This year we are proud to be celebratingtwenty years of family winemaking on the Naramata Bench. We planted vines here in1987 and harvested our first grapes in 1992, making this year’s 2011harvest our 20thvintage.
While many things have changed here at thewinery, which are evident from the early pictures, much has stayedthe same. We remaincommitted to growing the best grapes and making the best wine wecan, to improving every aspect of what we do, and to providing valuein our wines regardless of price point. Although we may have aged wehave not lost our passion for making age-worthy wines. Like our wines, we hope thatyou would agree, that we here at Kettle Valley Winery have cellaredwell!
Over the years we have been fortunate to havedeveloped many long standing relationships with individuals,restaurants and wine shops, who are our customers and are ourfriends. We havecreated the same rapport with our growers who have remainedcommitted to our goals of growing the best possible fruit at lowtonnage.
Our first customer in the wine shop, JohnLevine, still makes trips up to the Okanagan with his partner LeeCross to try wines and keep current with the activities at thewinery. Our firstrestaurant customers were John Bishop and Sinclair Phillips and theyboth continue to support our wines at their restaurants. As well, early restaurantsincluding Vij’s, Camille’s, Lake O’Hara Lodge, Salmon House, and theWickaninnish Inn have served our wines since our beginning. We thank you all and themany others who have joined our extended family by supporting us atour wine shop and in restaurants and retail stores in BC andAlberta.
We are planning a 20thyearCelebration Event at the winery this fall, so watch for details andwe hope you will be able to join us in celebrating our20thvintage!
To recognize your support we will be offeringyou Celebration Pricings this year, rolling back to original priceson select wines. Ourfirst offering will be available on April 15th, limitedto the FIRST 200 CASES ordered in total. So get your order to us soyou will not be disappointed.
Celebration Pricing Events will continue onJuly 15 and October 15.
2008 Pinot Noir celebration pricing from1992 $18.00
(current price $26.00)
2009 Chardonnay celebration pricing from1994 $15.00
(current price $22.00)
2007 Cabernet Merlot celebration pricing from1994 $20.00
(current price $26.00)
