Okanagan Cideries for Apple Season

Cider from the orchard outside the door

• Creek & Gully Cider (Penticton): Naramata Bench cider made from certified-organic apples grown right outside the tasting room. Take a flight of crisp, dry ciders onto the orchard patio and look out over the trees they came from.
• Orchard Hill Estate Cidery (Osoyoos): One of BC's original estate cideries, pouring apple ciders from its own South Okanagan orchards on the highway between Oliver and Osoyoos. Open seasonally, mid-May through October.
• Tony's Craft Cidery (Coldstream): Small-batch ciders on a cozy tasting-room porch, out among 50 acres of apple and cherry trees in Lavington. Pair a flight with something from the seasonal menu. It's an easy, scenic detour on the road from Vernon to Lumby.
• Rose Hill Orchard & Cidery (Lake Country): Pick your own cherries, peaches or apples, then trade the bucket for a cider flight under the trees. A working orchard with a farm shop and picnic tables.
• NOMAD Cider (Summerland): A small farm-to-glass cidery on Bottleneck Drive making low-intervention ciders from fresh-pressed Okanagan apples and pears. Its wild-fermented ciders take cues from England, France, Spain, Germany and Quebec, and the picnic area under the walnut trees looks out to Giant's Head Mountain.

Cider with a proper meal

• Cambium Cider Co (Vernon): An orchard cidery paired with a genuine restaurant, so a quick stop can turn into a full afternoon. Order beyond a flight, because the kitchen is worth exploring too. Dogs aren't allowed inside or on the patio, but leashed dogs are welcome at a few picnic tables in the orchard.
• Farmstrong Cider Company (Armstrong): A menu that changes often, wood-fired pizzas reviewers call standout, and board games at the table for anyone who wants to linger.
• Upside Cidery (Kelowna): A big, lively cidery with lawn and upstairs patio seating, wood-fired pizza and real non-alcoholic options.
• Ricardo's at Soma (Kelowna): Chef Ricardo's Italian-leaning plates with Soma's craft ciders on an orchard patio in southeast Kelowna. A relaxed spot to linger over a flight and a shared board. Open seasonally, Thursday to Sunday.

Bring the kids (and the dog)

• Folktale Cider (Lake Country): A trampoline, zipline, chicken coop and cider-and-wine slushies. A rare cider stop where kids have as much to do as the adults.
• Millionaires' Row Cider Co. (Summerland): A family-run cidery on a historic orchard, with a picnic area, board games and apple slushies for the kids.
• Truck 59 Ciderhouse (West Kelowna): An orchard cidery with a family-and-dog-friendly main lawn, lawn games and a separate adults-only lounge.
• Summerland Heritage Cider Company (Summerland): A "bark board" built for visiting dogs, and complimentary slushies for the humans.
• Scenic Road Cider Co. (Kelowna): An award-winning cidery in a 100-year-old heritage building, with a picnic area where you can bring your own food to go with the tastings.

Small-batch and something different

• Dominion Cider Co. (Summerland): Dry, fruit-forward bottles, plus custom-label cans for events. A cidery for people who want something beyond the standard sweet apple can.
• Shuswap Cider Company (Enderby): A small craft cidery run by two women on a farm beside the Shuswap River. The ciders use BC apples plus fruit and botanicals from the farm and the Shuswap area, poured as flights and on tap, with a dog-friendly patio.
• Liber Farms & Winery (Osoyoos): A small winery just off Highway 97 with a beautiful patio and homemade apple juice and cider.
• The View Winery & Vineyard (West Kelowna): A smaller winery with its own on-site cidery, so you can try cider alongside the wine, and live music on the patio.

Let someone else drive, or taste at the market

• Top Cat Tours (Penticton): Running since 2001, with daily shared and private tours and door-to-door pickup. Options include beer, cider and distillery tours. Season: March to November.
• Signature Connections (formerly Kelowna Concierge) (Kelowna): A long-running tour and shuttle company whose "Sip and Sample" tour takes in craft breweries, distilleries and cideries.
• Pedego Electric Bikes Oyama (Lake Country): E-bike rentals from Gatzke's Farm Market, right beside the Okanagan Rail Trail between Wood and Kalamalka lakes. Partner tours pair a ride with wine or cider tastings; riders must be 16 and up.
• Penticton Farmers' Market (Penticton): Every Saturday morning from mid-April to the end of October on the 100 block of Main Street. Among more than 90 vendors, local wineries, cideries and breweries offer samples.

Quick picks

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