Vancouver Island Wine

British Columbia’s most recent DVA is Vancouver Island, a 250-mile-long isle which hosts a fast growing number of wineries, and distinctly different growing conditions from the province’s main region, the Okanagan Valley. Just a short ferry ride from the hustle and bustle of downtown Vancouver and about an hour’s drive north of the capital city Victoria, lie the island’s hillside vineyards. Most of the wineries are located in the Cowichan Valley on the island’s eastern side, along with a number of other wineries found on some of the smaller Gulf Islands, and technically outside the DVA. Rainfall is minimal during the growing season, with moderate summer temperatures (usually between 75-80°F) and winters which are notably mild. So mild are the winters that Vancouver Island is one the few places in Canada where it is not possible to make Icewine within the VQA regulations. The valley area wineries, near the town of Duncan, are 50 miles from the extreme weather of the Pacific. They are protected Read more »

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  • Pinot Noir

    “With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...

  • Chardonnay

    British wine writer and critic, Jancis Robinson, once noted that throughout the 80’s and 90’s in the United States, C...

  • Ortega

    Ortega’s winter-hardy character has allowed this grape to be successfully grown in British Columbia, and with limited...

  • Marechal Foch

    Marechal Foch (aka. Foch, Kuhlmann 188-2) is a vigorous, early-ripening variety, with good winter hardiness. It is we...

  • Pinot Blanc

    History of the grape: Pinot Blanc was first grown in Burgundy and Champagne, France, and can be traced by some source...

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