Wine and cheese go together like sunshine and sunscreen – you don’t need one with the other but they’re better together. 

So, while touring the Kelowna lakeshore wine trail, you’d be a silly Billy if you didn’t stop in at Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan shop. 

Saunter into the homey tasting room, replete with wood plank floors and country cottage cupboards loaded up with local preserves.  You’ll feel like you’ve gone back to the farm, and you have.  In case you missed it when you walked in, that open barn over yonder houses the goats who’ve generated the milk to make the cheese you’re about to salivate over.

Mosey up to the counter and ask for the full flavour tour. A smiling, youthful farmhand will present you with toothpicks loaded up with cheeses ranging from the soft and mild Heavenly to the downright ornery Goatganzola (blue cheese).  Try the cheddar-like Carmel with a small spoonful of E.G. cherry preserves and check your bags for taste utopia.

If the cheese leaves you hankering for something sweet, sidle over to the gelato section and trade your toothpick for a mini spoon. Sample one of the 24 delish, preservative-free flavours that change regularly.  But trust us, if they have salted carmel, it’s worth a lick. 

Now that you’ve got your cheese in hand, grab the wine, lay out that gingham blanket in the sunshine and unite this match made in heaven.  And if you think these two are better together, wait until you try a sinful threesome with the gelato.