Elephant Island Winery

Elephant Island Winery is one of the Naramata Bench's most distinctive stops, a family farm operation that has been turning Okanagan fruit into seriously crafted wine since 1999. While most of its neighbours focus solely on grapes, Elephant Island built its name on fruit wines made with the same care and technique as fine grape wine, and today the portfolio spans traditional grape wines, reserve bottlings, low-alcohol fruit wines and ciders made under the Naramata Cider Co label, which the family launched in 2017 as a further commitment to keeping the agricultural landscape diverse. The winemaking philosophy is hands-on and sustainable: all wines and ciders are made with low-intervention, living fermentation techniques, using fruit from the family's own orchards or from partner farmers whose growing practices they trust. Visitors will find the winery at 2730 Aikins Loop in Naramata, in the heart of the bench's patchwork of orchards and vineyards above Okanagan Lake. The Acorn tasting room operates seasonally with daily summer hours, welcoming walk-ins as well as group bookings, and the relaxed garden setting has long made this a favourite picnic-style stop on Naramata wine tours. Beyond tastings, the winery offers a wine club, seasonal events, and even an orchard treehouse rental for guests who want to extend their farm stay overnight. For wine tourists, Elephant Island offers a genuinely different tasting flight: alongside classic grape wines, you can sample the fruit wines and ciders that reflect the Okanagan's deep orchard heritage, the crops that covered the bench long before vineyards took over. It is a stop that rewards the curious, and a reminder that Naramata's bounty extends well beyond Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir.