Cherry Point Estate Wines
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On the south east side of Vancouver Island is a pastoral setting of rolling green fertile hills and majestic softwood rainforests: the Cowichan Valley. Mediterranean growing seasons and mild maritime winters make it the most important agricultural area on Vancouver Island. This is British Columbia’s newest wine-growing region.
The vineyard at Cherry Point was established in 1990 when
the founders purchased 34 acres on a former mink ranch a few
miles south of Cowichan Bay. Grape growing was new on Vancouver Island.
The vineyard was planted with grape varieties suited to the island’s soil and
climate and soon Cherry Point Estate Wines became one of the first licensed
wineries on Vancouver Island.
The vineyard is planted on a glacial moraine, a gravel and stony hill, rich in minerals on top of the surrounding clay soils. South facing slopes provide ideal drainage and solar exposure. A large pond catches the winter rain as it runs down the vineyard’s sloping hills and the mineral enriched water is judiciously irrigated back onto the vines.
