill CTrsv 9 Much of the western side is volcanic soils while the3 east side is older bedrock, with 2 Felis Ck Fan 9 Osoyoos Lake Naramata having many pockets of clay. The vineyards are generally situated on gentle 3 4 Gneiss 8 Parkway” “Volcanic

East Side Rd. Testalinden slopes with excellent air drainage and are close enough to be influenced by the lakes. Black Sage Road 6 Canyon 8 1 97 5 3 Map Credit: Murray A. Roed in Okanagan L Growing Degree Days*: 1,290 (Penticton), 1,354 (Summerland) Geology South, 2011. Edited by Murray A. Tgd 8 Roed and Robert J. Fulton. Available from 3 Skaha 6 Sandhill Book Distributors Ltd., Kelowna. Lake LTgd 8 _

4A Kaleden 6 *GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, *GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, to Keremeos average over last 10 years, farmwest.com. average over last 10 years, farmwest.com. 7 CTrsv 7 97 Okanagan Kobau Gneiss Deadman 25 6 26 Group Lake varved

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3 Indian 8 9 Head 1 Keans 3 Creek Green Lake Osoyoos Valley Reconaissance Geologic Map Penticton Desert Centre Volcanic 8 Deposits LTgd 7 8 Saline Lake 3 3 97 Mahoney 8 2 Lake Old CPR Line Vaseux 7 3 Lake Irrigation South Okanagan, British Columbia 2 Creek 8 3 X NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre Osoyoos 5 Mount Keogan 8 Granodiorite K 2 Eagle Murray A. Roed, 2011 3 Bluff 7 7 2 LJgd-m LTgd Orofino V Willowbrook Vaseux Osoyoos Creek 3 alley McIntyre Mount McIntyre 10 CanyonMap based on air photo interpretation (2001 air photographs), reconaissance field checking, generalized bedrock mapping Dam Fan Kruger 9 Meyers McIntyre Bluff from map compiled by Andrew Okulitch (Geological Survey of Canada). Roads shown are approximate. 3 Flats 97 3 2 9 Haynes Point 9 Gallagher Pine Mapping by Murray A. Roed, 4890 Westridge Drive, Kelowna, BC V1W 3A1 Lake Bluff LTgd 7 3 For more information, email [email protected] CTrsv 8 5 Atsikluk Anarchist Legend Okanagan River Valley Kobau Mountain 4 5 9 Group 2 Viewpoint SURFICIAL DEPOSIT LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS BEDROCK LEGEND - TOWNSITE MAPS *Ages are approximate. BP means Before Present. Tertiary (Mainly Eocene) Fairview-Westlake Rd. 5 Recent Age (Holocene) Esbx Skaha Formation, megabreccia. 3 (? Miocene Age) 3 1 Active floodplain, fan and beach; sand, 5 9 gravel, organic, (1,000 BP* to Present) Ewl White Lake Formation, sandstone, siltstone, coal layers, conglomerate, 2 Raised beach and alluvial fan; sand, volcanic and volcanic tuff interbeds; N CANADA LS 1 97 gravel (8,000 to 1,000 BP*) fossil plant remains. Eroded 3 Steep slope in bedrock or surficial deposit, Em Marama Formation, dacite, volcanic, 7 USA colluvium, landslide designated LS (12,000 pipe and dome remnants, breccia, Crevasse BP* to Present) (Giants Head, Peach Cliff, Munson Oliver Mountain). Field 4 Pre-historic channel of Okanagan River, Mountain sand, gravel (4,000 to 1,000 BP*) 7 Ev Penticton Group volcanic deposits, Tuc 9 5 Alluvial terraces, bars and fans; ancestral fifteen formations, undifferentiated. el 3 streams related to flood stages of the ice 5 Nuit dam failure near Vaseux Lake (12,000 to Jurrassic to Cretaceous Lake 8,000 BP*) LKgd-mb Granodiorite, Skaha Bluffs. Oliver Gypo Pleistocene Age (Fraser Glaciation) JKg Okanagan Batholith, granite. Pluton Quartz 4 3 6 Glacial Lake Penticton Sediments, benches JKo Oliver Pluton, granite Vein and terraces, silt, sand, gravel (12,000 to Jqm-b Quartz Monzonite 9 Baldy Rd. 10,000 BP*) Oliver 7 Glacial outwash, terraces, channels, sand, Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic Sewage 5 gravel (12,000 to 10,000 years BP*) MJg Anarchist Granite Lagoon 9 8 Kettled outwash, terraces, sand, gravel, till MJgd Summerland Granite 3 (12,000 to 11,000 years BP*) LJgd-m Osoyoos Granodiorite 9 Lake Oliver Sediments, terrace, bench, 8 9 97 8 silt, varved clay, sand, overlain by flood Late Triassic deposits, outwash sand and gravel, or Fairview Fairview Rd. locally by till, diamicton, boulders, wind LTgd Osoyoos Lake Gneiss blown sand (20,000 to 17,000 BP*) Carboniferous to Upper Triassic Pre-Fraser Glaciation Age 8 3 3 CTrsv Mount Kobau Rocks, amphibolite, schist, 9 10 Buried fan, boulder gravel (18,000 BP* greenstone, minor marble. Includes 9 4 and older) Shoemaker and Old Tom Formations of 5 3 9 Upper Triassic age, volcanic rocks, cherty tuff, breccia, silicified tuff. Devonian(?) to Cretaceous 4 SYMBOLS Gravel Pit ggn Okanagan Metamorphic and Plutonic 2 Photogeologic Mine Complex (“Okanagan Complex” and/ contact or “Okanagan Gneiss”), granitic gneiss 1 8 3 Bedrock, fractures, K Kettle and migmatite, mylonitic zone in the 3 joints Okanagan Valley Fault zone. (McIntyre, Tinhorn Pine and Eagle Bluffs, Naramata Bench.) Trace of bedrock Landslide Canyon 2 strata LS Canal Fault in bedrock 8 2 Glacial lineation Cutoff Prominent bedrock Meanders, 3 scarp Okanagan 0 1km 2km 9 River Hester Narrow bedrock 2 Water Dog canyon Major Canyon Quartz Monzonite Meltwater Scale (approximate) Lake Prominent scarp in Valley

