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Larch Hills
Winery

Larch Hills Winery is a land-based, family run vineyard and
winery, owned by Jack and Hazel Manser. All our product is
proudly made from 100% British Columbia grapes, either from our
main vineyard just south of Salmon Arm (also the location of the
winery and our home), or from contracted vineyards farther south
in the Okanagan Valley. All our wines are made and bottled on
our premises at Salmon Arm. We specialize in cool climate grape
growing, and have varieties that are generally not available in
other parts of BC. We think this makes our wines unique.
In 1987, the land was total bush. No-one had grown European
varietal wine grapes this far north before. In 1992, after
experimenting to find the right types of grape for our climate,
we began planting in earnest. We now grow all European varietals
- ORTEGA, MADELEINE ANGEVINE, MADELEINE SYLVANER and SIEGERREBE
are our whites, and AGRIA is our red. PINOT NOIR,
GEWURZTRAMINER, FOCH, and MERLOT are sourced from our contract
vineyards. All grapes are crushed, processed, and the wine made
right on our premises. We opened our winery in April 1997 with a
small release of what has become a signature wine for us --
Ortega (vintage 1995). Since then, our vineyards have developed
to full production, and we have been able to add many other
varieties to our list of releases.
Latest Awards - Cellars of the World
» Friday, March 12, 2010
We're happy to
announce that we won the following awards at the CELLARS OF THE
WORLD 2010 competition in Kelowna recently. A panel of 15
experienced wine judges assessed 132 wines from all over the
world. You can taste the award winning wines at the
International Wine Exhibition on March 12 at the Coast Capri
Hotel:
GOLD for 2008 Ortega in the Off-dry White Category
GOLD for 2008 Madeleine Angevine (Mad Angie) in the Dry White
Category
SILVER for 2008 Siegerrebe Late Harvest in the Late Harvest
White Category
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