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Nichol Vineyard and Estate Winery, Naramata, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
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Nichol Vineyard & Estate Winery—premium hand crafted wines since 1993
Wine has always played a large part in Ross Hackworth's life. His earliest summer memories are of times spent on outings into Napa-St. Helena wine country. These family outings brought him to the Okanagan Valley. While visiting relatives there, he and his family fell in love with the area and were soon part of the Naramata Bench.
Ross worked on the family orchard until graduation, then went to business school and spent the next 16 years in international business. It was during his travels that his passion for the fine wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy and the Alsace regions began to grow.
In 2001, Ross began the transition back to the Bench and the rest, as they say, is history. Through a fortuitous meeting, Ross became aware that Nichol Vineyard owners, Alex and Kathleen Nichol, might be interested in selling their estate winery. In 2004, an agreement was reached to transition the operation and ownership of the winery. During the next couple of years, Ross expanded his knowledge of wine making under the watchful eye of Alex Nichol. Together they worked on the 2003 to 2005 vintages. Ross also spent long hours with Kathleen Nichol and learned the specific viticulture requirements for managing a premier site. Transition to full owner operator was completed in February of 2006.
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