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Painted Rock Estate Winery

Painted Rock Estate Winery tasting room view across clean white bar, with logo on back white wall, with wine bottles on shelves

Boasting strikingly modern architecture with spectacular vineyard and lake views, Painted Rock Estate Winery offers one of the most elegant and scenic wine-tasting experiences in the Penticton area. o match, the ultra-premium wines (100% estate grown) highlight rich flavours with complexity and balance. The winery primarily focuses on Bordeaux red varieties as well as Chardonnay and Syrah.

Pentâge Winery

Pentâge Winery views across sloping vineyard, with Skaha Lake on left and forested mountains in distance

Pentâge Winery is the epitome of a hidden gem. Perched just above Skaha Lake and surrounded by vineyards, the winery feels like a world away from the city. And yet it is only 10 minutes drive south of downtown! Those who make the effort to reach the winery will find a small but welcoming tasting room with handcrafted, premium wines.

Play Estate Winery

Without a doubt, Play Estate Winery is one of the most scenic urban wineries in the Okanagan Valley! Situated at the top of a high vineyard slope on the southern side of Penticton, this winery offers gorgeous views of Skaha Lake and surrounding vineyards.

Crescent Hill Winery

Full of puns, funky paintings and something, Crescent Hill Winery is a Penticton winery for people who don’t take life too seriously. This family-owned winery is located just south of town, perched above Skaha Lake Park.

12 of the Best Penticton Wine Tours

Close up of six wine bottles at Kettle Valley Winery, with photographs in background

With more than 50 wineries located within a 20 minute drive of the downtown area, Penticton is an ideal place to go wine touring. Make the most of your experience by taking a Penticton wine tour.

Top 10 Best Things to Do in Penticton: By a Local

A cyclist is riding away from the camera on the downhill dirt KVR path, with fencing on both sides and vineyards beyond. In the background, a calm lake is visible as well as mountainous terrain on the other side

Thanks to the incredible natural beauty in this area, there are SO many things to do in Penticton. But don’t worry if you’re more of an urbanite – there’s plenty for you here as well. This post features more than 70 ideas, including touristy must-dos as well as some awesome off the beaten path activities.

The Best Restaurants in Penticton: By a Local

Two tacos on a silver colored tray at Neighbourhood Brewing. One taco with fried fish, diced tomato and red onion. The other is street yellow corn toped with cheese and cilantro.

For such a relatively small city, Penticton has a surprisingly large and diverse food scene. With such a variety of options, narrowing down the best Penticton restaurants is quite a challenge. But we’ve done the hard work for you!

Penticton River Channel Float: Complete Guide

People floating on inflatable tubes on the Penticton Channel, British Columbia

Floating the Penticton Channel is a summer must do in British Columbia, Canada. The slow, shallow river is the perfect place to relax, listen to music, drink, chat and sunbathe – it is BC’s largest summer party!

Naramata Bench Wine Touring Etiquette and Tips

In the upscale winery tasting room, four people lined up in front of a fancy tasting bar. Behind the bar the Little Engine logo is on a wall made of white painted planks. On each side of the logo three shelves each showcasing a lineup of wines.

Wine tasting should be a fun experience. But unless you’ve spent much time in wine country, you may not realise that there are some unspoken rules about wine tasting etiquette. This post offers a crash course in wine tasting etiquette, alongside some Naramata Bench-specific tips and tricks.