[Leica] Wine Tasting in the Okanagan

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&E Cummer)]

Hi Luggers,
On our way back from Calgary we stopped to visit friends in Kelowna and went 
wine tasting at several vineyards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okanagan_Valley_(wine)

BC wine has come a long way from my teenage years more than 50 years ago 
when "Kelowna Red" was a sure
recipe for a hangover the next day. Most of the best wine is produced in 
small vineyards without sufficient
volume to be sold through the BC liquor stores so you need to go to the 
tasting rooms to taste and to buy.

Here we are tasting in the Meyer's Family tasting room:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/YCPCHCw.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/bq2do5k

Here is the aptly named Blue Mountain Vineyard. It was surrounded by an 
electric fence and in my quest for a good picture
I inadvertently touched the fence and the trip wire. The jolt stopped my 
standard heart arrhythmia on contact and did no harm to the camera,
the Fuji X Pro 1. I only saw the yellow electrified danger signs afterwards 
so intent was I on the photo.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/BluMtnVinyardW.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/95udvrz

And within walking distance of our friends' house is the Mission Hill winery 
and vineyards - one of BC's biggest and sold
everywhere because of the large volume produced.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2012/MissionHillW.jpg.html

http://tinyurl.com/d5v8djc

We carried three cases in the car back to Pender - two for immediate 
drinking and one for putting down for a few years.

C&C always welcome

Howard