Pioneering Winery Releases Inaugural Vintage

Is Lillooet the next major wine-producing region in British Columbia?

Fort Berens Estate Winery in Lillooet, British Columbia

Once settled by the Hudson’s Bay Company as an outpost for gold prospectors in the 1850s, Lillooet, British Columbia is now striking gold as a wine producing region. The area’s first winery and vineyard, Fort Berens Estate Winery, has released its premier vintage made with estate fruit to critical acclaim.