The third edition of John Schreiner's Okanagan Wine Tour guide is now available. I received my copy about a week ago, and I've been slowly reading through it. My bedside book. Eventhough I travel quite regularly to the Okanagan, it is still a pleasure to read through John Schreiner's book as I learn something about a winery I did not know, or he covers a new winery that I have not yet visited. Some new wineries in the book include Beaumont Family Estate winery, Volcanic Hills Vineyard & Cellars, and Ancient Hill Vineyards & Winery.This book is good for those of you who are new to the Okanagan winery scene and need to get up-to-speed quickly. John provides 1 - 1.5 pages of text about each winery, and his recommendations for which wine(s) to try from each winery. What I also like is that it has the address, telephone number, website, and visiting hours for each winery.
This third edition, provided updated and revised information of the already established wineries plus info on 40 new wineries since the last edition. What I also like, is that the book has a map showing the locations of all the wineries he covers, plus he talks a bit about different "regions" within the Okanagan, such as "The Golden Mile" and "Naramata Bench". You may want to know what makes the Naramata Bench unique? Is it the soil? The direction the slope of the land faces; is it the proximity to Lake Okanagan? Useful info in this section.
If you want/need more details and history about these wineries, you may want to purchase John Schriener's "The Wineries of British Columbia", which covers both Okanagan wineries, plus the wineries in the Fraser Valley, the Gulf Islands, and Vancouver Island.
Enjoy the summer and enjoy some wine touring in BC!
