Reviews of Desert Hills Estate Winery (Winery)

Thomas Cybucki

Lovely family run estate that has been growing grapes for 25 years. Very friendly staff, and you get to try A LOT of wines. Most places, you are able to try 3-5 wines, here we tasted everything (7-8) wines. May have been a couple more if they didn't sell out of a couple. We left with their rose and port. The Rose is a nice light patio sipper. When you try the port, they have you take a sip, then try a little dark chocolate, then finish your glass. We bought it for that reason, it pairs well and the chocolate really brings out the flavour of the wine.

Beatriz Graetzer

Fantastic winery, great wines and the friendliest and nicest staff! Wonderful experience! Completely worth the stop if you're in the area! Also #3 winery in BC! Highly recommend!

Alex Lord

Great presentation and great wine!

Matt Scaife

Great winery. Lovely staff. Good wine. Ask about the port.

Onur Kurtiç

Fantastic wines. There is something for pretty much every palette here and their service is outstanding too.

Peter May

Incredibly nice staff. They offered us filtered water even before we bought any wine. And were just wonderfully friendly in general. I would return again.

anoop randhawa

Great experience and service from the proprietors

Charles Bilash

Food is amazing here at the Bistro!! Great Rose!! Staff seems so happy to look after everyone. A must stop here.

Sarah Symons

This was a beautiful, friendly atmosphere for a winery. The staff were fun, all of the wines were great, and I loved that they had a dog around. We got pakoras from the adjoining bistro and they were the best I've had! We come from Abbotsford where Indian food can be found on every corner, but I still think these were 5/5 ⭐. This is definitely a must-visit for the area.

Markus Akert

Interesting story from grower to wine maker. Definitely worth a visit. It is a smaller tasting room, nice owners, good wine.

Shelly Pereira

white wines are the best !!

Spencer Watson

Incredible wines and friendly staff. I don't often buy wines when I do tastings but their Malbec and Port were amazing and I bought two of each

Jeff Golby

I can’t say enough good about this vineyard.

John Connor

Amazing selection of reds and whites!! Don't miss out on the Port!!

Chris Ang

Amazing service fantastic wines! This was our favorite stop on our trip!

Ray Bozzer

Great wine. Friendly, knowledgeable staff. If you want to get the full experience, listen to the staff explain the wines and how they are made. Looking forward to returning very soon.

Micol

The best wine of the okanagan!

Peter Kinsella

Snobby

Paige Bogaerts

The winery is very nice and the wine selection is good! Several were unavailable when we arrived but the ones I tried were good although not outstanding.

Mark Karstad

The food is great!

Miguel Márquez

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Eliecer Marchante

Great selection of wines and knowledgeable staff.

Holly Moore

Really friendly, and comfortable areas to sit and enjoy your wine.

Neil Cobb

The Toor family are Golden Mile winemaking pioneers and we never miss a chance to drop in to re-stock. Tucker loves the cool floor in the Black Sage Bench summer swelter!

chinmak

Large tasting room with U-shaped wine tasting counter. The lady serving the wine was friendly and willing to chat. The gamay and port that I wanted to try were both sold out. Left the winery empty-handed. The whites and reds that were available for tasting at the time of visit were nice, just not to my taste. It's very thoughtful of the winery that the proceeds of their tasting fee will go to the poor in India.

Patricia Gonzalez

Some very good options. Each tasting has 6 wines to try. My husband and I tried 12 total and was hard to decide which one to get!

Stuart Smith

Visit and wine all great thanks. Seems I accidentally posted a 4 star review before we actually visited!

Livyan Syu

Not bad

Terry Vandament

Friendly staff great wine.

Cathy Puskas

This is a fantastic winery! Their reds are superb and their port is delicious. I'm looking forward to visiting them again!

Josh Lyver

Delightful,knowledgeable staff and wine tasting experience..excellent wine flavours..a must stop and visit on your okanagan wine tasting experience!!

Elizabeth Dunning

I highly recommend stopping here! The wine is fantastic and the service is wonderful. We had such a great experience and really enjoyed the atmosphere!

Chris Neufeld

Exceptional wine at reasonable prices. Staff is really friendly and knowledgeable.

