• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Food & Wine Trails Magazine

BC's most thorough wine touring guide

  • Columns
    • Grape Expectations
    • Editor’s Note
    • Naramata Blend
    • Confessions from the Vineyard
  • Features
  • Events
    • Submit an Event
  • Winery Regions
    • Creston
    • Kaleden
    • Kamloops
    • Kelowna
    • Lake Country
    • Lower Mainland
    • Naramata
    • Okanagan Falls
    • Okanagan North
    • Oliver
    • Osoyoos
    • Penticton
    • Similkameen
    • Summerland
    • Vancouver Island
    • West Kelowna
  • Maps
    • Thompson Okanagan/Similkameen
  • Recipes
  • Editions
  • Media Kit
  • Advertise
  • About Us
    • Subscribe
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Spirit Ridge Resort: History in the Making

Lesley Buxton · June 28, 2018 ·

At Spirit Ridge Resort there’s beauty everywhere: the dramatic views of Osoyoos Lake, the ancient mountains, the Sonoran Desert, the verdure of the vineyards enfolding the resort. Look around and it’s easy to understand why the ancestors of the Osoyoos Indian Band considered this area to have curative properties. The landscape here is magical. You can feel the stress of daily life disappearing.

The Okanagan people have lived here in the South Okanagan for thousands of years. Come and learn about their amazing history at the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre situated in the heart of the resort. Nk’Mip (pronounced in-ka-meep) means “bottomland” in English and refers to being located at the southern end of the Osoyoos reservation. The state-of-the-art interpretive centre is housed in an architectural wonder built into the side of a hill. It features hands-on displays, outdoor galleries and education stations designed to highlight the rich living culture of its people.

Relax at the Spa

Once you’ve explored to your heart’s content, relax at the Solterra Desert Spa where the emphasis is on promoting balance and life-long health. It offers an array of therapies, including deep tissue treatments, relaxing scalp-massage, pedicures and everybody’s favourite — hot stone massage.

Taste Award-Winning Wines

Afterwards, wander over to the Nk’Mip Cellars. Not only is this the first Aboriginal-owned winery in Canada, it is also one of the oldest and largest wineries in the Okanagan. Their exceptional wines are known for displaying the complexities of the area’s unique terroir.

Over the years, they’ve been awarded several medals, including those from the Decanter World Wine Awards, All Canadian Wine Championships and the Okanagan Wine Festival Best of Varietal Awards. In 2016, they were the InterVin Canadian Winery of the Year.

Visit the tasting room to try a selection and find out for yourself why wine connoisseurs can’t stop talking about the genius of senior winemaker Randy Picton and winemaker and Osoyoos Indian Band member Justin Hall.

Enjoy Art and Food

Later, hang out and admire the venue’s original artwork. Many of the pieces depict aspects of Okanagan mythology and culture. If you’re hungry, grab a bite at the Patio Restaurant. The delicious food here reflects the agricultural bounty of the region and is prepared using traditional Aboriginal techniques.

Wish Upon a Star

At nightfall, find a seat outside and enjoy the stars. Artificial light pollution is limited in Osoyoos so it’s a great place to sit back and watch for shooting stars. Better yet, dream about your return here. After all, one trip is simply not enough. People have been returning here for millennia.

Comments

comments

Filed Under: Osoyoos

Reader Interactions

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Celebrate every day of the week at Black Hills Estate Winery
  • Recipe: White Bean Sumac Spread
  • Recipe: Sunflower Seed Romesco
  • On the Cover
  • From the Editor

Categories

  • About
  • Armstrong
  • Armstrong Salmon Arm
  • BC
  • Blog
  • Columns
  • Confessions from the Vineyard
  • Creston
  • e-Edition
  • Eat, Drink, Tweet
  • Editor's Note
  • Events
  • Features
  • Gulf Islands
  • Kaleden
  • Kamloops
  • Kelowna
  • Lake Country
  • Lower Mainland
  • Maps
  • Naramata
  • Naramata Blend
  • News
  • Okanagan Falls
  • Okanagan North
  • Oliver
  • On The Cover
  • Osoyoos
  • Peachland
  • Penticton
  • Recipes
  • Salmon Arm
  • Shuswap
  • Similkameen
  • Summerland
  • Tappen
  • Tappen
  • Uncategorized
  • Vancouver
  • Vancouver Island
  • Vernon
  • West Kelowna
  • Wine Regions

B.C. Food & Wine Trails Magazine

B.C.'s most comprehensive winery guide. Meet the people behind the labels as well as the great chefs in the Okanagan and keep up to date with their seasonal news. Event listings and photos will allow you to celebrate with us in wine country style!


BC Food & Wine Trails Magazine
2495 Enterprise Way
Kelowna, BC V1X 7K2
ph: 250.492.3636
email: ads@winetrails.ca

Footer

Winery Regions

  • Creston
  • Kaleden
  • Kelowna
  • Naramata
  • Okanagan Falls
  • Okanagan North

 

  • Oliver
  • Penticton
  • Similkameen
  • Summerland
  • Vancouver Island
  • West Kelowna

Advertise with Us

Food & Wine Trails Magazine is BC’s most thorough wine touring guide, winery source and portal into life inside BC wine country. Food & Wine Trails introduces YOU and YOUR business to a huge range of readers - from destination tourists, wine lovers and buyers to a local reader base interested in keeping up with the latest and greatest seasonal news from wine country. Our purpose and focus is to direct customers TO your door. Let us tell your story. Learn more...

Copyright © 2023 · Daily Dish Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in