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Sagewood Estate Winery
The Firts commercial winery in Kamloops British Columbia Sagewood Estate winery is co-owner by the husband and wife team of Shelley Thompson and Doug Wood. They purchased the property in 2005.
Photo by Wine Trails.Kamloops is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, whose district offices are based here. The surrounding region is sometimes referred to as the Thompson Country. Kamloops is about 170 Km north west of Kelowna.
The winemaker. vineyard manger and everything else is Doug Woods. Dough has planted 17 different grape varieties in the vineyard. Prior to making wines Dough was a doctor. Shelly runs the tasting room and will delight you with her stories.
We are committed to environmentally conscious practices in our vineyard and winery. We take a whole vineyard/whole winery approach to sustainability. This includes vineyard landscaping, irrigation practices and labour practices. Our low-impact viticultural practices includes drip-fed irrigation.
We take an organic approach to our vineyard management that includes mulching and composting of our grape skins once harvest and the crush occurs. Our integrated pest management involves barrier methods such as high-level deer fencing to decrease conflict with our local wildlife (deer, bear, mountain sheep etc). We rely on netting to deter birds in our vineyard. Our wines are delivered to retail outlets via our electric vehicle. Doug and I believe that sustainable winegrowing reaches from soil to shelf.
589 Meadow Lark Road, Kamloops
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