Always a good time at Elephant Island…read more Tasting is $10.00/person, non-refundable for 4 pours. There's always two flight options to choose from. The orchard is great to relax and sip on a few wines. - Gin botanical cider - we were offered a cider to start before our flight. Light, subtle gin flavour. - The Rockstar ($10.00) - we were given 2021 pear, 2021 black currant, 2022 framboise fortified, 2022 apricot dessert and 2022 cassis. We were happy to sample a few more wines. All their fruit wines are delicious. Only the pear was light in flavour.

DIRTY WINE GLASS and WATER glass. Review the photo…read more Food: - they don't offer food here. Service: - I specifically drove 14 hours from Calgary to this location as I remember 6 years ago this would my fondest memory of Kelowna. That changed very quickly. - This old lady with glasses, white shirt, and curly white hair that was managing the cash register around 1-130pm on August 11th 2023 was very rude to our party of "12". We told her we didn't need a table that large as not everyone in our group drinks and wanted to explore the winery. She started to give us an attitude and said that we can't have the rest standing around the winery. Could it be racism ? I 1000% believe so. Seeing that we were a group of Asian people she definitely didn't give us the service that she gave to other parties. My family was really excited to come here as majority of them was their first time here. 100% would NEVER come here again. I would recommend anyone that is not white to come her as this place is RACIST towards no white people Horrible service. Shameful. Awful experience. The ONLY upside was our wine tasting lady. She was very nice, but due to the sour experience of that cashier lady. I will never come back. Our party was about to buy 10 bottles of wine to bring back to Calgary and lucky we brought our services elsewhere. Ambiance: - terrible. Due to the experience above.

A lovely selection of wines and a garden-style patio with a simple but delicious menu of items to…read morechoose from. My wife and I shared both a roasted chicken sandwich and a bench burger and both really hit the spot along with our many wine samplings. Each plate also came with a small side salad. A lovely spot to fretter away an afternoon!

The cutest little farm to table patio restaurant on the way to Naramata!!…read more I came here for lunch on a Friday afternoon and this was the most serene patio with a beautiful atmosphere and delicious food. I had the prosciutto with a side of bread and it was to die for. We also tried the pasta and ciabatta sandwich. All was great and you could really taste the freshness of the ingredients. They even grow their food right on site. For dessert we had the lemon tart and espresso ice cream. The lemon tart was the star of the show, not too tart not too sweet. We were seated quickly and our server was attentive and helpful. There was even a little dog going around to greet the customers!! One thing to note is that they do not take reservations, so I would recommend getting there early to ensure a table. Overall great experience and I can't wait to come back.

I'd just parked only to see someone packing away the sign that indicates that the cellar door was…read moreopen. That someone looked up and said something like: we're officially closed in about 2-minutes, but since you're already here, I'm sure we can manage a "power-tasting", come with me! Absolutely lovely energy in their new space. Even though it was obviously past closing time, the staff all seemed genuinely happy to be there and willing to assist the handful of customers that were still there, myself and even a couple more late comers. It was such a contrast to the experience I had only a day before when a few friends and I went to Monster Vineyards the day before - they were obviously quite displeased that we'd arrived close to closing and had the gall to ask if we could do a tasting, but I'll get to that review. This experience at Joie Farms was a lovely reminder that not everyone feels like they only should work till the end of their shift and a second more is them doing you a favour. Delicious wine, knowledgeable staff that was enthusiastic and willing to help, and a gorgeous new tasting room - a definite 5/5 experience.

With a view overlooking the valley and Okanagan Lake, the sunshine beamed on us as we sipped on our…read moreGewurztraminer and savoured our Magherita wood fired pizza. Joie Farm Winery calls it the 'picnique' area, which was aptly named. With picnic blankets and comfortable lawn chairs, and mini tables for you to rest your wine glasses, this was the perfect set up for a relaxing afternoon. We also had a wine tasting at Joie. My favourite Joie rosé was already sold out for the season, but I found a new favourite, the En Famille Gewurztraminer. It was so good that we decided to get a bottle to complement our pizza. They are now closed for the season and will open back up in May. I highly recommend coming here for a relaxing afternoon, just sitting in the picnique area!

