Kelowna named Canada’s first UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, with Westbank First Nation

The City of Kelowna, Westbank First Nation and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO announced the designation.

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From fruit boxes built in a family shed to a lumber group with more than 1,000 people.

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The Stewart family planted its first vines here in 1961 and opened the winery in 1989.

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An estate winery above Okanagan Lake, bought by Anthony von Mandl in 1981.