‘Wizard with this grape’: Kelowna’s SpearHead Winery is triple winner in awards sweep

The squad astatine SpearHead Winery is pouring celebratory glasses of award-winning Pinot Noir aft an unprecedented expanse astatine nan Wine Align National Wine Awards.

SpearHead Winery won platinum for 3 different bottles successful nan Pinot Noir category, thing that had ne'er happened before.

“Obviously, location were immoderate different awesome producers successful among nan operation and we are happy to beryllium successful that category,” said Grant Stanley, wide head and vino shaper astatine SpearHead Winery.

“Certainly, it makes america consciousness really happy that what we person concentrated on, which is really making awesome Pinot Noirs, has really lifted america and our floor plan to beryllium a awesome Pinot Noir house.”

The humanities triumph was not nan only grant for nan winery. It besides won nan title of Winery of nan Year arsenic good arsenic Best Performing Small Winery.

“We consciousness this is simply a awesome grant for a winery of our size. We are a humble business endeavor by quality and it’s really awesome to spot that money can’t bargain this award. It’s astir bosom and passion and having a awesome team,” Stanley said.

This year, much than 1,800 wines from 230 Canadian Wineries were judged astatine nan Wine Align National Wine Awards and Stanley’s Pinot Noirs were nan talk of nan competition.

“Sweeping nan class is unprecedented, it hasn’t happened before,” said DJ Kearney, seasoned WineAlign NWAC judge.

“In a way, it doesn’t astonishment me. I person been watching [Stanley’s] wines germinate complete a decade and a bit, and of course, each of his past activity pinch Pinot Noir. He is specified a wizard pinch this grape.”

This year, judging for nan Wine Align National Wine Awards was conducted successful nan Niagara vino region successful Ontario. It is group to beryllium held successful nan Okanagan adjacent year.