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[Wine] TIME Winery & Kitchen, Penticton

Posted in Drinks, Joyce, Okanagan, Travel, Wine, Wine Series, tagged BC wines, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Christa-Lee McWatters Bond, ENCORE Vineyards, Harry McWatters, Meritage, Okanagan, PenMar Theatre, Penticton, Riesling, Rose, Thompson Okanagan, TIME Winery, Viognier, White Meritage, Wine, Wine Tasting, Winery on July 6, 2018| 1 Comment »

It was two years ago during our visit of Evolve Cellars, we learned from Christa-Lee that her family winery business ENCORE Vineyards had acquired the PenMar Theatre in Penticton and was converting the space into a winery. Now, we just got a sneak preview of the soon-to-open TIME Winery & Kitchen.

At the time this was written, the winery was just one inspection away from getting the permit needed to open its door to the public. So during our visit, the staff was still putting on some finishing touches.

The PenMar Theatre was a four-auditorium theatre, originally built in the 50s with just one auditorium. Harry McWatters, CEO of ENCORE, has some fond memories of the theatre. He pointed to a corner of the now winery, and told us that’s where he sat on a date decades ago, as a boy, when the movie and popcorn was just 25¢.

The reconfiguration from movie theatre to winery took longer than expected.

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[Wines] Sipping Our Way Through the Black Sage Bench in Oliver – Part 2

Posted in Drinks, Joyce, Okanagan, Wine Pairing, Wine Series, tagged BC wines, Black Hill Estate Winery, Black Sage Bench, Black Sage Road, Church & State Wines, Coyote Bowl Vineyard, Cuvee Blanc, Meritage, Oliver, Osoyoos, Syrah, vineyard, VQA, Wine Tour, Wine Tour Handbook on September 19, 2013| 2 Comments »

This is Part 2 of our winery visit in Oliver. Click here to read about our experience at Le Vieux Pin and Stoneboat.

Driving by more rows of vines, we had arrived at our next stop.

Endless rows of vines along Black Sage Road

Church & State Wines

We pulled into the driveway of Church & State Wines, a bigger winery with two locations, one in Oliver and another in Victoria. It charges $8 for 4 wine samples, and waived when purchasing two bottles of wine.

Church & State Wines

While their wines were quite good, the best part of our visit at Church & State was its outdoor wine bar. Its view was gorgeous!!! Situated on a small hill, you are looking over vineyards and mountains and open fields. It took my breath away! (more…)