Wow what a wonderful winery experience. I've been to a lot of wineries in the Okanagan and this was…read moreone of the best experiences I have had in a long time. We came here on a whim after a slightly sour experience at another winery. Boy am I glad we tried this place. Definitely a smaller winery with only a handful of wines, but everything we tasted was very good. The lady who did our tasting, Jean was very friendly, calm and so relaxed. And extremely knowledgeable about the wine, the grapes, the local area and the history of wine in Canada! I learned more about wine in the hour we spent there than I have learned in 15 years of tasting wine. Another wonderful thing was, and this is a first for me, that they had books and colouring for kids! No more dragging whining kids to another winery. Amazing! The patio was lovely and had an amazing view of the rolling hills and the lake. The wines were very good and we left with 2 bottles each. I have bookmarked this place and will definitely be back! If you are in the Naramata area doing wine tours, you HAVE to stope here. You will not be disappointed!

Well, this is confusing. It's Marichel, not Marechal. I don't know where the name derives from,…read morebut it's not related to the varietal. Marichel doesn't even harvest Marechal Foch; their specialty is Syrah. It makes me wonder where the name came from. If the winemaker is named Marichel, it would be simultaneously both an amazing coincidence and an irony. I actually know a chef with the last name "Kitchen". It happens. My girlfriend and I were on vacation through Okanagan wine country. Over six days, we visited sixty wineries. That's sixty wineries, not an exaggeration. We ended the trip with 120 bottles acquired. And apparently one does not visit Naramata without patronizing Marichel. As friends discovered our journey, no winery was recommended more. I totally understand why. Don't be led astray by claims of an epic décor, like some monument to viticulture--this is one of the more lackluster looking wineries in the region. The tasting room features a single picnic table. A picnic table. We almost missed the location twice. No, the reason to visit Marichel is their commitment in doing one thing really, really well. That says something about competing wineries. Many of them, even the estates, go for the "shotgun" approach, offering a chaotic scattershot of different wines, whites and reds, to cover all their potential customer palettes. I noticed after my trip those smaller wineries with larger selections seldom had a single bottle that spoke to me (not literally, as that would be a condition), but when specializing in one or two varietals, generally they do well with those bottles. For Marichel, harkening back to the aforementioned irony, it's Syrah. Marichel presents itself as the wine equivalent to Scientific American (the magazine; I know that's closely becoming an oxymoron). There's no pandering to the viticulturally-challenged. Marichel drops some mean knowledge beats on their websites and makes no attempts to explain them to proletariats. They grow only two grapes, Rhone varietals. When describing their Syrah, they claim it's made up of "scions and rootstocks, with Clone 7 on 3309 predominating." Yeah, I didn't understand any of that either. Marichel doesn't make Côte-Rôtie Syrah, Barossa Shiraz, or Viognier from Condrieu...because...that's apparently important. "And while we adore Cold Heaven Viognier from California, Tarawara Shiraz from Yarra Valley, and Hermitage Syrah from the Rhone... they've all been done." I'm a massive geek, and even I wanted to scream "NEEERRRRD!". They obvious love wine and want to share that passion with everyone. It's no wonder their Syrahs are so well renown. Okay. I'll buy two. The other aspect of Marichel I appreciate is that often, the individual poring the wine is the winemaker himself. A delightful fellow and obviously one that knows his craft. This makes the claims on the website even more authenticated. They also bottle a viognier, but in the end, it was their Syrah that spoke to us, that speaks to a lot of people. If you enjoy that varietal at all, you owe it to visit this place and snag a few bottles.

The front staff need help to understand customer service and be more respectful of the diverse…read moreclientele. Rachel who was helping us through the wine tasting was too assertive and not welcoming. She might be best in the back room filling in the orders and limit her customer engagement. It was not only Rachel though that was a turn off as the couple two tables over also had a poor experience. This lovely couple wanted to take in scenery and enjoy the experience, sadly they're attendant was also rushing along their first selection; they immediately left. Customer service is significantly lacking and the clear parking lot should have been our first indicator. Get rid of Rachel and maybe give some customer experience lessons to the younger lady as a teachable moment. The wine wasn't that great either as it is overshadowed by the arrogance and micro aggressions.

A very busy but still free tasting location hosted by a skinny tanned new Zealand gal who…read moreintroduced each newly poured wine without hesitancy. The wines tasted were presented in a categorized flavour theme than just white followed by just red. There was even a gal sporting a veil in the tasting crowd.

