Road Trip to Kelowna – St.Hubertus & Oak Bay Estate Winery
This entry is based on my trip to Kelowna on mid June 2008. My other entries on this trip includes:
Road Trip to Kelowna – Highway 3
Road Trip to Kelowna – Downton Kelowna
Road Trip to Kelowna – Greata Ranch
St. Hubertus – Entrace big sign. Notice the blue sky – This was NOT taken on the same day as the others below!
This is the first winery I visited on my second full day in Kelowna. And something completely funny happened here: while I did not like Greata Ranch probably because I had tasted a lot of samples and was getting tipsy, I don’t think I enjoyed St. Hubertus too much either because it was too early (and hadn’t had any wine yet). Funny, eh? However, unlike Greata Ranch, St. Hubertus have some saving graces, (1) The scenery was a lot better and (2) I sampled Gewürztraminer, one of the wine types I like.
Disclaimer again: I am not a wine connoisseur and I don’t care about a lot of things people consider “important”. To me, it is personal preference. Having said that, the attendant mention about the fires in Kelowna back in 2005. As a result of the smoke, some of the grapes acquired a “smoky” taste. And, guess what? I could taste that! That’s why I asked for taste them separately and indeed, it was different. In the end, I purchased one bottle of Gewürztraminer.
St. Hubertus – Wine Store
As for the scenary, it was different from Greata Ranch. Despite of the clouds, I managed to take relatively good pictures – I think. As usual, comments about the pictures or comments in general are appreciated!
St. Hubertus – Shoot of vineyard
St. Hubertus – Shoot of vineyard #2
St. Hubertus – Closer shoot of vineyard
St. Hubertus – A somewhat… Odd shot?
