The “must-attend event of the year,” Fairmont Hot Spring Resort’s annual Wine Festival is a place where wine enthusiasts gather together to enjoy fine wine and good company.
This sell-out event occurs every November and features many wines from some of BC’s most acclaimed wineries. Along with an abundance of wine to taste, enjoy delectable house-made hors d’oeuvres, local artisans, and a fabulous after party featuring live music by an amazing band.
2016’s People’s Choice Award winning wines were the:
Red
2014 Nota Bene, Black Hills Estate Winery
White
2014 Siegerrebe, Columbia Gardens Vineyard & Winery
Dessert
NV Freudified Port, Therapy Vineyards
Fruit
2014 Caught Apricot Mistelle, Forbidden Fruit Winery
You must be 19 years or older to attend the Wine Festival.
Check out all of the wineries who attended the 15th Annual East Kootenay Wine Festival.
| Recline Ridge Vineyards & Winery | Tappen, BC |
| Mission Hill Five Vineyards | Okanagan Valley, BC |
| Cedar Creek Estate Winery | Kelowna, BC |
| 50th Parallel Estate Winery | Lake Country, BC |
| Desert Hills Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| Columbia Gardens Vineyard & Winery | Trail, BC |
| Meadow Vista Honey Wines | Kelowna, BC |
| Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| Hillside Winery | Penticton, BC |
| Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery | Creston, BC |
| Stag’s Hollow Winery | Okanagan Falls, BC |
| St. Hubertus & Oak Bay Estate Winery | Kelowna, BC |
| Therapy Vineyards | Naramata, BC |
| Hester Creek Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| NEW! The Hatch | Kelowna, BC |
| NEW! The View Winery & Vineyard | Kelowna, BC |
| NEW! Indigenous World Winery | Kelowna, BC |
| NEW! Cana Vines | Oliver, BC |
| Dirty Laundry Vineyard | Summerland, BC |
| Monster Vineyards | Penticton, BC |
| BC Wine Studio | Okanagan Falls, BC |
| Church & State Wines | Oliver, BC |
| Summerhill Pyramid Winery | Kelowna, BC |
| NEW! Nighthawk Vineyards | Okanagan Falls, BC |
| NEW! Culmina Family Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| Burrowing Owl Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| Calliope Wines | Oliver, BC |
| Quails Gate Winery | Kelowna, BC |
| NEW! Maverick Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| NEW! Covert Farms Family Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| Forbidden Fruit Winery | Cawston, BC |
| NEW! Robin Ridge Winery | Keremeos, BC |
| NEW! Adega On 45th Estate Winery | Osoyoos, BC |
| Wild Goose Vineyards & Winery Inc. | Okanagan Falls, BC |
| Back Door Winery | Summerland, BC |
| Perseus Winery | Penticton, BC |
| NEW! Volcanic Hills Estate Winery | Kelowna, BC |
| NEW! CC Jentsch Cellars | Oliver, BC |
| NEW! Corcelettes Estate Winery | Keremeos, BC |
| NEW! Lunessence Winery & Vineyard | Summerland, BC |
| See Ya Later Ranch | Okanagan Falls, BC |
| Sumac Ridge Estate Winery Ltd. | Summerland, BC |
| Black Sage Vineyards | Summerland, BC |
| NEW! Vintage Ink Wines | Okanagan Valley, BC |
| Road 13 Vineyards | Oliver, BC |
| La Frenz Estate Winery | Penticton, BC |
| Laughing Stock Vineyards | Penticton, BC |
| Tinhorn Creek Vineyards | Oliver, BC |
| NEW! Blue Mountain Vineyard & Cellars | Okanagan Falls, BC |
| Young & Wyse Collection | Osoyoos, BC |
| Pentage Winery | Penticton, BC |
| NEW! Black Swift Vineyards | Osoyoos, BC |
| Conviction Wines | Kelowna, BC |
| Wayne Gretzky Estate Winery | Lincoln, ON |
| NEW! Sandhill Wines | Kelowna, BC |
| Red Rooster Winery | Penticton, BC |
| NEW! Black Hills Estate Winery | Oliver, BC |
| NEW! Gold Hill Winery | Oliver, BC |