8/23/2023 0 Comments Hillside estate![]() The four dark Douglas fir beams that hold up the roof and Upper Patio of our Bistro are the only B.C. Hillside is a timber-frame building with all of its 85,000 board feet of white pine originating from a single stand in northern Saskatchewan (the lumber was milled in a specialty mill just outside of Prince Albert.). The tower and the cellar are connected by a door at their base and by opening the door we can circulate the warm air up and out of the cellar through the tower. It acts as a ventilation shaft that helps to cool the winery cellar in the hot summer months. Not only is the 72 foot tower architecturally stunning, but it is also functional. The building’s style is taken from a gristmill design. It took 2.5 years to build the current winery building which now dominates the view along Naramata Road. Hillside was the first winery designed by architect Robert MacKenzie back in 1997 he later designed others including Burrowing Owl, Red Rooster, Cedar Creek and Nk’mip. Of the sun and reflections off nearby Lake Okanagan. Would be ideal for a vineyard because of the gravelly topsoil on a slope which faced west, catching the direct rays ![]() They had purchased in 1979 on Naramata Road, just north of the city of Penticton, BC. Hillside Estate was started in 1984 when Vera and Bohumir Klockockas began replacing fruit trees with vines in the orchard There she is standing tall on the hillside over looking the Naramata Bench and the Okanagan Lake, Hillside Estate Winery Pride of the Naramata Bench. | Welcome to Robert Bell's Wines of Canada
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