Quails' Gate Winery

Quails’ Gate Winery is a Canadian Winery located on the shore of Okanagan Lake in Westbank, British Columbia. Situated in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, Quails’ Gate produces over 50,000 cases of wine per year. Quails’ Gate are best known for their Family Reserve Pinot noir and Chardonnay. Quails' Gate's Wineshop and Old Vines Restaurant are open daily, year round to the public.[1]

Quails' Gate Winery
LocationWestbank, British Columbia, Canada
AppellationOkanagan Valley
Founded1956
First vintage1989
Key peopleTony Stewart (CEO), Brad Bennett (Chairman) & Ross Baker (Winemaker)
Parent companyPrivately Owned
Cases/yr50,000
Known forStewart Family Reserve Pinot noir
VarietalsPinot noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Old Vines Foch, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Pinot blanc, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Chenin blanc, Rose (Gamay noir), Riesling Icewine, Optima
Other productsRestaurant, Wineshop
DistributionRegional, restaurants & wine club only
TastingOpen to public & special events
Websitewww.quailsgate.com

History
The entrance of Quails’ Gate Winery

Quails’ Gate was founded by the Stewarts, one of the Okanagan’s pioneer horticultural families. Richard John Stewart arrived in the Okanagan Valley from County Kildare, Ireland in 1908. He and his 2 brothers purchased several parcels of land and established nurseries. In 1956, his son Richard Stewart acquired the Allison Ranch on which the winery now sits and started planting vines along with fruit orchards. His son Ben, a banker by trade started working at Quails’ Gate in the 1980s. In 1989, the family abandoned the orchards and focused the properties on producing wine, relaunching the business as Quails’ Gate Estate Winery. In 1992, Richards' other son, Tony, left his career as a stockbroker to return to the family business.[2] Tony now runs the business still privately held by the Stewart family.

References
  1. "Quails' Gate Estate Winery - Okanagan Valley". wine.appellationamerica.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1552856038 John Schreiner p.268
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