All Entries in the "Wineries" Category
Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival 2010
Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate the bounty of the Cowichan Region. The 6th Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival starts off with a culinary bang featuring a sumptuous buffet, wines and music at Cherry Point Vineyard Friday evening, September 17th. Throughout the weekend, you can sample wines at many of the Cowichan’s fabulous wineries, have a crisp cider [...]
Rocky Creek Winery
On May 3, Cherie Oke of Cowichan Valley Photos was privileged, on behalf of the Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival, to be the guest of Rocky Creek Winery at their Press Conference. What a treat that was! First, the tastings and appropriate canapés from Amuse Bistro to accompany them. With the crisp, fruity dry Ortega [...]
Blue Grouse Estate Vineyards
Blue Grouse Estate Vineyards, which started out as a hobby for Hans and Evangeline Klitz, is located approximately 28 miles north of Victoria on Vancouver Island in the Cowichan Valley. Hans and Evangeline along with their two children, Richard and Sandrina, pay attention to every little detail that goes into making their wines from hand-pruning [...]
Glenterra Vineyards
Glenterra Vineyards which opened in 2000, is home to organically grown grapes. Thistles Cafe is also available for you’re dining pleasure. Thistles offers a dinner for two special each Friday night beginning in April. There is a 10% discount on wine when purchasing this dinner for two. The wines available at Glenterra Vineyards include: 2009 [...]
Venturi-Schulze Vineyards
Venturi-Schulze Vineyards, located in rural Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, is truly a family run business. Giordano and Marilyn Venturi, both former teachers, and their daughter, Michelle Willcock Schulze, have owned the vineyard since 1988. Giordano and Marilyn have always shared a love of fine wine and ultimately instilled that into [...]
Zanatta Winery and Vineyards
Zanatta Winery and Vineyards, located in Glenora, is four minutes southwest of Duncan in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Glenora comes from Scottish origin meaning “golden valley”, which perfectly describes the Cowichan Valley. The winery, which opened in 1990, is part of a 120 acre farm with thirty acres being dedicated to the vineyard [...]
Echo Valley Vineyards
At Echo Valley Vineyards, tucked away in the breathtaking forests on Vancouver Island, the grapes are organically grown and irrigated from their own clear mountain water wells. This is truly the most virgin land in Cowichan Valley. The winery currently buys grapes from other Cowichan Valley winerys and uses their own technique to produce their [...]
Merridale Estate Cidery
Merridale Estate Cidery is located on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, about 40 minutes north of Victoria, and one hour and 20 minutes south of Nanaimo. Merridale has truly been an ongoing project for the owners, Janet Docherty and Rick Pipes. Since their purchase of the property in March, 2000, they have continued to [...]
Godfrey-Brownell Vineyard
Godfrey-Brownell Vineyard is located about a hour north of Victoria in the heart of Cowichan Valley. It is owned and operated by Dave and Ellen Godfrey. The Godfrey’s did not get into the wine making business until they were approaching their sixties. After buying the land the vineyard sits on and doing some research Dave [...]
Cherry Point Vineyard
Cherry Point Vineyard sits on thirty-four acres of what used to be a mink ranch approximately one hour outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island. In 1994 the vineyard became one of the first licensed wineries on the island. Cherry Point also has a bistro on site open May to September with many delightful menu selections. [...]
