Name: Elephant Island Winery
Rating: 5

Reviews

Wonderful winery, and with free tastings! I...

9/23/16

Wonderful winery, and with free tastings! I find there are so few wineries who offer that anymore. Nice staff, my favourite is the cassis. Perfectly sour with a hint of sweetness to it. They also have the best prices for cherries, and they are delicious!
Source: google Constantine Veilburg

A must stop on your wine tour!...

9/20/16

A must stop on your wine tour! Super tasty fruit wine
Source: google Neil Bradbury

Delicious fruity wines in a lovely winery!...

9/9/16

Delicious fruity wines in a lovely winery! A definite must see on the Naramata Bench!
Source: google Ellen Girouard

I'm not much for drinking wine, but...

6/13/16

I'm not much for drinking wine, but found Elephant Island wines delicious & I could taste the care that was taken in each of the bottles I sampled, as you could taste the subtle as well as very flavourful fruit notes. The staff member who helped me, Melissa, was very pleasant & knowledgeable about the product she represented. I appreciated the time she took to explain each bottle that I sampled & her sense of humour I feel just added to the experience! I think this non wine consumer just found her favourite wine! :)
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A very small winery, with all the...

5/7/16

A very small winery, with all the advantages and disadvantages you would expect: The wines are very niche (mostly fruit-wines, like peach, cassis/black-currant, apple, cherry, ...) but the staff is more welcoming and open. They even gave us tips for other wineries in the area and spots we should check out. Nicest winery on our trip.
Source: google Oliver Kiderle

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About Winery and Wines

As crazy as it sounds a logical story supports the christening of our winery. Grandmother Catherine acquired the orchard as a retirement investment. Grandfather Paul, or Poppy as we called him, was convinced that the investment would prove a “white elephant”. In 1972 Grandma Catherine’s free spirit won... she purchased the property in Naramata and convinced Poppy this was “the” location for their dream home. Grandma is an architect (one of the first women in Canada) and Poppy an engineer. Collectively they proceeded to battle their respective professional impartiality and collaborated on their coup de grace, the house at Elephant Island. Out of this clash of professional wills (Grandma’s visual versus Grandfather’s logical) emerged Poppy’s name for the property... the architects “EYE-land” - testament to his perception of Grandma’s obsession with the aesthetic.