Road 13 Vineyards

Specialties

The wine making philosophy is to grow great fruit in the vineyard, maintain this fruit character through careful steps in the wine making, and finally, to perfect the texture of the mouthfeel of the wine with the use (or not) of barrels and fining.

Great wines are grown in the vineyard, period. Grapes brought in from the vineyard at a certain level of quality cannot be made into a higher quality wine. Thus, we use good growing practices and low cropping yields to ensure that the vines and fruits receive the correct amount of sunshine, water and nutrients to put them in a position to make great wine.

History

Established in 2003.

The site was originally operated by a partnership between three field engineers who were kicked out of Russia by the communists after the revolution. After irrigation canal water became available in the early 1920s, they planted tree fruits and ground crops.

The property was sold in a derelict state to Hungarian Arpad Pallay in 1961. Arpad planted apples, cherries and ground crops. He was the first farmer in the lower valley to circumvent the growers’ co-​op and took his fruit direct to Vancouver.

Peter and Helga Serwo purchased the winery site in 1985. Coming to the Okanagan Valley in the late 1960s from Germany, and were responsible for a good chunk of the early Golden Mile plantings including the original Tinhorn Creek site. Pam and Mick Luckhurst purchased the land in 2003, when Peter and Helga wanted to slow down after 50 years of viticulture

Meet the Business Owner

Mick L.

Business Owner

Mick was born in Port Alberni, BC, in 1950. His background includes lumber trading, the building supply business, construction and development.

Mick now spends 90 percent of his time in the vineyard in pursuit of the perfect grapes. He continually studies farming philosophies, watering strategies and ways to control the vigorous growth our vines enjoy in the Road 13 Vineyards. His latest reading includes biodynamic, organic and sustainable farming. If you like to chat about the vineyard he’s your man — never at a loss for words, he’ll make sure you leave with a good understanding of our grape growing process and hopefully a few bottles of wine as well.

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