Lake Breeze Vineyards

Anyone planning a stop at a bench winery has to decide one thing first: whether to call ahead or take a chance on a walk-in visit. Lake Breeze Vineyards sits at 930 Sammet Road, one of the short lanes dropping off the main bench route toward Okanagan Lake. Vineyard land here occupies a narrow shelf between the upper road and the shoreline, which is why holdings on this side of the water tend to be counted in blocks rather than in the wide acreages found elsewhere in the valley.

Practical questions are best settled on the phone at 250-496-5659 or through lakebreeze.ca before setting out: whether tastings need booking, what size of group can be handled, whether there is anywhere to sit, and how the driveway and parking work. That last one matters more on the bench than it sounds, because the side roads are narrow and shoulder parking is limited. Drivers reach Sammet Road along the winding lakeshore route from Penticton, and cyclists come by way of the Kettle Valley Railway grade above, dropping down through the vineyards toward the water.