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    Hester Creek Estate Winery

    3.9 (17 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    Late Harvest Pinot Blanc
    Jasmine A.

    Our fourth stop was at Hester Creek Estate Winery. The employee serving us was very friendly and patiently answered our questions about the wine, and the tasting room and grounds were beautiful. I sampled the Pinot Blanc, Trebbiano, Reserve Cabernet Franc, and Late Harvest Pinot Blanc. Nice wines, however I did not feel compelled to purchase anything. [Yelp collections: Wine Time!]

    Tiramisu
    Daniel B.

    Hester Creek Estate Winery provides outstanding service combined with a variety of wine options and simply tasty dishes. All servers were upbeat which made for a welcoming environment. We had the artisan bread to start, kale and salmon salad, summer primavera pasta, three glasses of wine, tiramisu, and coffee. The pasta was fresh and light, and the salmon was cooked a perfect medium, with the dessert an excellent balance of texture and sweetness. The pricing was reasonable and overall made for a wonderful night out.

    Chris D.

    My girlfriend and I were on vacation through Okanagan wine country. Over six days, we visited sixty wineries. You can follow our various locations with this disclaimer. That's sixty wineries, not an exaggeration. We ended the trip with 120 bottles acquired.... including one called The Judge. Can you believe the hosts behind the counters at wineries are not allowed to drink? Wouldn't that be the first and most obvious reward? Rules dictate that each bottle be opened and tested to ensure samples given meet the quality necessary to sell said bottles. Makes sense, but unbelievably, the hosts are not allowed to swallow. No swallowing. Who would spit? Wouldn't the whole point be that you swallow? ...cough... Wait, no, I'm being serious. The host at Hester Creek that served my samples totally agreed as we discussed this trivia nugget. I repeat, this was a serious topic at the counter this day. We concurred that it was colossal waste of wine. And as we talked, such opportunity emerged; the host was required to open a new bottle. She pulled the cork, poured a glass, swirled, and took a sip. She swished, bent over the wine spittoon, glanced around the room, and swallowed. I caught that! And I'll never expose which host it was. I imagine more hosts do such and don't admit it, and said host immediately got my request. Hester Creek is an amazing winery featuring both a villa and a restaurant (Terrafina), the latter of which we also took in. The winery is one of the larger ones, traditional, with a large shopping area and an even larger tasting bar meant to accommodate dozens of people. As such, the time of day/ year may greatly affect your enjoyment, as even in August, I had to wait almost ten minutes before finding a space by the counter. But it is worth it. Admittedly, the wine shop is well-organized, but lacks personality. The interior doesn't look too different than most of the others in the region not built to resemble a castle. The wines offered are broad selection with many memorable tastes, with their flagship at the time, The Judge, taking top honors. Topped tables and standing vinyl signs punctuated the wide expanse of a tasting lounge, impressive though ultimately compromising panache in favor of advertising. It's a damn shame given how amazing the building and surrounding vistas are. I mean we're there already, travelling obviously long distances--you don't have to treat your tasting lounge like an upmarket Save-On. Terrafina, on the other hand, is a beautiful restaurant with serving areas in both the blistering Arrakis-like sun and in the air-conditions interior, the latter we selected. The only issue we had was entirely personal, as we had drunk too much at Road 13 not one hour earlier. The $29 antipasto platter tempted me, but opted for the calzone instead. Our dishes were astounding, and I respect the waiting staff for tolerating our attention span, that of a ferret on a double espresso. This is the kind of restaurant I wanted badly in my home town, and only recently and thankfully received. The reason Hester Creek tops the list of locations in the region is not so much just Hester Creek or its villa (which we may return to in 2017 depending on schedule and/or finances) but the fact that Gehringer Brother is walking distance across the street. In an expanse of rolling vineyards, there are no other two wineries that are as close. So yeah, this is place to go. Worth it. And always respects a host who swallows.

    Cheers! To Hester Creek for a fine Syrah-Viognier blend & a nice Merlot.

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    Great tasting room, nice wines. Nice semelier good views, convenient location. Highly recommended the experience.

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    absolutely spectacular winery! Beautiful setting, superb wine and very welcoming and hospitable staff! very worth the visit!

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    Review Highlights - Hester Creek Estate Winery

    Hester Creek is an amazing winery featuring both a villa and a restaurant (Terrafina), the latter of which we also took in.

