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often described as having melon, lychee, and pine- have such diversity in grapes. Down south, we
apple notes with a subtle hint of ginger spice. find Syrahs in Oliver that are similar to jammy
Australian ones, while we have more of the
GM: Tell us about the Okanagan Valley and Northern Rhone French style up North.
British Columbia.
G.M: Can you give us a sense of the terroir in
MS: It’s really stunning. Sometimes it’s easy to get Summerland?
used to all that we have here. I just returned from
Chile where it’s an entirely different kind of beauty, M.S: Dirty Laundry has approximately 100 acres
but coming home you realize how lucky we are to of vineyards, with a new vineyard in Prairie Valley.
live here. There are sandy volcanic soils, many on rolling
hills and silt-rich slopes. We see a variety of vine
It’s truly an incredible place. I love that we direction, north, south, and west facing. The valley

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