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    Ruby Blues Winery

    4.3 (16 reviews)
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    Award-winning Ruby Blues Gerwürztraminer (Double Gold). Enjoy locally produced wines right at the vineyard with awesome views.
    Christepher W.

    Enjoy locally produced wines with breathtaking views. Staff are friendly & knowledgeable. No fee for wine tasting, check before going.

    Karen T.

    This was the first winery my boyfriend and I visited sat Oct 1/16. Sadly unrelated to the actual winery it appeared a deer met its maker on the right side of the road across the street from the left sife of the road turnoff to the winery (it was still there at dayend many hours later). Let me start by saying just how little i know about wine..... This funky upbeat and presentable tasting location and winery is very colourful with their VW hippie van and big bold colours. They present their combination wine mixtures as "stilettos" and even so far as to have custom fabricated red stilettos manufactured to be sold onsite. (The last thing i would wear is tippy shoes if imbibing but thats perhaps just me) :) All the wine we tasted was interesting and certainly i would love to return for more wine and gift item perusing.

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    Miranda R.

    Such a fun winery in the Naramata bench, we visited here as part of a wine tour and I'm so glad we got to discover this gem. The wine was delicious, particularly the ruby shoes red blend. Sipping wine overlooking beautiful vineyards and lake Okanagan was absolute perfection. The owners were lovely very friendly and their passion shows. I've been able to find Ruby Blues at the co-op in Calgary and it was just as good as I remembered.

    Meeting the local dogs at Ruby Blues Winery.
    Bronwyn G.

    During a recent Okanagan wine trip I soon came to see that there were those wineries that focussed solely on the wine, those that focussed on being big and impressive, and those that had a particular gimmick going on. Falling into the first category would be wineries like Deep Roots (Naramata) or Rollingdale (West Kelowna). In the second category are places like Red Rooster (Naramata) and Mission Hill (West Kelowna). In the third category are places like Dirty Laundry (Summerland) and Ruby Blues (Naramata). Despite not enjoying other gimmicky wineries like Dirty Laundry, I actually really enjoyed Ruby Blues. Maybe it was that the gimmick was a little less in your face than Dirty Laundry. Maybe it was because they had a friendly Golden Retriever on standby for petting. Maybe it was because I had dry-white-wine-tongue-fatigue. Regardless, I really enjoyed their off-dry white wine and white wine blends. The service was friendly, efficient, and knowledgeable too. I recommend this place for sure!

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    Great experience with Kerry - she made it for fun and educational!! Interesting and balanced white wines.

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    Fun place with good wine. Double the price of sumac group but nice treat. 6 bottles $100 plus taxes.....

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    This winery is so fun and everyone on staff treats you like family! If you like sweet wines this is the place to go!

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    Let me start by saying just how little i know about wine..... This funky upbeat and presentable tasting location and winery is very colourful with their VW hippie van and big bold colours.

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    Three Sisters Winery

    Three Sisters Winery

    4.3(6 reviews)
    1.4 km

    Depending which direction you are coming from it is easy to find OR you end up on a different piece…read moreof land. I assume it happens a lot as the man there knew exactly what we were doing. The service was decent, not amazing but to be fair they had a wine tour there when we were there and I am sure the group is going to be what they concentrate on. The price is nice and cheap but I was not a huge fan of the wines. Overall though it is a nice little winery. I would bet they do great with young wine tours but overall it wasnt for me

    Our last winery stop of the day was at Three Sisters Winery…read more Tasting fee is a non-refundable $5.00/person (for 5 pours). They have two areas to do their tasting outside; we opted for the tasting inside. Our pourer was younger but very informative and fun. We were given a couple bonus pours. Bottles are in the $19.00 to $45.00 price range. One of the few wineries that show prices with the taxes included. - 2021 Pinot gris - slightly off dry. Fairy solid. - 2021 Bench white - a bit on the sweet side (from the gewurztraminer) with a tropical note. - 2021 Rosé - made from pinot noir grapes. Mostly strawberry and cream notes. - 2020 Pinot noir - medium-bodied with a bit of tartness from the sour cherry. - 2020 Syrah - more full bodied but drier than we expected. The peppercorn came through. - 2020 Tempranillo - more herbaceous, a touch smoky and smooth. They're one of two wineries that do tempranillo in the area. - 2020 Gamay - soft, juicy and hints of berry. We bought a bottle ($25.00) for home. Very chill, solid wines from TSW.

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    Crescent Hill  Winery

    Crescent Hill Winery

    4.9(7 reviews)
    7.9 km

    What a nice tasting experience. Winery has a long history of wines brought from Europe. Shelly was…read morefantastic. Great conversation and interesting wines. There are mostly white wines but some reds. The Malbec lost buoy was my favorite.

