Okanagan Crush Pad Opens Full Time in June

Okanagan Crush Pad Winery
Opens Daily For Summer

Okanagan Crush Pad winery named one of five British Columbia wineries with beautiful architecture by Troy Townsin at CBC news The Story:

Okanagan Crush Pad winery is gearing up for its fourth visitor season with an expanded tasting room offering a rare glance into the art of winemaking.

Okanagan Crush Pad tasting lounge
manager, Mike West, educating
customers on concrete tanks

On June 1, Okanagan Crush Pad will open daily, 10:30am to 5:30pm with an expanded tasting area and a program set to educate visitors. The winery has quickly gained a reputation as a leader and innovator in the areas of precision viticulture, organic farming and natural winemaking, and those aspects that set it apart will be on display for winery guests.

Okanagan Crush Pad offers a rare glance into the art of winemaking with a visitor center that is built into the heart of a state-of-the-art winemaking facility. On view, sparkling wine production, concrete fermentation tanks, and a tasting of wines made from organic grapes by employing natural winemaking techniques.

“The touring season has been strong to date with sales more than doubling from the previous year. Okanagan Crush Pad is gaining in reputation and it appears that people have discovered us”, noted owner Christine Coletta. “We expect to see a lot of visitors from the western provinces. With the Canadian dollar at its current rate, this the perfect year to explore home ground”.

Okanagan Crush Pad is also unique, as it is a custom crush facility, making its own wines, Haywire and Narrative, in addition to custom crush clients. Several different artisan wines are offered in the O Tasting Lounge such as Coolshanagh, created by Naramata vineyard owners Skip and Judy Stothert, and Samantha, a line of wines created by Whistler sommelier Samantha Rahn. Visitors can also roam our organic vineyard where they will discover grazing sheep, chickens, and ducks. An evening concert series is on offer through the summer. Bring a picnic to pair with a Haywire or Narrative wine and soak in the lake view from our patio lounge.

Haywire Free Form 2013

Okanagan Crush Pad is one of the most distinctive offerings along Summerland’s Bottleneck Drive. Visitors to Summerland should start their tour at the Tourist Information Center located on Highway 97, where the staff will point you in the right direction. As you wander Main Street you will notice the pace is different and you can start to unwind from city living. Summerland is an amazing city to experience wine country in addition to outdoor life, offering lakeside parks for water sports or picnicking, and beautiful hillside trails for hiking or trail riding.

“We have several outstanding eateries and top rated accommodation at the Summerland Waterfront Resort,” noted Coletta. “The best part – the people – who are small-town friendly. You’ll want to move here”.

For more information on the offerings at Okanagan Crush Pad visit www.okanagancrushpad.com.

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