Robert Van Western is a third-generation fruit grower in British Columbia, Canada, who, like many other orchardists in the Okanagan Valley, has succumbed to the lure of the vineyard. “We had mainly apples and cherries on our farm, then we switched 15 acres over to grapes in 1999 and started making wine in 2003,” said Van Western, who produces wine in the village of Naramata under the Van Western Vineyards label. Van Western, like other residents of the tiny community on the shore of Okanagan Lake, is discovering that agritourism, commonly touted in British Columbia as both the future and […]