surficial deposit Sandpoint Drive ++ KVR ++ Kettle Valley Dam Railway 8 9

2 9 3 4 Testalinden Canyon Black Sage Road 8 1 Osoyoos Lake 5 Gneiss

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9 1 3 Reconaissance Geologic Map Osoyoos Desert Centre

8 97 3 2 South Okanagan, British Columbia 3 X NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre Osoyoos 5 Murray A. Roed, 2011 Granodiorite K 2 Osoyoos 3 Map based on air photo interpretation (2001 air photographs), reconaissance field checking, generalized bedrock mapping Mount Kruger 9 from map compiled by Andrew Okulitch (Geological Survey of Canada). Roads shown are approximate. 3 9 Mapping by Murray A. Roed, 4890 Westridge Drive, Kelowna, BC V1W 3A1 Haynes Point

For more information, email [email protected] 8 Anarchist Kobau Mountain 5 Group 2 Viewpoint

CANADA 97 LS USA SIMILKAMEEN VALLEY SIMILKAMEEN VALLEY 15 LICENSED GRAPE WINERIES The Similkameen Valley lies just west of Osoyoos in southern British Columbia with the majority of the vineyards around Cawston and Keremeos. It has a similar climate to the South Okanagan with hot, dry semi-desert conditions. The Similkameen Valley has 6% KEREMEOS VINEYARDS ( NOW CALLED ST. LASZLO ) of BC’s vineyard acreage. Running mostly west to east, rather than the north-to-south WAS THE 1ST WINERY orientation of the Okanagan, the Similkameen Valley is quite varied in its terroir. Around OPENED IN 1984 the town of Keremeos, there are some hotter bench land vineyards but, due to the steep and sudden mountains rising above the grapes, many areas get shaded early in the day and in the dead of winter see almost no sunlight. TOP GRAPES PLANTED

