Wineries
Little Engine Wines
About Little Engine Wines
Harvest reorders life on the bench. For a few weeks in the autumn everything else waits while fruit comes off the vines, and the rest of the year is spent getting ready for that or recovering from it. Little Engine Wines works that ground from 851 Naramata Road, on the slope northeast of Penticton above Okanagan Lake.
For a visitor, the useful thing to understand about a winery is that the tasting room is only the part facing outward. Wine is grown, made and aged on a slow clock, and what is available to taste at any given moment reflects that. Phoning 250-493-0033 in advance is the practical move, particularly for a group or a specific date, and the questions worth asking are whether tastings are seated or standing, whether they need booking, what the charge is, and how shipping or club membership works if buying more than fits in the car.
Naramata Road runs northeast out of the city along the east side of the lake, a short drive that climbs into orchard and vineyard country almost immediately. Penticton itself sits below between its two lakes, close enough that a trip up the bench fits comfortably into an afternoon. Summer is the busy season, when the valley fills with people and the roads take longer than the map suggests. Littleenginewines.com carries current details, and a look before setting out is time well spent.
Visiting Little Engine Wines
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In the Downtown Penticton neighbourhood of Penticton.
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