This place is beautiful! You can see the crop and the stone patio where you can dine as soon as you…read moredrive in. We did not eat but it looked damn good. The wine tasting was good and we did end up buying a bottle but it was the customer service that was amazing. We thought we left our credit card at one of the earlier wineries and the lady doing the tasting was about to be on the phone to help asap. We did find it but I was impressed how fast and friendly the help was!! Also if you buy a bottle you get your flight cost removed from it. They have a tasting teaching you how to pair wines as well, which could be cool! Place is worth a stop!!

From the minute we drove onto the property, I fell in love with Serendipity Winery. The aesthetic…read moreof the building makes it feel like you're driving into a Napa vineyard in the heart of Naramata. You won't be paying Napa prices, though! All the wines we tasted were absolutely delicious as well. There's a reason why they have medals and awards stacked upon their winning wine bottles in the tasting room. Probably my favorite wines we tasted during our vacation. The gentleman who lead us through our tasting was lovely. We didn't feel rushed and we loved that the tasting room overlooked the vineyard. Can't wait to come back and try out the food menu. Free parking in the dirt lot. We showed up without a reso and were accommodated almost immediately for a tasting.

Terravista is an amazing winery! They only do white wines and they were all so delicious. We cannot…read morewait to get more wine from here, the staff are all so friendly too. Definitely recommend adding this to your wine stop! Heads up, they are reservation only at this time!

It's good to know that Terravista has thought ahead to the day when global warming has created some…read morebarely livable post apocalyptical hell scape. As you travel the once fertile lands of British Columbia committing your best Immortan Joe impression in search of aqua cola and lamenting on the fall of mankind while still yearning for when the planet's fate was dictated by immature jingoistic monsters that brought the world to this point in the first place, you will still find at least one place that will serve wine. Yeah, that was meant to be humorous, and now I want to have a shower. Terravista is a bunker. A beautiful well-crafted bunker. Depending on where the blast the wave hits, it could sweep over the hill and not even jostle the glasses on the table. If the nuclear fire moves up the hill from the opposite direction, Terravista is screwed...as will most likely many people, but I'm focusing on priorities here. The wind foretells such a fate, as even on the day we arrived, glasses were tumbling like lemmings to their fate. The required clarification is that one does not enter Terravista but rather stand at the cusp, with garage doors revealing the vault to the public and the host serving at the border, almost as if assuming some higher echelon of society, royalty offering handouts to the poor. Restating how stunning the location is, I must also stress the view as breathtaking. I have no idea how or why I would've skipped this on my previous wine trip when my girlfriend and I visited 60 wineries in a week. I know we were pressed for time, but even a cursory Google search check claimed this one of the mandatory visits in Naramata. One even declared Terravista the best-looking wineries in the region and one of the best in Canada. It can hold such a title if one embraces a style blending art deco and brutalism. I am one of those, so can agree the assertion is valid. The view alone is worth the visit, and due to the construction above, is unimpeded. If you are a viticulture vacationer desiring locations as much as wine, this is the mandatory spot. However, I should also stress that there is far better wine to be found. Far better. Not only would I not put Terravista in the top three, I fear it may not even break the top ten, sitting somewhere around 11 or 12. This is not to say it's bad--there are 24 other wineries, and some are much worse. I did enjoy the experience but walked away with no bottles. But that didn't make it regrettable, and if taking friends along, would hit up Terravista again in a heartbeat. It's a fantastic location, and I have horrible taste in wine. I need to emphasize that. I love Silver Sage, so feel free to discredit me. But the location is great, and it should be on your list.