MERLOT Moving east to the town of Cawston, there is a long, exposed, south to west-facing bench that is ideal for growing later-ripening grapes. Sunlight hours on this bench rival the best CABERNET SAUVIGNON sites of the South Okanagan. In many parts of the world this would be considered high CABERNET FRANC altitude viticulture with vineyards ranging from 400-480m above sea level. CHARDONNAY The soils are often gravelly, fluvial fan based and in many areas there are lots of RIESLING stones on the surface. Many vineyard soils are high in calcium carbonate giving mineral flavours to many of the wines. With no lake in the Similkameen, the region is subject 657 ACRES PLANTED to extremes of both heat and cold but the Similkameen River and a persistent and IN THE REGION often powerful wind can help reduce temperature extremes. The wind is also significant in keeping the vineyards free of pests and diseases and partially contributes to the fact that the Similkameen has the highest density of certified organic fruits and vegetables in all of Canada.

Because of the varied climate, a wide range of grapes can be successful from Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah through to earlier-ripening Gamay and Pinot Noir and white varieties Chardonnay, Riesling and Pinot Gris.

“The Similkameen Valley is a Growing Degree Days*: 1,533 region to watch.” – Dr. Jamie Goode

SIMILKAMEEN

VALLEY *GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, average over last 10 years, farmwest.com.

27 28 VANCOUVER ISLAND VANCOUVER ISLAND 26 LICENSED GRAPE High mountain ranges on Vancouver Island strip moisture leaving the eastern side WINERIES of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands much drier than the Fraser Valley. While being generally cool regions, the lower rainfall and long frost-free season allows more growing degree days and a wider range of potential grape varieties including Pinot Noir, ZANATTA WINERY ST Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay, Gamay, Ortega, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc, and WAS THE 1 WINERY many others. OPENED IN 1992 Vineyards on Vancouver Island are centred on the Cowichan Valley, close to the town of Duncan. There are also producers close to Nanaimo, as well as on the Saanich TOP GRAPES PLANTED Peninsula, with some close to the city of Victoria. PINOT NOIR Growing Degree Days*: 1,103 (Cowichan Valley) PINOT GRIS ORTEGA GULF ISLANDS MARÉCHAL FOCH The Gulf Islands is a small region comprised of the many islands between the 385 ACRES PLANTED mainland and Vancouver Island. The Gulf Islands region is now home to vineyards IN THE REGION and/or wineries on Salt Spring, Pender, Saturna, Quadra and Bowen Islands. The first vineyards were planted on Saturna Island in 1995. Growing Degree Days*: 1,015 (Saturna Island) GULF ISLANDS 7 GRAPE WINERIES

SATURNA ISLAND WAS THE 1ST WINERY OPENED IN 1995

TOP GRAPES PLANTED

PINOT NOIR PINOT GRIS ORTEGA MARÉCHAL FOCH VANCOUVER 94 ACRES PLANTED IN THE REGION ISLAND & GULF

*GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, average over last 10 years, farmwest.com. ISLANDS

29 FRASER VALLEY FRASER VALLEY 25 LICENSED GRAPE The Fraser Valley terroir is vastly different to that of the Okanagan Valley and WINERIES Similkameen Valley. The coastal influence means that diurnal temperature variation is much lower and rainfall is much higher. Rainfall does vary considerably though across DOMAINE DE CHABERTON the Fraser Valley so the specific site has a big influence. A key benefit to the region is ST WAS THE 1 WINERY that there is low risk of frost and winter damage. OPENED IN 1984 There are a wide range of varieties planted including a number of newly developed, experimental hybrids. Vinifera varieties include Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zweigelt and TOP GRAPES PLANTED some early-ripening Germanic white varieties.

