A tour of the tastes of B.C.'s Okanagan

All together, British Columbia can claim 229 grape growers, 88 wineries, 10 fruit cideries and one meadery, spread across the province from Vancouver Island to Lake Okanagan. The growth in the sheer number of vineyards and wineries is startling; but more important, dramatic leaps in quality are tagging right along behind.

Wine Tasting Bike Trip

Welcome to the best of two worlds: mountain biking along the historic Kettle Valley Railway, or KVR trail, in the province's scenic interior for part of the day, then wine tasting in the afternoon at some of the finest Okanagan wineries along the trail.

The 600-mile-long trail, part of the coast-to-coast Trans-Canada Trail, runs along a 100-year-old abandoned rail grade in British Columbia's dry southern interior, winding west from Midway in the southeast, near the Washington border, all the way to Hope, about two hours east of Vancouver.