Blasted Church Vineyards

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Blasted Church Vineyards
Location Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada
Appellation Okanagan Valley
Founded 2002
first Vintage 2002
Key people Evelyn & Chris Campbell (Proprietors), Richard Kanazawa (Winemaker), Lisa Walbold (Vineyard Manager)
Parent company Privately Owned
Cases/yr 10,000
Known for Merlot & Pinot Gris
Varietals Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris
Other product Gift Shop
Website http://www.blastedchurch.com
Tasting Open to the public

Blasted Church Vineyards, located in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia is a Canadian Winery. Situated in the heart of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, Blasted Church produces over 10,000 cases of wine per year. Blasted Church’s tasting room is open 7 days per week between May 1 and October 31. The balance of the year, it is open on Saturday.

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[edit] History

In 2002, Proprietors Evelyn & Chris Campbell bought the 2 year old 17-hectare Prpich Hills Winery on the road between Okanagan Falls and Penticton. The property once housed a wooden church. In 1929, the church was dismantled, via a controlled dynamite explosion which loosened the nails, and reassembled in the center of Okanagan Falls where it now stands. The transformation or Prpich Hills in Blasted Church started with creative label redesigns by Vancouver designer Bernie Hadley-Beauregard of Brandever.[1]

In 2004, Blasted Church became the first Okanagan vintners to produce all of their wines with screw-top bottle caps.[2]

[edit] Winemaker

Blasted Church's first winemaker, Frank Supernak, died unexpectedly during the first harvest, prompting many other local vintners to assist the Campbell family in completing the production of finished wine. The images of these winemakers now adorn the bottle labels at Blasted Church[3] The current winemaker is Langley, British Columbia native Richard Kanazawa who developed his viticulture skills at Australia's | Simon Gilbert Wines.

Blasted Church bottles in the Tasting Room
Blasted Church bottles in the Tasting Room


[edit] Awards

Chardonnay Revered Series

  • Gold - Canadian Wine Awards 2006

Merlot Revered Series

  • Bronze - OWFS Fall 2006

The Dam Flood

  • Silver - OWFS Fall 2006

Pinot Noir

  • Bronze - Canadian Wine Awards 2004

Cabernet Merlot

  • Gold - All Canadian Wine Championships 2006

Merlot

  • Gold - OWFS Fall 2006
  • Gold - All Canadian Wine Championships 2004
  • Silver - LA County Fair 2006

Pinot Blanc

  • Bronze - Canadian Wine Awards 2003

Hatfield's Fuse Best of Category - All Canadian Wine Championships 2005

Gewurztraminer

  • Gold - All Canadian Wine Championships 2006

Chardonnay Musque

  • Gold - All Canadian Wine Championships 2005

Pinot Gris

  • Gold - All Canadian Wine Championships 2005

Sauvignon Blanc

  • Silver - All Canadian Wine Championships 2006


[edit] External Links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Wineries of British Columbia" by John Schreiner, pp. 34-35.
  2. ^ "British Columbia Wine Country" by John Schreiner, p. 192
  3. ^ "British Columbia Wine Country" by John Schreiner, p. 192