Kelowna Wineries
Calona Vineyards (Tasting Room & Shop)
Follow Country Club Drive. Turn right onto Quail Ridge Blvd to Highway 97. Turn right onto Highway 97 (heading south). Turn right onto Gordon Drive. Turn left onto Clement Avenue. Turn right onto Richter Street – 1125 Richter Street (20 minutes).
CedarCreek Estate Winery
Gray Monk Estate Winery & Vineyard Restaurant
Follow Country Club Drive. Turn right on Quail Ridge Blvd to Highway 97. Turn left onto Highway 97 (heading north). Turn left on Camp Road to 1055 Camp Road overlooking Okanagan Lake (15 minutes)
Mission Hill Winery
Follow Country Club Drive. Turn right onto Quail Ridge Blvd to Highway 97. Turn right onto Highway 97 (heading south). Cross the floating bridge and turn left on Boucherie Road. Turn right onto Mission Hill Road – 1730 Mission Hill Road (32 minutes)
Quail’s Gate Estate Winery
Follow Country Club Drive. Turn right onto Quail Ridge Blvd to Highway 97. Turn right onto Highway 97 (heading south). Cross the floating bridge and turn left on Boucherie Road – 3303 Boucherie Road (30 minutes)
Summerhill Pyramid Winery
Follow Country Club Drive. Turn right onto Quail Ridge Blvd to Highway 97. Turn right onto Highway 97 (heading south). Turn left onto Dilworth Drive. Dilworth becomes Benvoulin at Springfield Rd. Benvoulin becomes Casorso Road. Turn slight right onto Swamp Road. Swamp Road becomes Dehart Road. Turn left onto Lakeshore Road. Stay straight to go onto Chute Lake Road – 4870 Chute Lake Road (30 minutes
Wine Pairing Tips
Balance flavour intensity. Full-bodied wines to go with heartier, more flavorful dishes, while light-bodied wines should be paired with lighter food.
Pinot Noir works beautifully with salmon because you are matching a light wine to a light dish. Otherwise a full-bodied, heavier wine will overpower a light, delicate dish, and similarly, a lighter style wine will not be able to compete with the flavour of something like a hearty roast.
Consider how the food is prepared. Is it grilled, roasted, or fried? What type of sauce or spice is used? For example, chicken with a lemon butter sauce will call for a different more delicate wine to play off the sauce than chicken cacciatore with all of the tomato and Italian spices, or a grilled chicken breast.
For every food action, there is a wine reaction. When you drink wine by itself it tastes one way, but when you take a bite of food, the wine tastes different. This is because wine is like a spice. Elements in the wine interact with the food to provide a different taste sensation like these basic reactions: