I first heard about the Blasted Church winery when I read an article about it on the internet. It was all about how they wanted to create some history for themselves so they found an old church somewhere, put it on rollers and shipped it to their estate, located by Okanagan Falls on a bench above Skaha lake. I think the church blew up or it had blown up in the past anyway hence the name.
>Three years ago on our first trip to the Okanagan wineries, we rode our bicycles from Kaleden to Okanagan Falls. First we rode out to the Wild Goose and Stags Hollow wineries. After tasting their wine and probably buying a bottle or two, which we stowed in our panniers, we set off for Blasted Church. Their driveway was a killer hill. By the time we arrived I was thirsty and ravenous. We did a quick taste of the wine then got a glass of something white and cold to take out on to their deck. The deck is built at the top of the hill. The vineyards spread out below, rows and rows of green vines with back hoses threaded along and through each. We ate our lunch and sipped the wine looking at this view.
The other day I found Blasted Church wine for sale in the Government liquor store. Immediately I was taken back to that holiday. I'm definitely going back to the liquor store for more.
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The guy who put together the Blasted Church marketing campaign used to be my boss, so I have some background. The name isn't because the small church in question was actually destroyed, but because when people moved it from one place to another, they used a bit of dynamite to loosen the nails in the wood.
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