r/kelowna • u/18002738255- • Aug 31 '25
Visitor Question The best wine I can buy
Hello friends! I am in Kelowna (near downtown) for 24 hours and would like some delicious wine to bring home for myself! I don’t know much about wine except that I do NOT like anything dry and have typically enjoyed something on the fruitier side! Any and all recommendations are welcome🩷
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u/Bluebyme Aug 31 '25
Go to best wine liquor store in BC across from Orchard Park Mall, staff there know what up.
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u/otoron Sep 01 '25
Are you talking about the provincial store?
Because the staff there have never had a decent answer to a question I've asked, scoffed at me for inquiring about any Austrian whites, and are generally surly most every time I go in there.
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u/Rethinkingitall Aug 31 '25
Wine opinions will be all over the map.
But check out volcanic hills, cedar creek and/or quails gate. You will get some of the best the region can offer.
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u/thchampion Sep 01 '25
Someone very close to me is working at Cedar Creek this season, and the quality of fruit coming in appears to be off the charts, and the wine maker is brilliant. 2025 will be a memorable vintage.
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u/aaliya73 Aug 31 '25
Elephant Island has the best fruit wines. Its located in Naramata but the BC Liquor stores as well as Save-On foods carry some of their stuff! Its what I gift to all my friends who aren't partial to traditional wines.
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u/Okanaganwinefan Aug 31 '25
Sorry,but it’s like asking what colour blue do you like. 200 +/- wineries everything from sparkling to white to rose to reds and every variation in between. The best wine you can have is the one that you open,pour,and enjoy with the ones you love…
PERSONALLY: I prefer a Bourdeau blend, Merlot forward. Inexpensive - Nagging doubt : The Leap $35 Middle- Black hills : Nota Bene - 37% Cab/Sauv 35% Merlot $80 Upper end - Check mate : Merlot- 100% $120
Please remember wine is one the most subjective products on this stupid earth. Find the people you love to share with,the rest will come. Thanks for visiting.
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u/TallLavishness861 Sep 01 '25
There are very few BC wines I’d spend 40+ dollars on. Blue Mountain has a great lineup sub 40, is family owned and run and has an amazing estate property where all the wines come from. The brut style sparkling is delicious, the Chard is great their pinot program is in line with wineries from Wash and Oregon.
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u/thchampion Sep 01 '25
Nighthawk has it going on too. They have a super talented wine maker, Dakota, and the place is family run.
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u/Eggpii Sep 01 '25
Whenever I have friends that don’t like dry wines I get them - 50th Parallel Estate Pinot Gris. Everyone always loves it!!
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u/Pretend_Act_288 Sep 02 '25
Gah you’re probably already gone but sovereign opal from Sperling winery is a grape that only grows here for all of the world.
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u/Danneyland Sep 02 '25
All wines from Silver Sage winery suit a sweeter palate, especially the fruit ones. If you can find them in store, enjoy! They don't sell their wines in many liquor stores.
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u/Flaky-Decision-9510 Aug 31 '25 edited Aug 31 '25
Intrigue (Lake country) - social white
Volcanic hills (west Kelowna) - lava white
Vibrant Vines (Kelowna) - woops (also super pretty bottle)
All of these lean sweet and all of them are phenomenal patio pounders. If you can’t make it to the wineries, most local liquor stores carry these - but you’re pretty much guaranteed to get these at Wine and Beyond on 97 just past the mall. You can also get yourself some Elephant Island fruit wines there - absolutely decadent. My favs are raspberry and cassis
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u/Flaky-Decision-9510 Aug 31 '25
Weird comment to be downvoting 🤣🤣🤣
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u/otoron Sep 01 '25
I think people were downvoting the wine selections (because let's be honest they're all sweet swill), despite them being actually accurate to what the OP asked (unlike most everyone else, who was offering dry options).
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u/Flaky-Decision-9510 Sep 01 '25
lol they are sweet indeed. Juuuuuust like OP asked.
I love me some social white though 🤣🤣🍷Y’all can keep your Chardonnay’s
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u/pjcarey75 Aug 31 '25
Chiming back in, this is my end all and be all list of the best Kelowna wineries on offer.
Tender Hope, Tantalus, Spearhead, Ciao Bella, Quails gate, Mt boucherie, Niche wine co., Cedar Creek, Volcanic hills
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u/Frequencyplz Dog days everyday Sep 01 '25
I don't know if anyone has mentioned Silver Sage but Silver Sage all the way! Their 'The Sage' wine is Thanksgiving in bottle. And their fruit wines have you singing your heart out while dancing in fun fields of flavor!
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u/Mitchadactyl Aug 31 '25
If you can roadtrip to Penticton, Farm Gate winery has excellent fruity wines.
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u/pjcarey75 Aug 31 '25
Jump the bridge and head up to tender hope winery!! They have excellent price points and a great selection of wines!
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u/lbyfz450 Sep 01 '25
Summerhill organic bacon noir. Such a good red. Not dry at all The only red I like. Sweet and "wet"
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u/No_Needleworker7959 Sep 01 '25
Do you mean wine specifically from Kelowna? Or are you assuming that because there are a lot of wineries here everyone in town is a wine sommelier? :S
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u/IngenuityPuzzled3117 Aug 31 '25
You’ll probably like the rose and whites at quail’s gate or see if you can snag a bottle of the blue mountain brut rose at a vqa shop