Wineries
Dirty Laundry Vineyard
About Dirty Laundry Vineyard
Summer weekends fill the bench roads above the lake with visitors working their way between tasting rooms, and the traffic thins as fast as it arrived once September has passed. Dirty Laundry Vineyard sits in that flow at 4311 Fiske Street in the Giant's Head area of Summerland, uphill from the lower town and the water. The phone line is 250-494-8815, and dirtylaundry.ca is the place to check when you are planning a route.
A day spent visiting wine properties goes better with a little structure. Three or four stops is a comfortable maximum, tasting fees are common and are often credited against a purchase, and bus tours and private groups usually need arranging in advance rather than turning up at the door. Larger operations can absorb walk-ins on a busy Saturday, while smaller ones cannot. It is always worth a phone call to confirm the day, especially in shoulder season, when the schedule on a wine property follows the work going on in the vineyard.
Summerland makes an easy anchor for that sort of afternoon. The town faces Penticton across the water with the highway running its length, the orchards and vineyards share the same slopes, and the lake stays in view from most of the higher roads. Bring water, eat something before the first stop, and settle the question of who is driving before anyone pours. Cyclists use these roads in numbers through the warm months, so take the bench corners with that in mind.
Visiting Dirty Laundry Vineyard
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In the Giant's Head neighbourhood of Summerland.
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