Like both expensive and cheap wines, I'll try to squeeze all the goodness I can out of this review…read more The difficulty comes not from the location being inferior in any way, only that it's so unfortunately average. Deep Roots is the equivalent of Proxima Centauri. Yes, I'm talking about the red dwarf 4.24 light years away that recently came under focus after the discovery of potentially habitable planets and I forgot this is a wine review, and none of you care. The point is that Proxima is a small member of a star system (like that drummer with no beard in ZZ Top ironically actually named Frank Beard) that also containing two brighter stars like our own (the Alphas, or if you prefer, Billy and Dusty). Given their luminosity, it is impossible to perceive Proxima unless you have a good telescope and squint really, really hard. Brighter neighbors similarly overwhelm Deep Roots, and brighter not because of size, but more from originality and overall appeal. On its own, Deep Roots has a great name with a matching impressive logo. It's easy to reach with ample parking, and has a deceivingly simple exterior leading into a cozy if not (more appropriately) intimate tasting room. Read between the lines, it's small. My girlfriend and I were on vacation through Okanagan wine country. Over six days, we visited sixty wineries. That's sixty wineries, not an exaggeration. We ended the trip with 120 bottles acquired. Alas, none were from Deep Roots. We tried, taking in their offered samples, but despite the amazing view of the lake (which you can find at nearly all the wineries), we found little noteworthy with Deep Roots. I mean seriously, I took video and photos, and had to reference them to pull whatever I could into this review. It's shocking considering the winery's history--supposedly, Deep Roots is called that because it's one of the oldest in the region, tracking back several generations of the same family. And there are claims they sell a great Syrah, and everyone should please give them a chance because no two palettes are the same. I adore Silver Sage so don't take my taste buds as gospel. We only tried them because my girlfriend and I practically had to avoid them while finding the entrance to the more interesting Elephant Island around the corner. And yes, I just said the fruit winery that resembles a hippie commune is more interesting than the classic winery with a corkscrew symbol. But did we regret our visit? Absolutely not...the whole point of visiting regions like Naramata is to be spontaneous, to go where you weren't expecting. I can find Hillside and Therapy wines anywhere in the province. Deep Roots was not on the agenda--we rolled down the hill, forgot to brake and stumbled into a winery. Only in Naramata can that happen, and Deep Roots is worth a try for no other reason. However, if you are one of those insisting on planning every moment of a journey (Mom), than Deep Roots may not be high on your list.

We came up to Penticton for the car show and my club made this one of our tasting stops. Almost…read moreeverybody picked this as their favourite stop both for the wine and great attention we received from the staff. I should also mention this is not my first time here and have been stocking up, by the case, on their wines since they opened four years ago. Right now their whites are dialled right in and ready to drink. I prefer letting their reds age but really 4-6 months in the bottle and they are amazing.

Impressive reserve wines! We visited five wineries in the Naramata area and La Frenz was our…read morefavorite by far. The estate winery is truly the family's labor of love. Go for the $15 reserve tasting for sophisticated blends.

A small winery that's been winning a lot of awards. Its recommended that you book a tasting in…read moreadvance. We did not, but we also came when they just opened (10am) on a weekday so we got a spot easily. Tastings were $10 or $15 for 5 tastings (4 from their set menu and 1 of your choosing). I preferred the wines in the Portfolio Tasting ($10) although they were all white wines. Unfortunately they were sold out of most reds by the time we came late Aug. I liked their Reisling and port; they were very full body and honey forward (sweet siide) which suited my taste preference. The downside was their tasting charge did not go towards your wine purchase like many other wineries in the area. The service was great. Patio seating for wine tasting.

Loved the visit to Daydreamer Wines. We'll worth the drive up to this family run winery that…read morefocuses on sustainable and small batches. The Retail Manager was awesome in telling us the family's background in wine making and the focus and direction of the wine maker. This was the first time that I have enjoyed all the wine tasting in one sitting. The wines were balanced and approachable. I usually don't like sparkling whites but Rachel's Curvee 2019 was differently special. In the end, I took home the Signature Chardonnay (a beautiful cloudy unfiltered wine that was creamy yet finished clean) and Amelia Syrah/Vio (named after the family's youngest child). The retail shop is a "shack" and wine tasting experience on picnic tables dotting the property which also offered beautiful views of Okanagan Lake and vineyards. Was told the sheep usually come down to the picnic area to graze on the grass but none today so will have to come back another time.

Chantal, our host, presented each of the wines for tasting with great flair and explained their…read moreorigin (the names of the winemaker's family were a sweet touch). Chantal also regaled us with interesting stories about the wines, the locations of the various vineyards, and, my favourite, an unusual yet awesome pairing option. The Cabernet Franc we purchased went wonderfully well with my ribeye steak, so thank you, Chantal, for being knowledgeable and charming (even when dealing with multiple tasting groups). Highly recommended (so make a tasting appointment!), including wonderful views from the tasting area.