Hester Creek and Terrafina Restaurant

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Oliver Osoyoos Winery Association

Half Corked Marathon starts with breakfast at Hester Creek Saturday with 850 participants being transported there by many buses from the Oliver Community Hall parking lot (finish line and celebration centre)

Hester Creek is one of a number of wineries that have launched an application for a “unique” wine designation for Golden Mile Bench wineries. (all on alluvial soil on west side of valley).

Golden Mile Bench is the first such application to the BC Wine Authority.

The proposal was made this week to become the first official sub – Designated Viticultural Area (DVA) of the Okanagan Valley. An in-depth analysis by scientists from Agriculture Canada has shown the area has a combination of landform, landscape position, mesoclimate, air drainage and soil materials that make it distinct.

Okanagan Valley DVA comprises around 80% of all British Columbia’s vineyard area, yet producing wines from many different mesoclimates and terroirs, it is a belief that there is a need to break this large, single appellation into meaningful, scientifically unique sub-DVAs that produce distinctive wines.

All pictures here taken this morning at 6am at Hester Creek

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