A family winery
A Family Estate on the Bench
Three Benches Winery farms 22 acres above Okanagan Lake, making about 4,000 cases a year from its own vineyard.
The winemaker
Harvests Abroad, Roots at Home
The owners’ daughter is the winemaker at Three Benches Winery. After eight years working harvests in Burgundy and Central Otago, she returned to the family estate.
Grown on the Bench
Farming the Bench, Making Each Case
The winery makes about 4,000 cases a year from its estate vineyard. The vines are farmed without herbicides, with sheep grazing the rows in spring.
How we farm and make wine
Estate vineyard
Wines made from the winery’s own 22-acre vineyard.
Without herbicides
The estate is farmed without herbicides.
Spring grazing
Sheep graze the vineyard rows in spring.