Celista Estate Winery

Celista Estate Winery brings wine touring to the North Shuswap, set on Beguelin Road in the small lakeside community of Celista with sweeping views over Shuswap Lake. The Shuswap is one of BC's emerging cool-climate wine regions, where hardy and aromatic grape varieties thrive in the shorter, intense growing season, and Celista has become one of its established names. The winery produces eight award-winning wines, including its Ortega, the Marg's Rose, an Oak Barrel Reserve Foch and a wine charmingly named Inspired Madness, and its track record speaks for itself: 115 medals earned over fourteen years of national and international competition, with recent silver and bronze finishes continuing the streak. Tastings are offered free of charge, and the tasting room keeps generous hours through the week, giving visitors plenty of opportunity to sample the lineup while taking in the vineyard and lake vistas.

Celista is more than a tasting stop; it has grown into a full North Shuswap destination. The property offers four rental cabins with vineyard and lake views for guests who want to linger, hosts weddings, and runs events including a planned concert series, while an on-site dining partner brings fine food to the property in season. Group wine tours are available by reservation, and the wine store offers online ordering with free delivery on larger orders. For travellers exploring the Shuswap's houseboat waters, beaches and trails, the winery makes a rewarding detour along the north shore road, pairing lake-country scenery with wines you will not find in most BC wine shops. Its combination of relaxed hospitality, decorated wines and genuine off-the-beaten-path character captures what makes the Shuswap wine scene worth discovering, especially for visitors who have already toured the Okanagan and want something quieter and closer to the water.