Over a decade in the making, a brand-new winery and tasting room is set to officially open this weekend in the South Okanagan. Solvero Wines is now one of two wineries in the Garnet Valley region along Summerland’s Bottleneck Drive. “We’re excited to introduce our brand-new tasting space out here in Garnet Valley.
We are introducing people to this region sometimes for the first time,” said Solvero’s Winemaker and General Manager Alison Moyes. “It was just a dense forested mountainside, very steep slopes, very challenging terrain to farm. But over the course of two years, a 16-acre vineyard was planted in 2016.
And then we started building the winery in 2020 to be able to produce the wines. And then finally, we’ve just finished this beautiful new tasting room and watch we’re ready to launch this year.” 1:54 Okanagan lifestyle magazine hosts Top BC Wine Awards in Kelowna The new tasting room providing some optimism for the industry amidst troubling times.
Story continues below advertisement Wineries are still dealing with the impact of two severe cold snaps, that resulted in major crop loses across the Okanagan. “We’re really excited about [Solvero’s opening], we’re seeing a number of things happening like this new winery opening but Red Rooster reopened over on the Naramata Bench, which is really exciting,” said Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association CEO Ellen Walker-Matthews. More on Canada Singh: Loblaw deal with Rogers/Bell-owned company needs com.
