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Great White Design Okay, so it’s easy to turn cool design in Canada’s wine industry into a bad pun. But the truth is that the Canadians, blessed with a clean slate and gorgeous vistas, have put a lot of effort into the design of many of their wineries.

Of course, great winery design is not a prerequisite for great wine. It really has no influence on the wine, but it does have an influence on an emerging wine tourism industry.

While this may seem trite to some, the fact of the matter remains that feet on the ground for wineries can be as important as eyeballs for a website. We all need to attract a larger audience and help to create brand evangelists! Great design not only allows for impressive displays, but also creates the spaces needed for impressive events. Check out these five hot - I mean, cool - wineries and begin planning for visits!

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Nebuchadne-
zzar128

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Why not tell us EXACTLY where each winery is located. Canada is a big place you know.

May 24, 2011 at 1:07 PM
syoung51

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All of them are in Southern Okanagan which is an easy 5 hour drive from Vancouver, British Columbia. Spectacular part of Canada.

May 24, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Flying 44

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I agree that the Nk'Mip winery is quite spectacular. Unfortunately, outrageous condo and resort development right next door has put a serious blemish on the once gorgeous site. Too bad!

May 24, 2011 at 6:26 PM
javabnz

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Great write up! Though some of the new and upcoming wineries are pretty amazing as well, you managed to zero in on the main ones. Too bad about the typos though.

May 24, 2011 at 6:52 PM
jmk94903

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Years ago, circa 1979, we were in Vancouver and drank BC Still White. We'd hold up the glass and say "Yup, it's still white." That was about the highest praise it got.

In those days, the Canandians put any wine you'd ever heard about from anywhere in the world on a do not import list to protect their local wine industry. It needed it.

May 24, 2011 at 7:27 PM
Flying 44

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In answer to jmk94903...I don't know where you get your information from...but even in the late 70's I'm pretty sure there was no 'do not import' list to, as you say, 'protect the local wine industry'. That's just not the way things get done in Canada. Canadian wineries (both in BC and in Ontario) have never been able to produce a sufficient amount of wine to answer Canadians' needs...and still don't. I do agree that in the 70's, a lot of Canadian wines were pretty awful...some still are. But they've made great strides since then and some of the wineries can compete with almost anything being done elsewhere...and, of course, who can beat the fabulous Canadian Ice wines???? And how many have had the unbelievable pleasure of tasting Ice cider from Quebec???? If you haven't...you don't really know what you're missing!

May 24, 2011 at 8:59 PM
dmcker

Hand of Snooth

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Am curious if the NK'Mip building takes hints from indigenous housing design, or instead from American SouthWest design (both aboriginal and Spanish)?

Who did the research for the article, Greg? Interesting, but a bit of a light teaser. As mentioned above it would've been nice to have more detail, not only on location but on winery functionality, including more photos.

Cheers

May 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM
poohbah

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Gregory
Great to see an article about winery design. Perhaps in a future article you could provide more images of each project. There are some interesting ones in Ontario too.

May 25, 2011 at 5:34 PM
Bruce-
Fuller

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Check out Canada's "most romantic winery" http://www.rusticowinery.com

May 26, 2011 at 2:20 AM
blamecanad-
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Perhaps I missed something ... but Canada does not equal British Columbia .... there are some fantastic wineries in the Niagara area of Ontario

May 28, 2011 at 5:42 AM
SherylO

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I live in Ontario Wine Country (Niagara) and I can also confirm that Canada does not equal British Columbia. Our favorite thing to do on a Sunday is to take a short drive and visit a winery or two for a tasting. We are very lucky to live in this area! It is not to be missed or you miss out!!!

May 31, 2011 at 7:39 PM