Week 28: A trip to the Okanagan

So last week we got out of the city and took a little trip to the Okanagan. The weather was great and the wine and food was as tasty as always. I thought I would go over some of the highlights of the trip for this post. As we do every time in the Okanagan, we went to Quails Gate and since Luca was sleeping in the car at the time Jamie went and got the wine. Now there was nothing new about us going to Quails Gate to buy some of their Old Vines Foch but that wine is so good it just needs to be mentioned. If you have not tried it go get a bottle.

For the first time we went to Mission Hill and although I am not a fan of their wine the grounds alone are worth the visit. I did pay $10 to try the OCULUS which was well worth it. If you want a nice $80 bottle of wine I would highly recommend it;-)

We stayed at a nice B&B on the East side of the lake so we decided to try a couple of the wineries down there. We went to Cedar Creek which was really so-so and we also went to Summerhill which was an interesting surprise. Their regular wine was adequate but their sparking wine selection was surprising good. I am not a big sparkling wine fan but since it was nice and hot that day I gave it a try. The next time we are going to a party that requires a sparkling wine I will be buying some Summerhill. 

Finally, we went to a wonderful goat cheese farm called Carmelis. It was a bit of a drive but worth it in the end. They had some lovely cheese (the goatgonzola was very nice) and made their own goats milk gelato on site. We did the full tasting and had some tasty cookies and cream and caramel gelato.