If you had visited British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley in a previous century, you would’ve done so for two main draws: beaches and peaches. But today, visiting this quiet, verdant region awards travelers with another sensory pleasure, entirely thanks to vineyards that were planted as the 1900s rolled toward the dawn of the 21st century.
Because of millennia spent beneath a glacier, the soil in the Okanagan Valley is richly primed for grape-growing and wine-making. As the primordial mass of ice retreated bit by bit, it left in its wake varied sub-regions, each with distinct soil and climate conditions, resulting in a range of grape varietals.
