Wineries
Frind Estate Winery
About Frind Estate Winery
Vineyards cover the slopes of Mount Boucherie, the old volcanic cone that rises straight out of the west side and gives this stretch of the valley its shape. The wineries strung along its lower benches sit within a few minutes of open water, which is unusual even by Okanagan standards.
A tasting room is a working part of a farm and it behaves like one. Hours stretch through the summer and contract sharply once the fruit is in, groups are far easier to accommodate with notice than without, and the weeks of harvest are the busiest and least flexible of the year. Tasting fees, whether they come off a purchase, whether wine can be shipped, and how a patio seat or a picnic is handled all differ from one house to the next, so a call before setting out saves the drive.
Frind Estate Winery is at 3725 Boucherie Road, near enough to Gellatly Bay and its beaches that a tasting and an afternoon on the water fit comfortably into one day. The number is +1-778-754-1118 and frindwinery.com carries the details. From Kelowna it is a short run across the bridge and up the hill, and anyone working their way along the bench will find this is one stop among several inside a very small radius.
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In the Gellatly Bay neighbourhood of West Kelowna.
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