Vancouver itself is a city that truly supports local products, making it extremely easy to enjoy the local wines. With this much wine being produced in the region, a trip to Vancouver shouldn’t be considered complete without tasting at least a little of the local juice. In total, British Columbia produces more than 20 million litres of wine (about 2 million cases) a year.
The best reds are Bordeaux- style blends, and many of the whites stand alone as single-variety wines. In the heart of the province’s wine country, the Okanagan Valley, you’ll find familiar varieties of grapes like chardonnay, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, pinot gris and grow in the south, while pinot noir, pinot blanc, riesling and gewürztraminer are found north in the slightly cooler climates. Dozens of microclimates throughout the growing regions of British Columbia mean there’s no shortage of variety in local wine types. The grapes are then pressed while still frozen, leaving a highly concentrated flavor that develops into a dessert-style wine.īut British Columbia is not simply a dessert wine region. Probably the best known of B.C.’s wines, especially outside of Canada, is the region’s icewine, which is produced from grapes-any variety from chardonnay to merlot, that are left on the vine long into fall or winter until frozen as hard as marbles until the temperature in the vineyard reaches -10˚C (14˚F) for at least several hours. or perhaps it’s just because the locals want to keep it all to themselves. Because of complex liquor regulations, little of the local vino leaves B.C. BC Wine Country Exploring British Columbia Wine from Vancouver to the Okanaganīritish Columbia has some stellar wine, but it’s a secret that few outside the province know about.
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