West Kelowna wineries are very distinct from their counterparts across the Bennet bridge. West Kelowna has its own unique terroir being made up of extinct volcanoes and slopped hills with their backs ...
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Eat, Drink & Play in Penticton, BC, Canada
Eat, SUP and explore Penticton wine and the Naramata wine bench. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQouoszrVG0 I've often said, Penticton is my favourite place to wine tour, particularly because of ...
Planning a Wine Tour by Motorcycle
When you want to take a wine tour, there are several different ways you can do it. Both guided tours and self-guided tours are available, and there are different modes of transport too. You might ...
Winter Wine Touring in Kelowna: Don’t miss these wineries!
Winter wine tasting is one of my favourite ways to experience the Okanagan wine region. There are less crowds, easier to get in on short notice and you catch vineyards in crisp wintery scenes like in ...
Heli Wine Tour + Tasting in The Okanagan
https://youtu.be/h_QRwst7ltA There are wine tours and then there are heli wine tours. Helicopter wine tours are becoming wildly popular in the Okanagan and it has long been something I wanted to do ...
Kelowna Boat Tour & Vineyard Views: An epic weekend!
https://youtu.be/SBm7aMSBULs Would it surprise you to know that I have lived in Kelowna for 15 years now and I’ve never been on a Kelowna boat tour? I've never been on a boat upon the Okanagan Lake! I ...
Wine Tasting Around The World (At Home)
Wine tasting at home. That's every weekend for me lately during the pandemic. Thank goodness liquor stores are an essential service. Life is different in 2020. My family, who have a unique situation ...
4 Ways to Get Free Wine Tastings
A lot of you have been asking for this post. You want to know how you can get free wine tastings because obviously, like all of us when we travel or just live life from day to day, you're on a budget. ...
Road 13 Vineyards in Oliver, Canada’s Wine Capital
Being located in Kelowna, the central Okanagan, I tend to cover wineries nearest to me. Rarely do I get to venture down south to the Golden Mile Bench in Oliver and Osoyoos. But I had the opportunity ...
Kelowna’s Wineries: A Complete Guide to the Traditional & Unique Wine Experiences
In Kelowna there are approximately 18 wineries; 14 traditional(ish), in the sense that you can go do a tasting at a winery located within a vineyard. 2 urban wineries not located upon a vineyard, but ...
24 Hours on the Naramata Wine Bench
I always smack myself in the head when I leave Naramata Wine Bench wondering why I didn't book a week off just so I could stay longer. It's my favourite place in the Okanagan for its slow town nestled ...
4 Hipster Wineries in the Okanagan
Hipster wineries? Let me explain! Hipster wineries, to me and John Erickson, is the expression of odd, rare and organic wines. I'd also add to this natural wines that have become a prevalent trend ...
The Best Views of Kelowna Paired with Okanagan Bubbly
Life is short, drink more bubbly. It's obvious I love sparkling wine, especially Okanagan bubbly. As I often say give me a good view, good wine, and good company - I'm set. That "good" wine is ...
#MyOkanaganSummer Begins!
Wine tasting within vineyards. Swimming in the refreshing lake with the sun illuminating my face. The smells and sounds of busy farmers' markets in the city. Patio parties with views of the valley and ...
#ArtSmart – Art & Wine Festivals Around the World
This month the ArtSmart roundtable is taking a look at festivals. If you're unfamiliar with #ArtSmart, I am a member of the ArtSmart Roundtable where a group of travel and art focused bloggers write ...
Drifting on the Seine: A Champagne Boat Tour with Ô Chateau {Video}
No matter how your trip is going in Paris - good, bad or a topsy-turvey mixture of both - nothing will settle you in more than a relaxing drift along the Seine. There we were the six of us floating ...
Gatsby Plans a Moveable Feast {Okanagan Style}
See Ya Later Ranch Winery, the host site for the kick-off opening reception of the Wine Bloggers' Conference, features one of the best views seen high above the Okanagan Valley, as well as vast acres ...
Wine & Geology: Similkameen Wine Valley
Just outside of the Okanagan wine region, an hour or so drive from Kelowna, rests the Similkameen wine valley. A truly picturesque landscape with volcanic rock mountains and hoodoos (clay pillar ...
ArtSmart: Chagall Tapestries, Mission Hill Winery
This month at ArtSmart we've loosened the topic to be somewhat of a personal choice. In case this is your first time hearing of the ArtSmart Roundtable, it is a group of bloggers with a love of travel ...
A Legendary Wine Tour: Mission Hill Winery Pt 2
With the approaching Wine Bloggers' Conference (June 6th-8th in Penticton) eager participants have been wondering what it'll be like in British Columbia's wine country. With such a short period of ...
Learning to Cook in Wine Country, British Columbia
As the brown sleepy extensions of the grape vines wake up to the sounds of spring so too does The Wanderfull Traveler. Between the months of January to April I ...
Harvesting Icewine in Western Canada
The cold Arctic air has finally arrived in British Columbia when the Arctic's icy fingers turn the bulbous, sued flesh of left over grapes upon the vine into cold sugar pearls. However, the cold ...
Three of My Favourite Okanagan Things
Living in the Okanagan, as I've said before, presents a wealth of gourmet products that are produced locally. From wine to cheese, preserves to organic meats, our valley is becoming a foodie centre ...
Okanagan Wine: A worthy rival of Tuscany & Napa
September 28th was the first day of the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival which means 160+ wine related events over ten days. I thought it would be appropriate to write about the Okanagan and why it ...
‘Tis The Season
Even though I am Canadian and we are slightly offset from our American counterparts when it comes to Thanksgiving, and usually holidays in general, the Macy's Day Parade is certainly what kicks off ...
Desert Wine Oasis: Mission Hill Winery, West Kelowna, BC, Canada
The Northern tip of the Great Basin Desert cradles the Okanagan wine region of British Columbia, Canada. Along Lake Okanagan, in West Kelowna, rests the Mission Hill Estate Winery atop ...