SIEGERREBE Growing Degree Days*: 956 PINOT GRIS PINOT NOIR THOMPSON VALLEY BACCHUS The four wineries of the Thompson Valley are pioneering an exciting new appellation and changing the boundaries of quality BC winemaking. Nestled amongst the natural beauty of the North and South Thompson Rivers in and around Kamloops, the 200 ACRES PLANTED Thompson Valley has hot, dry summers and cold winters. A semi-arid region, the rain IN THE REGION shadow of the high coastal mountains and the diverse microclimates provide many options for winemakers to shine with winter hardy hybrids and vinifera varietals like THOMPSON VALLEY Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. 4 LICENSED GRAPE Growing Degree Days*: 1,402 WINERIES

HARPER’S TRAIL WAS THE 1ST WINERY OPENED IN 2012

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RIESLING MARQUETTE MARÉCHAL FOCH FRASER VALLEY & CHARDONNAY 107 ACRES PLANTED *GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, average over last 10 years, farmwest.com THOMPSON VALLEY IN THE REGION *2013 Kamloops data from climate.weather.gc.ca as incomplete on farmwest.com.

31 32 LILLOOET LILLOOET 1 LICENSED GRAPE Covering a 100 km stretch of the interior Fraser River valley, the Lillooet region WINERY incorporates a mountainous landscape of deep canyons and valley floor terraces (benches) surrounded by steep valley walls with an upper elevation of approximately TOP GRAPES PLANTED 1,000 m. However, due to the steepness of the valley walls, viticultural production is currently climatically suited to elevations below 500 m and most ideally to elevations RIESLING below 400 m. PINOT NOIR The climate is similar to the traditional grapegrowing regions in the Okanagan Valley CABERNET FRANC with long, hot, dry summers. However, nights can be cooler, making average summer CHARDONNAY temperatures slightly lower than the Okanagan, but at the same time preserving the fresh crisp acidity in the wines making this region excellent for growing Riesling, Pinot PINOT GRIS Noir, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris. 29 ACRES PLANTED Growing Degree Days*: 1,624 IN THE REGION

LILLOOET *GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, average over last 6 years, farmwest.com

34 SHUSWAP SHUSWAP 10 LICENSED GRAPE Located north of the Okanagan Valley, the Shuswap region is a diverse area that WINERIES includes several major river drainages that flow into Shuswap Lake, the dominant feature in the region. With an upper elevation limit of approximately 1,000 m, well TOP GRAPES PLANTED above the elevation currently climatically suitable for agriculture, the area has potential for future expansion. MARÉCHAL FOCH Wines have been produced here since 1997, predominately from cool climate varieties ORTEGA such as Maréchal Foch, Ortega, Siegerrebe, Gewürztraminer, Kerner and Zweigelt, SIEGERREBE which is understandable as it is one of the most northerly grapegrowing regions in GEWÜRZTRAMINER North America and the coolest of BC’s interior wine regions. The approximately 101 acres of vineyard are spread out through the region, each with its own microclimate. KERNER Growing Degree Days*: 1,121 101 ACRES PLANTED IN THE REGION KOOTENAYS The Kootenays is a large mountainous area of almost five million acres (2 million hectares) in size; however, only a small fraction of this is currently suited for viticultural production. Viticulture occurs along valley floors in the warmest portions of the region, specifically the Creston Valley, the Grand Forks area and with potential in the Rock KOOTENAYS Creek area. The most planted grape varietal is Pinot Noir, followed by other vinifera 6 LICENSED GRAPE varieties including Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Riesling. WINERIES Growing Degree Days*: 1,222

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PINOT NOIR GEWÜRZTRAMINER PINOT GRIS MARÉCHAL FOCH

94 ACRES PLANTED SHUSWAP & IN THE REGION KOOTENAYS

*GDD - Base 10˚C, April 1 to October 31, average over last 10 years, farmwest.com

36 THE WINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA GRAPE VARIETIES MANY WELL-KNOWN GRAPES FLOURISH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALONG WITH SOME INTERESTING HYBRIDS. OF THE 10,499 ACRES (4,249 HECTARES) PLANTED, 49% ARE WHITE GRAPES AND 51% ARE RED GRAPES.

