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Two years ago, we decided to vinify the Chardonnay from our own Upper Bench Vineyard separately, producing another wine for our exclusive ‘Estate Grown’ series.  As many of you will know, …

We are incredibly proud and honoured to announce that our 2019 Riesling has been awarded the highest honour possible at this year’s British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Wine Awards: Wine of …

We have just released our 2018 Zweigelt to the public. For those of you who don’t know Zweigelt, it is a lighter red which is naturally low in tannins and histamines …

The sale on our wildly popular Merlot ends tomorrow, June 30th at midnight. This is your last chance to purchase this incredible wine at $20 before it goes back to its regular …

The wait is finally over… Our 2019 Rosé is now ready to be released. This year’s is, as always, dry, fruit-forward and made from 100% Merlot grown on the Naramata Bench. Nose: wild …

As the days warm up and the sun begins to shine after the strangest of winters, we are very much enjoying this time in the vineyard. There is an abundance of …

As we are now getting settled into this “new normal”, we at Upper Bench have noticed that a lot more people are finding us and ordering our products online. From …

We at Upper Bench understand that many of our valuable customers will not want to be out and about in public and that some of you may even be self-quarantining …

We have a new change for 2019 that we wanted to share with you: Further to some health and safety concerns and after considerable consultation with our liquor inspector, we have decided to operate the The Oven at Upper Bench as a wine bar. As a result, we are now licensed as a Liquor Primary establishment and therefore are unable to accommodate minors on our patio.

We have partnered with Okanagan Wine Club again this year and are offering an epic collection of wine. This pack includes our brand new (pre-release) 2018 Riesling, 2017 Chardonnay, 2015 …