Wineries

Summerhill Pyramid Winery owner Stephen Cipes has been named the first recipient of the Sustainability Leader of the Year Award at the inaugural Eco-Nomics Awards (June 8, 2009)
One of the largest and most prestigious wine competitions in the world just took place in France in March and Summerhill was included among the wineries entered from 39 countries around the world. The 2008 Chardonnay duMonde competition judges saw, or should we say tasted, 953 different wines, awarding Canada only 2 of the 60 Gold medals presented at this competition. Summerhill was awarded one of them for the 2006 Peace Chardonnay Icewine -this being BC's ONLY Gold from this years CdM competition!
Summerhill follows organic growing practices. No herbicides or pesticides "keeps the lake clean and our grapes don't taste from the chemicals," says owner Stephen Cipes. "These grapes are happy guys, they're flourishing. Our wines are allowing nature to speak for herself." Summerhill wines are regularly honoured in international competitions. "We won the gold medal in Champagne France," Cipes beams, "against French Champagne.