This year’s Festival of the Grape is the 19th annual, and is the premier family wine event in the province. The festival takes place at Oliver’s Community Park and features live music, food vendors, a market, an art show, a massive children’s play area, and a grape stomping … [Read more...] about It’s Fest of Grape Time!
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Oliver Twist Estate Winery – Fun on the Outside, Delicious on the Inside
The old adage that you can’t judge a book by its cover does not apply at Oliver Twist Estate Winery, where they put barrels of thought and effort into their wine labels. Brightly coloured and sassy, the label fronts look like throwbacks to those 1960s pop art music posters, … [Read more...] about Oliver Twist Estate Winery – Fun on the Outside, Delicious on the Inside
A Super Chef Team At Burrowing Owl
This season the team at the Sonora Room Restaurant has been focused on interpreting the region’s produce while crafting their wine-friendly menus and delivering “the essence of wine country dining” to visitors from everywhere. The 2015 crew is solid with Chef de Cuisine Damian … [Read more...] about A Super Chef Team At Burrowing Owl
Spend A Day, And Maybe A Night, In The Desert with Black Hills
It’s not your typical desert setting. Lounging poolside beneath the shade of a beautiful patio whose vista encompasses what seems to be the whole of the region’s tablelands. However, the Wine Experience Centre at the prestigious Black Hills Estate Winery is anything but ordinary … [Read more...] about Spend A Day, And Maybe A Night, In The Desert with Black Hills
Celebrate Local Food This Fall At Hester Creek
Wine touring in Oliver is both exhilarating and, at times, overwhelming. Canada’s Wine Capital offers no shortage of exciting destinations just waiting to be discovered, but one of the community’s most memorable experiences is to be found at a winery you’re likely already … [Read more...] about Celebrate Local Food This Fall At Hester Creek