WHITES UNDER VINE

PINOT GRIS 22% CHARDONNAY 20% GEWÜRZTRAMINER 15% RIESLING 10% SAUVIGNON BLANC 8% PINOT BLANC 5 % VIOGNIER 4%

Muscat 1.8% Siegerrebe 1.0% Semillon 1.0% Kerner 0.6% OTHER Ehrenfelser 1.6% Bacchus 1.0% Vidal 0.8% Chasselas 0.5% WHITES Ortega 1.2% Auxerrois 1.0% Schönburger 0.7%

REDS UNDER VINE MERLOT 30% PINOT NOIR 21% CABERNET SAUVIGNON 14% CABERNET FRANC 10% SHIRAZ / SYRAH 10% GAMAY NOIR 3%

OTHER Maréchal Foch 2.7% Zweigelt 0.9% Pinot Meunier 0.3% Marquette 0.3% Léon Millot 0.2% Malbec 1.9% Zinfandel 0.4% Tempranillo 0.3% Baco Noir 0.2% Sangiovese 0.2% REDS Petit Verdot 1.2% Blattner Reds 0.4% Pinotage 0.3% Lemberger 0.2%

*Acreage based on 2017 BC Grapegrowers’ Association member data.

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BC’S MOST PLANTED GRAPES White Wines

PINOT GRIS CHARDONNAY GEWÜRZTRAMINER RIESLING SAUVIGNON BLANC 1,132 acres (458 hectares) 1020 acres (413 hectares) 743 acres (301 hectares) 562 acres (227 hectares) 399 acres (161 hectares) The number one white grape variety The style of Chardonnay produced in Gewürztraminer is another Alsatian Riesling has always been present in Sauvignon Blanc experienced the same in terms of acreage in BC. The style of BC varies from a few unoaked versions variety that grows well in BC. The BC but it took a while for it to be taken popular explosion in the 1990s that Pinot Gris in BC has been, and in many with crisp acidity and often crisp apple variety has been planted in the seriously and the wines are increasingly Pinot Gris is experiencing today, being cases still is, quite varied following both flavours to world-class barrel fermented province for many years and continues building a top-quality reputation. From planted rapidly all over the world. the crisper, lighter, fresher style of Pinot wines with complex lees, oak and fruit to slowly gain popularity. Between 2006 to 2014, plantings of Riesling Plantings in BC increased quite rapidly Grigio in northern Italy as well as the flavours. The naturally high acidity 2006 and 2014 plantings increased grew by 86%. BC Riesling can be in the middle of the 2000s. The BC richer, honeyed, off-dry and more tropical achieved in BC and the peach, lemon by 61%. Known for generating wines both the soft, fruity, off-dry style or, style benefits from the natural high style of Alsace. The majority of BC Pinot and nectarine flavours when combined with intense aromatics and fruitiness, increasingly, a dry, high acid, intense acidity and fruit ripeness. Both the Gris though could best be described as with quality oak barrel fermentation and BC with its unique climate, is an apple, lime and mineral flavoured crisp, zingy, green bean, grass and something fruitier and fuller bodied than aging on lees can make for very highly ideal location for producing such a style that has received international asparagus style as well as a riper, the Pinot Grigio of Italy yet lighter and regarded wines. Many of BC’s most pronounced floral variety. Ripening to attention. A few producers are also tropical fruit, richer version can be fresher than the wines of Alsace. Both internationally awarded wines have high alcohol levels, often around 14%, making sweeter, low-alcohol German found. Some of the most successful the French and Italian names are used, been Chardonnay. the variety can lose acidity quickly Kabinett-style wines. Many of the wines are oak fermented and blended often varying based on the style. They and become a touch flabby. In BC, the Riesling wines have a great ability to with Semillon to make wines along the are typically dry or off-dry with a medium natural high acidity that remains from age and some have been cellared for lines of white Bordeaux. body and flavours and aromas of pear, the cool nights means this is rarely an more than a decade. honeydew or cantaloupe melon, lemon, issue. The wines typically show aromas and sometimes a little honey, minerality of lychee, rose petal and ripe stone and baking spice. fruit, often with a touch of sweetness.

