Evolve Cellars

Honestly not best winery among others. I didnt have a great impression of service rather than great views and fancy building. Priced in higher side 20-30 comparing to other wineries 12-30$. Service was a bit judgemental, just because somebody might not be a wine person it doesn't mean a bottle of wine wouldnt be taken back home. Samplers were the smallest throug all the 18 wineries in summerland, almost impossible to taste the wine cuz was blending with left over wine in a glass. Yet two of us were charged 5$ for tasting not even 1/5 worth of wine glass after the wine purchase. Most of wineries would not charge for sampling at all, or will wave even if it's three person tasting but one purchased wine. Not in this case No prior note about tasting fee, no wine prices list on the counter rather on the shelving nor wine description sheet rather than given by the lady serving tasters. 5$ per person unless each person buys a bottle Not recommending

When my sister and my family signed on with this winery and product, never did we expect such incompetence and lack of professionalism that was shown to us. We trusted Evolve Cellars with one of the most important days of my sister's life. However, my sister was in tears yesterday morning after finding out she no longer had a wedding venue at Evolve Cellars in Summerland, BC. What’s worse, is that she found out about it after reading it in the news online! There was no phone call, no voicemail left, and no email. They didn't have the decency, the professional judgement, nor the honour to reach out right away and let us know that their locations were changing. My sister had to contact the company herself to confirm this news. Then, my sister had to call the hotel she had booked for her wedding to let them know. To our shock, the hotel knew about the venue closure before we did! How was the hotel informed before my sister?! Unbelievable! In addition, I posted a comment/review on Evolve Cellars’ Instagram page. The comment included my feelings about my sister not being notified before this announcement of their new location was made on social media and the news. Instead, their social media rep deleted my Instagram comment to try and save face. The rep then messaged me directly and told me she was deleting my comment and that all the brides had been notified. This was a blatant lie as my sister was not notified and completely blindsided. Clearly, this company is more concerned with their image and reputation than their customers! They showed no remorse and refused to take accountability for their actions. The company’s event coordinator finally reached out to my sister via email almost two days later to officially apologize and offer up some form of compensation. But, only after my friends and family posted comments and reviews online. Now, Evolve Cellars is trying to say that their team is in contact with my sister to try and help her. But, all they did was give her a name of a wedding planner with no affiliation to their company. Upper management has still yet to comment or reach out to my sister. All in all, this whole situation could have been completely avoided by one simple phone call or email notifying my sister that the venue was closing down. Instead, this has turned into an incredibly painful and stressful experience for my sister. I wouldn’t want any other brides to have to go through this ordeal. Do not support this company.

The location was beautiful and the wine was good but my experience dealing with Evolve Cellars/Encore Vineyards has been horrible to say the least. I booked my wedding with them and to my surprise found out my wedding was cancelled via the internet because they are no longer renewing their lease in Summerland. The news of their new Penticton location was posted on Castenet, Facebook, and Instagram for over 24 hours and I never received a call or email to tell me the venue and all the amenities that came with it were no longer available. I had to call Evolve Cellars Winery event coordinator to confirm the awful news. I was completely blindsided. Now I am left scrambling and forced to plan a wedding from scratch. All I expected from the company was the common courtesy to be notified of their closure with a sincere apology before going public. I have recently found out there are more couples that were not notified of their closure. To my knowledge the company gave no warning or compensation to their customers, they just redirected them to wedding planner (not affiliated with Encore) to fix their mess. Encore Vineyards has to be the most heartless and unprofessional company in Penticton. I’d like to see a public apology to all the brides and grooms they screwed over.

Great location, great wine! The $8/person for tasting, when you spend time and $ to get there, is not... Most wineries on the Golden Mile (Osoyoos to Oliver) rarely charge anything for tasting. If they do, it is waived if any ONE of the group buys a bottle. This “business model” of trying to make a buck of the other spouse, or friend, who didn’t buy a bottle, is definitely counter productive to attracting business. Lastly, no one else charges a “bottle fee” when having THEIR wine at THEIR location....

My sister-in-law booked her wedding venue with them. They closed down the winery and did not Inform my sister-in-law. She had to find out about it ONLINE! Then backtracked to say they did contact her. Why would a bride to be even make this up? Especially when she had to call them to find out what was going on and the response was "you were on my list to call". They never apologized but instead deleted the review that my wife (related to my sister-in-law) wrote. They essentially treated her like a liar by saying all the brides were contacted. They then tried to say they had a team working with my sister-in-law. What team? She had to call to confirm the news herself. She then had to call a wedding planner not affiliated with Evolve cellars and had to track the phone number down herself. Offering a case of wine, hoping what? She'd drink the problem away? When we posted our comments and reviews, a friend who also booked their wedding with Evolve found out through our posts! But wait. Didn't they say they contacted everyone? Incompetence at it's finest. Now the budget will be different for a new location...and the best part is...THE INVITATIONS WERE ALREADY SENT OUT with their venue listed. Do not support this winery. So many other wineries in the Okanagan. You should be ashamed of how you treat your clients. Devolved Cellars should be the new name.

We held our wedding at Evolve this August and they were outstanding! The winery is absolutely beautiful! We had a long table dinner in front of the winery, dancing on one patio and lounging on the other. The ceremony was held at the bottom of the vineyard where the lake views are spectacular! Kerri-Ann was amazing in helping us set the whole event up and everything ran without a hitch. The food was delicious and the wines were perfect! Thank you so much to Kerri-Ann and Christa Lee for what our friends and family say was the best wedding they had ever been to.

Amazing view and setting at the winery, right in front of the lake and the rolling hills, with the vineyards right next to you. Picknic areas with the perfect setting to enjoy some of their wines, which are also great.

I would consider this a modern winery. It's not vintage feeling like you would think. But this is not a bad thing. This reminds me of a summer beach house winery and setting. If you come just to sit on the massive patio and see the views you will be wowed. They are very focused on sparkling and whites which they do very good. Red wine lovers won't enjoy this winery as they only had 3 wines total. Overall good experience especially on a nice hot sunny day.