This past Christmas I received a fantastic and original gift from my parents; I am now the proud owner of a row of Malbec grapes for a year. The Adopt-a-Row program through Red Rooster Winery in Naramata invites the “vineyard ownership dreamers” to get a small taste of what it takes to care for 50 or so vines.
Red Rooster invites the proud parents up twice during the year, first during the spring to learn the ins and outs of pruning and secondly, for the fall harvest where everyone gets their hands dirty followed by a lunch prepared by one of the top local chefs. With the membership, twelve bottles of wine, six red and six white are sent to be enjoyed and to dream of your grapes’ potential. The best part of this gift; I have an excuse to go away for two weekends and can say that I own property in the Naramata Bench.

Kimberlee Alexander