Chris Dias

My girlfriend and I were on vacation through Okanagan wine country. Over six days, we visited sixty wineries. You can follow our various locations with this disclaimer. That’s sixty wineries, not an exaggeration. What’s the biggest lesson to take back from it? For one, don’t feel pressured to buy wine from every winery, because you end up trying to squeeze almost a hundred bottles into a tiny Nissan versa note. Once you include the boxes we had shipped, it ended up being 120 bottles. Now that the Wines of BC department of Save On is found basically across the province, there is no reason to purchase outside of those unique bottles found only at the wineries. We don’t regret our purchases; they just made transportation rather difficult. I will admit not having much expectations from Desert Hills. I had never heard of it before the pre-planning stage of our wine trip. By the end of our visit, it was the only winery we had secured a wine subscription from. That says something. It helped that Desert Hills was the only with subscription option we found appealing. It also helped that the wines being offered were all amazing. But back to the location, Desert Hills appears quite reserved, with only its picturesque vineyards to add any grandiosity. Tanned ceramic roof tiles are the only mark of pageantry amongst the concrete yards and garage doors. Inside, you are welcomed by an immense tasting room and a very large and lethargic dog that only moved only stealthily position itself in such a way as to trip people when they weren’t looking. The memorable host greeted us and proceed to blow us away with his charisma and knowledge of winemaking. A consummate salesman, he expertly poured, swirled, and extoled the virtues of his collection. We swallowed everything, words and wine. The gamay was amazing, the unoaked chardonnay was sublime, and the port sold me with the first smell. Ordering a box would have been an easy sell by that point, especially considering it included free shipping with only a six-bottle minimum. However, the aspect of the wine club I liked the most was that we could adjust our order before it gets shipped out—you’re not stuck with what they decide to send you. No one else on our journey pitched it so well. Desert Hills was the last one we visited on our first day, and I’m happy to report we weren’t getting bored of the experience. When asked which wineries I loved the most on my journey, I admit coming back to Silver Sage with my girlfriend stating Kraze Legz. But we both agree that Desert Hills falls in the top five, as well as the one we often return to when praising the entire region. It doesn’t have a winery built to resemble a wild west saloon; it doesn’t have bell towers or guided tours riding the back of pack mules. It has good wine with good service; what more can one ask for?

Nancy W

Excellent wine and service!!!????

Andrew Goodbrand

Highly recommend! Great service, great wine, great food, and very family friendly.

Sarah

This is my family's favourite winery to visit in this area. The white wines here are fabulous, and they have a really amazing charcuterie board. The Ursa Major chardonnay is our all-time favorite.

Ian MacMillan

Beautiful spot in the South Okanagan desert

Christophe Bernard

Great tasting experience, nice and knowledgeable staff and very nice Syrahs and Meritages

Lloyd Rickard

First trip to Desert Hills. ..first of many to come. Jessie is a friend from many years ago. My wife loves the wine and the staff was exceptionally helpful. Highly recommend the winery. And apparently a restaurant will be added next year. Can't wait.

Ann McLellan

wanted to take Ali (the dog) home. Left with a full case of wine -- wasn't enough. Their reds were to die for!!

Tradene Marie

great wines and a lovely tasting experience!!

Sandeep Dhaliwal

Located on the infamous black sage bench with panoramic views of the golden mile. This winery has an amazing bistro that’s open from 11am to 6 pm. Very friendly & knowledgeable staff

Jas Toor

Great Selection of Award winning Wines! Amazing service. And Wine Club has awesome deals. Can't wait for the Restuarant to open.

Brad Roulston

Very friendly owner and good tasting wine. Would recommend this as a stop on your trip

DrBluffer99

Excellent Wines!! Friendly and knowledgeable staff (and dog). HIGHLY Recommend this place on your wine tour if you're in the area.

Heather Quinn

Amazing wines, a few were sold out but of what was left the Sauv Blanc was amazingly good for whites and the Gamay and Cab Franc were pretty exceptional for reds. Loved their energy at this winery, could tell they love what they do

Krista Hull

Yummy reds

Maxime Girard

The tasting room manager was very awesome. The wine are very goods as well. One of the best wineries i've visited that day if not the best.

Toni Fielding

I love Desert Hill Estate. I have been coming back for years. The owner, the staff and their dog is always a pleasure to see. Very welcoming. I know there are a ton of wineries, but Desert Hills I my favorite.

Chris Cameron

Fantastic selection of wines and super friendly atmosphere and service!

Rebecca White

Great people and wines! Make this a stop while you’re in the area, you’ll make sure you’re back the next time! Thanks Paul, great to see you!

Kevin Hunt

Wine was pretty good but the tasting experience was not as professional as some of the other wineries

Shawn Mc

Kelsey was the best with wine.. she was also so friendly & welcoming

Jennifer Russell

Amazing wines and terrific hospitality from Adam!

Hilary Robertson

Fabulous and the charcuterie platter was delicious.

Paul Gill

Great line up ????????

Jas Chahal

Best Wine tasting experience

Mike Syms

Some great wine and very friendly staff.