Making wine a greener enterprise

Making wine a greener enterprise

UBC grad student examines potential of sustainability from vineyard to market From Bogota, Colombia, to Mexico City, to the wineries of the Okanagan, PhD student Camilo Peña has been on a round-the-world research journey aimed at better understanding and documenting...
Sun Peaks hosts Canada’s Alpine Blossom Festival

Sun Peaks hosts Canada’s Alpine Blossom Festival

Kids’ sensation The Doodlebops join Canada’s Alpine Blossom Festival line-up at Sun Peaks for a spectacular August long weekend During the summer season that brings warm weather, sunny skies and Sun Peaks’ beautiful alpine flowers, family getaways become...
A Splash of Red offers elegant alfresco dining

A Splash of Red offers elegant alfresco dining

An elegant Italian evening and art event with an Okanagan twist A Splash of Red, the Caetani Centre’s popular annual fundraiser, is back for a third time and set to take place August 21. Over the past two years, the Splash of Red committee has raised more than $25,000...
Hike Spion Kop Trails

Hike Spion Kop Trails

Lake Country has set the bar sky high. Okanagan planners looking to create outstanding trail systems need to head for this mountain and take a hike At the Spion Kop summit. it’s easy to see how Lake Country got its name. Wood and Ellison (Duck) are on the left;...
Lieutenant Governor presents wine awards

Lieutenant Governor presents wine awards

The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, presented the 2014 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in British Columbia Wines this past week in the Okanagan Valley. Her Honour acknowledged outstanding wines from these Okanagan...