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Wineries

Culmina Family Estate Winery

Culmina Family Estate Winery grows grapes at Oliver, in the Golden Mile Bench sub-appellation of British Columbia. It dates its founding to 2009.

Where it sits

Culmina Family Estate Winery is at Oliver, and its fruit falls inside Golden Mile Bench, nested within Okanagan Valley, one of the recognised growing areas of British Columbia. What a geographic claim means on a label differs by province — the Canadian wineries page sets out how.

What it grows

The winery works with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Grüner Veltliner.

Where a grape has a page here, it covers how that variety behaves in Canadian conditions: the heat it needs to ripen, the Brix it reaches, and where it is planted.

Vineyard area: 43 individual micro blocks averaging only 1.25 acres in size.

Visiting

tasting room

Also in British Columbia: Daydreamer Wines, Fort Berens Estate Winery. The full list is on the British Columbia page.

What we hold on this winery

LocationOliver
ProvinceBritish Columbia
AppellationOkanagan Valley
Sub-appellationGolden Mile Bench
Founded2009
Vineyard area43 individual micro blocks averaging only 1.25 acres in size
VarietiesCabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Grüner Veltliner

Compiled from the winery's own website (source), checked October 2026. Corrections welcome.