39 40 BC’S MOST PLANTED GRAPES Red Wine

MERLOT PINOT NOIR CABERNET SAUVIGNON CABERNET FRANC SYRAH/SHIRAZ GAMAY NOIR 1,585 acres (641 hectares) 1,070 acres (433 hectares) 767 acres (310 hectares) 569 acres (230 hectares) 530 acres (214 hectares) 178 acres (72 hectares) Merlot is BC’s most planted grape. Pinot Noir has grown more rapidly in Cabernet Sauvignon in BC is best Cabernet Franc is increasingly making BC has proven it is well suited to Gamay plantings are only small in In most parts of the world, Merlot terms of acreage (79% between 2006 suited to the warmest sites, typically expressive, quality varietal wines, rather making intensely flavoured, cool climate BC but it is gaining in popularity as is renowned as having soft tannins and 2014) than any other widely planted on the eastern side of the Okanagan than its usual role as a blending grape Syrah and because of this BC Syrah is it consistently produces high quality and a lush, rich texture. In BC, for red grape as growers find it well suited Valley near Osoyoos or on the south- in most of the world. It seems to have consistently named the top red wine in wines. The momentum towards lighter, reasons linked to the unique climate, to the BC terroir. Most of the plantings facing benches of Cawston in the a particular affinity with the climate of Canada in wine competitions. BC Syrah juicier red wines among a growing the structure of Merlot is completely are in the central to north part of the Similkameen Valley. Typical Cabernet the South Okanagan and Similkameen, falls somewhere between the rich, riper number of consumers is also helping different. It naturally produces more Okanagan Valley as the hottest areas Sauvignon in BC has intense cassis producing wines with bright red fruit, style of warmer climate Australian Gamay’s popularity. A typical BC Gamay structured, higher tannin wines than in are mostly too hot for this early- and blackberry fruit, structured tannins ripe tannins, intense perfume and just wines and the medium-bodied, fresher, will be light in body and tannin with most parts of the world. BC Merlot will ripening variety. Style wise, BC Pinot and high acidity, with a notable dried a pretty hint of the herbaceous/tobacco peppery wines of the northern Rhône fresh juicy acidity, a silky texture and typically have a medium to full body, Noir tends to have both bright intense sage or tobacco note. The wines from character that can be overpowering in Valley in France. BC Syrah is intense flavours of red berry fruit, cinnamon medium to high tannins and flavours cherry, strawberry and raspberry fruit ripe vintages can age very well, often overly cool climates. In warm years it in fruit, gamy, floral and retains lots of and minerality. that include black cherry, black plum, flavour as well as complex spice notes, drinking well for more than a decade. produces rich, structured wines yet in black pepper notes. chocolate and floral violet notes. As along with medium tannins and high cool years it does not overly suffer from in many parts of the world it is often levels of acidity for structure. As a greenness, making it well suited to the blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and result, good quality BC Pinot Noir tends BC climate. Cabernet Franc. to age very well.

