Meyer Family Vineyards: Going Against The Flow

JAK and Janice Meyer arrived in the Okanagan in 2006 with plans to open a small hobby vineyard. Wine industry virgins, they had plenty of passion but no experience. "We needed a couple of years of on-the-job training for us to fully understand what it would take" JAK explained. "I would say 2008 was when we really entered the wine business. Once we saw the quality of wines that could be made in the Okanagan along with how much fun it was to meet people from across Canada and the world that wanted to hear our story - it was easy to make the decision to grow and invest."

When one looks at the long list of accolades that Meyer Family Vineyards has collected it is hard to believe they are the new kids on the block. The Meyers have good reason to be proud of successes like these: Canada's number one Chardonnay for two years running from the National Wine Awards, a string of 90+ rankings from International critics like Steven Spurrier and Jancis Robinson and distribution