{"id":24088,"date":"2019-07-26T16:13:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T16:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=24088"},"modified":"2019-07-27T16:45:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T16:45:55","slug":"okanagan-4-martins-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/canada\/okanagan-4-martins-lane","title":{"rendered":"Okanagan (4) Martins Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shane Munn, Martins Lane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martins Lane is a stunning high-end winery in the Okanagan Valley that focuses solely on making single-vineyard wines from Riesling and Pinot Noir from the north of the region. When I first visited the region in 2014, the winery was an enormous hole in the ground. It\u2019s right next door to Cedar Creek in East Kelowna, and both wineries are part of the empire of Anthony von Mandl, who began in the Okanagan with Mission Hill, which is visible across the lake in West Kelowna. Mandl added Cedar Creek, then Martins Lane, and most recently Checkmate Winery in the south of the Okanagan, which specializes in Chardonnay and Merlot.<\/p>\n

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Martin\u2019s Lane defined boutique. The six-level gravity flow winery is quite breath-taking, and currently produces just 2000 cases. Plans are to grow it to 10-12 000 cases, solely made up of super-premium wines. Winemaking is in the hands of Shane Munn, who hails from New Zealand (he did a long spell with Millton in Gisborne). Shane moved out with his family in 2014, for the debut vintage. The winery opened its doors to visitors in 2016.<\/p>\n

Here’s a short video interview with Shane:<\/p>\n

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