    Storytime! My…read morefriends at I were on a wine journey through the Okanagan, second day. Third for me, first for them, and we were on our return trip back to Penticton after just catching Blasted Church before they closed when we discovered one solitary winery in the region was open after 5:30 pm. In fact, even though it might have since changed, Crescent Hill Winery was on this day open until 7. That's amazing, and wise given that it corners the market as people return to their hotels after a long day of drinking. So, with literally no other options, we drove for Crescent Hill. I didn't claim it would be long, interesting, or even necessary story. Still better than Armageddon. This exuberant recommendation of an unembroidered hidden gem does come with a few caveats. The first is that as wineries go, Crescent Hill appears on par with those GMC Vandura Cargo Vans with the words "Free Candy" lazily sprayed on. Seems legit. There is actual garbage fringing the narrow lane down the hill to the limited parking. Even the sign indicating we had not missed the location was a makeshift board with the words "winery" scrawled across it. As I turned in, my friends thought we were about the drive into a Tobe Hooper film. There's no flamboyance to the location; it's all about function. I'll also supplement that by saying renovations were underway and the finished product will probably be more personable. Darn. I kinda liked the ramshackle, like visiting your uncle's moonshine operation...or so I'm told. The walls inside the cozy tasting room were unfinished. The bathroom sported a forsaken toilet surrounded by boxes, dust, and total lack of other facilities. This is not a place you go to celebrate a graduation or a recent breakup. You go in because of the reputation of the wine maker and for a truly personal exchange with said individual. These are the locations I look forward to, where all the elegance is stripped away, leaving only the truly important elements of a wine tour--drinking good wine and talking about that wine to who made it. The owner was delightful and knowledgeable, captivating us far past the moment where he made the sale. The bottles are simple yet surprisingly attractive. It's what's inside that...wait, I just said that? Okay, firstly, a lesson in life, that's not true, though it is here, especially with my two favorite bottles, Consensual Chaos, and Hissy Fit. Amazing names, right? You were just thinking, wow, what do those taste like? They taste like wine, seriously, what else would they taste like? Someone asked me what hints I picked up, the faintest soupçon of a possible vegetable perhaps, or the odd flutter of a good cheese. I responded flippantly by saying it had a winey flavor to it. It's good wine. One was a blush, the other a rose, though I thought those were the same thing. Even if you had better wineries at the time to go to, eventually, Crescent Hill will eventually be the only one left, so you might as well visit. You may end up buying something. In fact, odds are you probably will. And despite appearances, you won't require a tetanus shot.

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    Upper Bench Estate Winery & Creamery - Our Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is the perfect wine to pair with our big, bold and creamy blue cheese.  King Cole blue our stilton style blue.

    Upper Bench Estate Winery & Creamery

    3.4(17 reviews)
    2.7 km
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    We first visited this winery in 2019 and had THE BEST experience. Not so much with the wine, which…read moreis good, but with the pizza. Fast forward to 2023. We had been to Naramata a few times since but because of COVID, Upper Bench was not serving food. Disappointing, but understandable. Anyways this year was our year. We were heading to Naramata from Edmonton for our annual pilgrimage. It took forever with wildfire delays, the rockslide on Hey 9u and other such issues, it we made it. Planned our entire day around getting an Upper Bench pizza. Glorious! We got there on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Walked up to the host stand with sheer excitement. We were asked if we were there for a tasting and we enthusiastically stated we were there for pizza. We were met with "oh the girl who does pizza called in sick today." Try to imagine the level of disappointment. I asked if there was anyone else that could make a pizza, as it seemed strange to me that only one person could make pizza and that if this person called in sick, the entire pizza operation shuts down. But it would seem this is the way it is. Again, sheer disappointment. Please do better.

    We drove to Upper Bench from Osoyoos after seeing they are a creamery, as well as a winery! Our…read moreentire morning was spent scouring yelp & social media looking for a winery with some gooooood charcuterie. Cheese is one of my love languages and we were excited to try it. It was PACKED when we arrived & we ended up sitting at the bar where they make the pizza, then migrating to a table as it cleared out. We were only there an hour, but quickly found ourselves alone on the patio. We ordered the charcuterie, which had apples, cherries, a couple slices of bread, a red pepper jelly & 3 small-ish slices of cheese. They included their blue cheese, brie and whatever the 'gold' cheese is. We'd seen prosciutto on their boards on instagram and were really bummed that there wasn't a meat included on the board. While the gold cheese was our favourite, the rest of it was honestly underwhelming for $29, which was a bummer considering it's why we chose this place. However, we also ordered a pizza at the suggestion of our server -- just a margarita pizza, plus added proscuitto which was PHENOMENAL! My boyfriend lived in Italy for a year & said it's the closest to authentic Italian pizza he has found since living there in 2017! My partner enjoyed the Merlot, while I drank the Chardonnay -- the Chardonnay is hands down the best I've ever tried. Honestly, I regret not buying more than 1 bottle! The service was prompt, our server was friendly & checked in with us a few times. He made great suggestions & ensured we were well taken care of. Overall, we'd go back even if just for pizza alone next time we're in Penticton or passing through -- but wouldn't make the 1hr drive from Osoyoos just for the charcuterie! Lol.

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    Upper Bench Estate Winery & Creamery - Nose: Green apple, lychee, cream brule

Palate:  Green apple, guava, pear, fig.

440 cases produced of this refreshingly dry white wine.

    Nose: Green apple, lychee, cream brule Palate: Green apple, guava, pear, fig. 440 cases produced of this refreshingly dry white wine.

    Upper Bench Estate Winery & Creamery - September Club offerings.  New releases, speciality cheese deliciousness sent to your door quarterly.   Join today www.upperbench.ca

    September Club offerings. New releases, speciality cheese deliciousness sent to your door quarterly. Join today www.upperbench.ca

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