South Okanagan family wins wine industry recognition award
Global News
The Wyse family of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery won the Canadian wine industry’s award of distinction for their many years of work.
Wine growers from across the nation gathered in the Okanagan for the industry’s annual recognition awards on Tuesday night.
Among the winners at the event held in Penticton, B.C., was the Wyse family, owner/operators of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery in Oliver.
The family won the Canadian wine industry’s Award of Distinction for their many years of work.
According to the organizers, the award “is regarded as the highest form of peer recognition in the Canadian wine industry.”
“The Wyse family’s unwavering focus on premium quality wines, along with their pioneering commitment to the environment, has made an enduring mark on the BC wine industry,” said Wine Growers Canada president and CEO Dan Paszkowski.
“The dedication of three generations of their family to an innovative, energy-efficient winery, a culinary and wine tourism destination and to the conservation of the burrowing owl, their winery namesake, leaves a huge legacy on the wider wine industry in British Columbia and across Canada.”
Family member Chris Wyse told Global News that the award is “really a testament to my parents who started the business in in the 1990s with a dream to bring to the Okanagan, a hospitality concept, and ultra-premium wines.
“I think it’s recognition of their success and their achievements.”