River Stone is a small, family owned and operated winery located in the South Okanagan. We are on a small knoll in the middle of the valley, just south of the well recognized McIntyre Bluff and just north of Oliver, BC, the Wine Capital of Canada. The winery building and our home is surrounded by our hand-tended vineyard. When we moved to the Okanagan we chose this site for its superb grape-growing qualities and planted the vineyard with a Bordeaux-style blend in mind. As our name suggests, our unique site has deep, homogeneous rock and gravel soils laid down following the last glacial recession. This rock retains the heat of long, sunlit summer days into fall's cool nights and allow us to grow five red Bordeaux varietals very well. These are Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Malbec and Petit Verdot. Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer thrive in the cooler edges of the property. Our long imagined and carefully planned blend now exists and we call it Corner Stone. Our philosophies are "Savour the Journey" and "Little steps toward the big picture".Life has challenges, but that is what makes it interesting.We have been working the dream for 10 years now and while we have been busy we have also been lucky. We are now ready to share with you our quality wines, beautiful location and enthusiasm for wine and life.
