When a devastating cold snap hit the Okanagan in 2024, we made the decision NOT to buy grapes from elsewhere to make a 2024 vintage. When we moved to Summerland in 2007, our dream was to make organic Okanagan wine. To maintain the integrity of that vision, we chose to forgo one year's harvest and wine production. Instead, we have expanded the experiences offered to our guests in 2025 and beyond: we have fully licensed the SummerGate patio, serving local beer and cider alongside our wine by the glass (while it lasts); as well as establishing the SummerGate property as a venue for weddings and special events.
We started SummerGate Winery in 2009. Right from the start it has been about the creation of premium wines using estate-grown grapes. We use natural techniques such as reduced crop yield, special canopy and vineyard management practices, and working – as nature intended – without petro-chemical pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers, to ensure the production of high quality fruit. Hand-harvested and gently pressed, our wines are slowly fermented in small batch stainless steel tanks. The result is an amazingly fresh, crisp, fruit-forward wine series. To find out more, check out our videos. We invite you to come taste for yourself!

Specializing in white wines, we also produce rosé, Pinot Noir, and frizzante-style wines.

We are truly a family-run winery with our six kids involved: in the vineyard, the wineshop, and in the kitchen. You will likely see them at work when you visit our wineshop and patio in Summerland, BC.

- Mike and Gillian Stohler

Owners, SummerGate Winery

11612 Morrow Ave. Summerland, BC

250-583-997