41 42 ICEWINE HARVESTED AT NIGHT, IN THE SNOW, IN BC ICEWINE A COUNTRY FAMOUS FOR ITS WINTERS. The folklore of Icewine suggests that its first production in 18th century Germany was a happy accident. A German vineyard owner away on business at the end of harvest came ICEWINE BY THE NUMBERS home to a frozen vineyard. He harvested and processed the grapes anyway, and what -8˚ Celsius (17.6˚ Fahrenheit) was then called Winter Wine was born. In Canada, Hainle Vineyards Estate Winery in The minimum temperature required Peachland produced the country’s first Icewine in 1978. Canada is now recognized as the to produce Icewine. Grapes must be world leader in Icewine production. naturally frozen on the vine. Icewine is produced by many British Columbia wineries, but the only wine regions of BC 1978 where the winters are cold enough to provide the necessary conditions for Icewine are Hainle Vineyards Estate Winery in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley. Even there, the conditions for harvesting Peachland, BC produces Canada’s and pressing Icewine grapes generally happen only several times per winter. In a given first Icewine. year, anywhere from 15 to 25 wineries will leave grapes on the vine in anticipation of an Icewine harvest. 35˚ Brix The minimum sugar content to be considered an Icewine. 22 Wineries ICEWINE PRODUCTION Produced Icewine in 2017.

Year Tons Estimated Litres 475 2017 475 131,774 Tons of Icewine grapes were harvested in 2017, yielding an 2016 585 122,066 estimated 131,774 litres. 2015 331 109,000 2014 765 253,200 2013 922 288,000 2012 432 142,800 2011 594 118,188 2010 381 71,790 2009 211 40,247 2008 420 126,000 2007 353 73,991 2006 560 150,000 *Brix is a measure of sugar in grapes: 2005 263 76,020 One degree Brix equals 18 grams of sugar 2004 394 93,330 per litre. Mature grapes are typically 21 to 25 Brix, equating to 11 to 13 percent alcohol after fermentation.

43 44 OTHER WINE STYLES PRODUCED IN BC SPARKLING WINES The climate in BC is well suited to making sparkling wines. The natural high acidity levels the climate provides and bright fruit flavours mean that grapes can be harvested early and still have good flavour development. All sparkling styles are made from carbonated through to Traditional Method, the method used in the Champagne region of France. The best known BC wines are made by the Traditional Method and often spend one to four years ageing on their lees before being disgorged and sold. Compared to international styles, BC sparkling wines fall somewhere in between the austere and lees flavoured wines of Champagne and the riper, fruitier Traditional Method sparkling wines of Cava in Spain or those of California or Australia. BC bubbles tend to age well thanks to the natural acidity. Most of the wines are made from the traditional Champagne grape varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir but there is some quality sparkling made from Riesling and other varieties.

ROSÉ WINES Rosé wines have become quite popular in the past few years. Gone are the days of the sweet white Zinfandel, replaced by a fresh, fruit-forward style. Though most wineries produce a dry style, some produce wines with some residual sugar balanced by wonderful, vibrant acidity. Because of their vibrant acidity and fresh flavours, these wines not only are extremely food friendly, but also provide the perfect patio sipper.

FORTIFIED WINES Fortified wines make up just a small percentage of BC’s wine production. The majority of the wines follow in the Port model either as a fuller-bodied sweeter, fortified red-style like Ruby or Vintage Port or as a longer-aged Tawny style. Some producers are experimenting with other fortified wines in the Madeira and Liqueur Muscat styles. BC fortified wines are often bright in fruit with sweetness, balancing natural acidity and some developed flavours and aromas from ageing in barrel.

LATE HARVEST WINES In addition to Icewine, BC also makes Botrytis affected wines and medium-sweet Late Harvest wines. The generally dry conditions in the Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley mean that Botrytis, or noble rot, is not widespread. Only a few producers consistently make a Botrytis affected wine. Late Harvest wines are more common with many producers choosing to leave some grapes to harvest later in the season when they are sweeter and then stopping the fermentation to make a wine with residual sugar.

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