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    Silver Sage Winery

    Silver Sage Winery

    4.3(46 reviews)
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    Osoyoos was so beautiful, and Silver Sage Winery was the most wonderful winery we visited while in…read morewine country. The wine tasting was hosted by the hilarious Elena, the owner of the winery. The audience could not stop laughing as if we were all at a comedy show. She gave explanation of each wine we tasted while her partner poured the samples. In total, we were able to taste 12 out of the 13 wines that the winery produced. We started on white wines, moved onto reds, and finished with dessert wines. Honestly, everything was absolutely delicious. If I lived closer, I would be here regularly and store a bunch of their bottles in my pantry. On this trip, I bought a bottle each of the 2022 Sage Grand Reserve, 202 The Pearle, 2020 Blueberry, and 2022 The Flame. The whole experience was amazing, from the gorgeous vineyard to the delicious wine tasting.

    I've done a lot of wine tastings but this was very unique. Not the tasting itself, which was done…read moreby (I believe) the owner up at the bar, but by the style of the wines. They were all so unlike anything I've had before. And she took us through twelve wines! The place itself is gorgeous and I'd love to have a picnic here. The only downside was the tasting was quite rushed. At one point I wasn't done my wine before water was added to rinse things out. At another time my friend was still drinking her wine when a different wine was added to the glass.

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    Cassini Cellars

    Cassini Cellars

    3.3(4 reviews)
    1.4 km

    Disappointed. Checked closing time and scheduled to stop based on advertised time and they had…read moreclosed early.. .... if your going to advertise your open until a certain time and you close before that time it's not well received by people who schedule their time and spend money to drive out to your place.

    My girlfriend and I were on vacation through Okanagan wine country. Over six days, we visited…read moresixty wineries. You can follow our various locations with this disclaimer. That's sixty wineries, not an exaggeration. We ended the trip with 120 bottles acquired. Despite being on the "we also went to" list of wineries, Cassini Cellars is a worthwhile visit. I'm not going to lie, it's one of the smaller wineries, and it mimics the design of many of the others like Gold Hill and Tinhorn. I said in my review for Tinhorn that there either must have been some collective agreement or there was a huge discount on mustard paint. So, given that single criticism of similitude, why do I love Cassini Cellars? Well, for one, it has an awesome name--I must come clean with that one. If I punch in "Cassini" in Google, that brilliant Skynet-like algorithm gives me neither the winery nor a town in Australia, but rather the name of the mission to Saturn. You see, Cassini is a name synonymous with knowledge, with four generations of French/Italian scientists stretching two hundred years. So right from the gate, I'm predisposed to like Cassini Cellars. The name here refers to its owner and principle winemaker, so there could, in fact, be a genetic connection. Wouldn't that be awesome? I never asked. I should have. The man himself greeted us and offered a quick tour. The tasting room is one of the best in the region, tall, with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of bottles dominating the walls and tables. I adore the fanatical dedication Cassini has with their wines, one of the few with colossal double magnums reinforced in steel and wood cages waiting for purchase. I couldn't justify that, so a nominal magnum maximus was enough for me. Adding with a few others, we were eventually able to fill a box to ship back home. Yes, one the few places where we did that. The boxed maximus dominates my shelf to this day. Ignoring the resemblance Cassini has with other wineries, it also holds the distinction of being one of the few that could transport you spiritually (not physically, I'm not the character from Jumper) to France or Italy. Despite not hawking tourists with tours, a restaurant, and some trained animal in the corner begging for treats, Cassini is still one of the must-see locations between Oliver and Osoyoos. I also found it cool that when I planned my trip, I contacted nearly every winery, and Cassini himself was one of the few people that responded. That's got an additional mark right then. You can't miss Cassini Cellars...literally. It's on the highway between the two towns, so you would be factually improvident to avoid it. It would be like watching Rogue One and scoffing at Darth Vader's final scene. It would be like going to Disneyland and not picking a fight with an underpaid actor in an unventilated foam body suit. Why go if you are going to skip the highlights? Cassini is another in a long list of must-see wineries in southern BC, and unlike the others, it's not all polished paint over particle board; there is real wood underneath there. Yes, it's not just a pretty face; the wines are actually good, and why else would you come?

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