 | 60% of all BC premium wines (VQA) are
grown within the Oliver postal code. |
 | 20% of all Canadian premium wines (VQA)
are grown within the Oliver postal code. |
 | Twenty one wineries are located within the Oliver postal
code area, more than any other single area in Canada |
 | More than 4500 acres, and area four times the size
of Vancouver's Stanley park, of premium grape vines are cultivated in
Oliver. |
 | 12,000,000 bottles of wine are made from the 18,000
tons of premium wine grapes produced annually. No place in Canada
produces more! |
 | 22% (52) of the independent grape growers in BC are
located in Oliver. |
 | Oliver's climate is consistently the best suited in
Canada for grape production. Optimum heat units ripen grapes, low
rainfall means less grape disease and milder winters cause less winter kill
of vines. |
 | Oliver grown grapes consistently win more awards for
Canadian wineries than grapes grown in any other place. |