Flourless Dark Chocolate Torte with Cabernet Sauvignon By Melissa Leung Serves: 8 Prep Time: 20 minutes  | Cook Time: 30 minutes |  Resting Time: 1 hour & 5 min | Total Time: 1 hour & 55 minutes Ingredients: ½ cup (4 oz.) high-quality dark chocolate, finely chopped ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature ¾ cup sugar ½ teaspoon sea salt 2 tablespoons Free Form Cabernet Sauvignon 3 large eggs ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Place the oven baking rack in the center of the oven. 2. Butter an 8-inc ..read more

Chocolate Cake with Fortified Cherry Compote Recipe By Melissa Leung Serves: 6 Prep Time: 20 minutes  | Cook Time: 35 minutes |  Chilling Time: 4 hours | Total Time: 4 hours 55 minutes Ingredients: Boiling water, for baking 6 large egg yolks ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar 2 cups heavy whipping cream 3 tablespoons Narrative XC Sparkling Wine ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 12 teaspoons turbinado sugar Raspberries, for garnish Mint leaves, for garnish Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Bring a kettle of water to a boil. Add the egg yolks and granula ..read more

Everything Bagel Smoked Salmon Flatbread with Herbed Cream Cheese Recipe By Melissa Leung Serves: 2 large flatbreads (4-8 people) Ingredients: For the Flatbread: 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon sea salt 1 cup plain Greek yogurt 3 tablespoons Italian parsley, finely chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 6 tablespoons Everything Bagel Seasoning, divided ¼ cup water   For the Toppings: 1 cup hot smoked salmon, flaked ¼ cup capers, rinsed and dried 1 tablespoon Italian parsley, finely chopped 1 tablespoon fresh chives, finely choppe ..read more

This year’s Cornucopia festival includes two drink seminars focusing on BC’s renowned Okanagan Crush Pad (OCP). Guests at the events will learn about OCP’s unique winemaking practices and will taste some fabulous wines along the way. Both events will be hosted by local wine educator DJ Kearney. She’ll share her enthusiasm and expertise on the following topics: Concrete Beliefs: Wood-Free Wines – Saturday, November 12th, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm OCP has one of North America’s largest assemblages of concrete vessels. The concrete tank provides an alternative to the more widely-used wooden barrel, w ..read more

Fall Vegetable Pie This Fall Vegetable Pie celebrates the best produce of autumn. Baked butternut squash is layered with kale, red onions, and feta cheese before being wrapped in a crisp phyllo pastry to create a pie. Serve this warm with a glass of Narrative Chenin Blanc, and you will have a great vegetarian dinner! Purchase Chenin Blanc to Pair Fall Vegetable Pie By Melissa Leung Serves: 6-8 Prep Time: 2 hours  | Cook Time: 1 hour Total Time: 3 hours  Ingredients: For the Chocolate Cake: 2 medium butternut squash, ~3 cups ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 large bunch ka ..read more

Celebrate National Port Wine Day In celebration of National Port Day, we are sharing this delicious Chocolate Cake recipe with a Fortified Cherry Compote. Although all Port comes from Portugal, fortified wine made in the same style is now made across the world, including right here at Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland.  The Narrative Fortified Wine is a combination of Merlot and Syrah fermented in concrete, fortified with our own grape spirits distilled on site, and aged for two years in neutral oak. The wine exudes a rich, lush, almost creamy layered texture with beautiful refreshing a ..read more

July is upon us which means it’s time to get our BBQ’s going! Try this recipe below from Melissa at Season & Serve blog featuring our Free Form Riesling 2019.   Serves: 8 tostadas Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Ingredients: For the Spot Prawns: · 24 spot prawn tails, shells and tails removed · 1 tablespoon olive oil · 2 garlic cloves, finely grated · 1 tablespoon lime zest, finely grated · 1 teaspoon chili powder · ½ teaspoon dried oregano · ½ teaspoon salt · ½ teaspoon ground black pepper   For the Tomato-Avocado Salsa: · 1 cup tomatoes, seeds ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2022   Okanagan Crush Pad is the first Canadian winery to join International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA)   [Summerland, BC] Summerland’s Okanagan Crush Pad Winery is pleased to announce that it is the first Canadian winery to join the International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA). IWCA is open to any winery, from any country, and employs a three-tiered membership system that allows a diversity of wineries to join. Okanagan Crush Pad has been accepted as an applicant member having committed to an ISO-14064 audited baseline gr ..read more

Among changes, the appointment of Darryl Brooker as CEO In Short Seasoned veteran Darryl Brooker returns to the industry he is passionate about to lead dynamic growth plans set in motion by Okanagan Crush Pad founders Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie. Coletta and Lornie view the appointment of Brooker as an important piece of their succession planning.   In addition to overseeing the senior management team, Brooker’s key focus will be facility expansions and to build out the founders’ vision for Garnet Valley Ranch, a 320-acre organic vineyard and farm.   OCP has also partnere ..read more

  Photo By: Deborah Murray, Year in Wine Every year on March 3rd, National Mulled Wine Day (#NationalMulledWineDay) is celebrated in honour of the last stretch of the cooler months. What is mulled wine, you ask? Mulled Wine is a warmed, spiced wine drink drunk during the cooler days with friends and family. You can make it your own however you’d like by changing or adding different ingredients, but we’ve got a recipe for you to try out using Okanagan Crush Pad’s Narrative Non-Fiction Red Blend 2017! Narrative Non-Fiction Red Blend 2017 Any red wine that is medium to full-bodied will wor ..read more