Oliver winery receives highest honour at Canadian Wine Industry Awards

Oliver's Burrowing Owl Estate Winery took home the Canadian Wine Industry Award of Distinction during the 2024 Wine Industry Awards ceremony last night. Wine growers from across the country gathered in Penticton for the 2024 Wine Industry Awards Tuesday, March 12, to recognize workers and vineyards of the industry, according to a wine growers release. The Wyse family from the Burrowing Owl Estate Winery from Oliver was recognized with the Canadian Wine Industry Award of Distinction. "The Wyse family's unwavering focus on premium quality wines, along with their pioneering commitment to the environment, has made an enduring mark on the BC wine industry," Dan Paskowski, Wine Growers Canada's president and CEO, said in the release. "The dedication of three generations of their family to an innovative, energy efficient winery, a culinary and wine tourism destination and to the conservation of the burrowing owl, their winery namesake, leaves a huge legacy on the wider wine industry in British Columbia and across Canada." The award serves to recognize outstanding leadership, commitment and passion for the development and growth of the Canadian wine industry and is seen as the highest form of peer recognition in the industry. To contact a reporter for this story, email Gabrielle Adams mailto:gadams@infonews.ca  or call (438) 830-1211 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .