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Acadian Sturgeon

October 16, 2018February 9, 2016 by MyVanCity

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see potential. Just as Claude Violet, a French man with a long family history in the wine business recognized, much to the amazement of locals, that it was possible to grow quality wine grapes in the Fraser Valley and began Domaine de Chaberton, the first Lower Mainland winery. Likewise, … Read more

IMPROMPTU Okanagan trip – Part Two

October 16, 2018September 25, 2014 by Valerie van der Gracht

The advantage of an unplanned trip is that you don’t have an itinerary or a schedule to follow you just go where you want to go. So now it’s late Saturday morning and we decide to get out of town (Kelowna) and head over to Naramata Bench. There are dozens of great wineries to … Read more