Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fseptember-1st-2018-canadian-winery-of-the-year-road-13%2F&linkname=September%201st%2C%202018%20%E2%80%93%20Canadian%20Winery%20of%20the%20year-%20Road%2013%21" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fseptember-1st-2018-canadian-winery-of-the-year-road-13%2F&linkname=September%201st%2C%202018%20%E2%80%93%20Canadian%20Winery%20of%20the%20year-%20Road%2013%21" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fseptember-1st-2018-canadian-winery-of-the-year-road-13%2F&title=September%201st%2C%202018%20%E2%80%93%20Canadian%20Winery%20of%20the%20year-%20Road%2013%21"></a><br> Welcoming The Winners Guests include Road 13, Fitzpatrick and Township7<br> <br> Every year in Canada Wine Align, the toughest wine competition in the country, announces its list of winners.<br> This week We welcome The Winners.<br> <br> After being a top 10 winery for many years Road 13 has finally found the #1 position.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In 2018, over 1800 wines from 257 wineries were in competition for the National Wine Awards. Judging were 22 of the very best tasters in the country.<br> <br> After winning 15 individual awards including a rare Platinum for their Roussanne Road 13 were given the coveted title Canadian Winery of the Year. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> I found managing partner and son of founders Mick and Pam Luckhurst , Joseph Luckhurst in the barrel room and cellar recently. Still enjoying the glow of the awards we talked about The Golden Mile, the dirt, what effect this may have on their wines and winery and why they made the decision to make Rhone style wines.<br> <br> Congratulations to winemaker Jeff Del Nin, his team in the Vineyards and in the q, the tasting room staff, growers, distributors, marketing and media teams,.<br> Enjoy the ride while we enjoy the wines.<br> <a href="http://www.road13vineyards.com">www.road13vineyards.com</a><br> <a href="http://www.winealign.com">www.winealign.com</a><br> <br> The other segment of the same competition that interests me is Top 10 Small Wineries. (annual production of 10,000 cases or under)<br> Ontario’s Two Sisters and Hidden Bench were 1&2.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Third was BC’s Fitzpatrick Family Wines who won 5 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze to become this years #3 Small Winery in Canada and #1 Small Winery in B.C. <br> Gordon Fitzpatrick is well known to Canadian wine fans.<br> <br> <br> In 1986 his family started Cedar Creek Estate Winery and 8 years later they bought Greata Ranch located on the main highway between Peachland and Summerland.<br> <br> In 2014 Cedar Creek was sold to the Von Mandl Family and Gordon made serious plans for Greata Ranch, which has been somewhat forgotten over the years.<br> <br> A mere 4 years later Fitzpatrick Family Wines have become a destination for fresh whites and a serious house of bubble.<br> I found Gordon on the back deck overlooking the Chardonnay and Pinot Vineyards and Okanagan Lake.<br> <br> Congratulations again to the complete team that helped to create a rising star in Canadian Wine.<br> <a href="http://www.fitzwine.com">www.fitzwine.com</a><br> <br> <br>
