La Frenz Winery

Beautiful sit down wine tasting on the patio overlooking the vineyard. One of us tried the reserve whites and the other the portfolio tasting. Our faves were the Vivant and the Chardonnay (we usually don’t like Chardonnay but this was delish). Our host was super knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the wine making process. Thanks for having us and for all the bonus pours!

Im so sad to say this but La Frenz was not very friendly this time around. I felt very discouraged and profiled. We didnt come dressed up. The front desk lady was serving two ladies who came before us and offered them to do wine tasting at the front area or in the outdoor patio where it may rain. They were eventually given a table in the sheltered patio. To us they said there were reservations before us but we were not even offered the same options. We would have been fine tasting wine at the front area but instead she shot us away saying us standing there would make the staff feel "overwhelmed" and told us to come back another day. Its strange because looking online there was availability at 3:45 for a tasting when we were there roughly around 3:15. With a heavy heart I will have to find a new brand of wine because of that disappointing experience. We came for a another case but was asked to leave before being able to even make a purchase. No options were given to us but to leave...

Ended up with some of the port. It's worth the stop just for the port. They had lollipops for the kids and we had free run of the toilet which was nice. KAREN was very sweet and helpful with the tasting.

La Frenz Apparently, the best winery in Naramata is not located on the main road. It doesn’t feature a massive architectural wonder or a spectacular view (though said view is nothing to be ashamed of). On the surface, one would assume La Frenz to be a second stringer, not a first pick draft for the team…or however, that jargon works; I don’t do sports. We had visited La Frenz originally on our second day in Penticton, the last winery before continuing our wine journey in Kelowna. Over seven days, my girlfriend and I visited sixty wineries and brought back 120 bottles. Several were from La Frenz, and although I enjoyed the experience, we weren’t initially planning a revisit on our second wine tour with friends only a few weeks ago. And then La Frenz won a boatload of awards from some international competition, cleaning house so-to-speak, proving once again that Canadian (and more specifically Okanagan) wineries are not to be trifled with. It also proved irrefutably that quality vineyards are migrating slowly north to track the onslaught of man-made climate change. Nearly all the victors either came from the Okanagan or Columbia Valley in Washington State. La Frenz is not particularly attractive from the onset. You turn in from an off-road and follow a path fringed by vineyards until reaching the inclined parking lot. At the base of the hill is the less attractive production building while the tasting room sits at the end of the short path marked by flowers and gates. Inside is a rather unremarkable and snug tasting room dominated by a single rectangular bar. The artwork on the wall is spectacular. This leaves the tasting experience, another high point given the quality of the wine. If you don’t want to cram you or/and your group into this space, you can decide to go outside and have a personalized tasting experience, which few wineries offer. Despite the appeal, we elected for the standard tasting. Returning to those awards, the irony is that most of their traditional wines didn’t impress me. They weren’t bad; I am just a weirdo that likes ports, liqueurs, and ice-wines. There was one exception, the Malbec, which remains unopened in my cellar. I also own the tawny fortified and a pair of liqueur muscats. Both bottles are extremely pleasant and not very expensive. I’ll admit that on our second trip only a few weeks ago, we added La Frenz on the docket based purely on their recent recognition. We don’t regret it; the experience matched the quality of the last, and I can see making such a visit a tradition. Is such acknowledgment justified? I don’t have the refined palette or experience to counter such the acknowledgment. Within Naramata, it’s near the top, but over the entire Okanagan, I can’t personally agree. Personally, there are wineries in Osoyoos with better bottles. But this is not a competition, and La Frenz is a great winery nonetheless, accolades or not.

I can't even to express how good their Alexandria white wine is, go ahead and buy it by the case!!! I'm also a big fan of the Aster Brut, dry with full of crisp fruit flavour. This vineyard is aesthetically pleasing, with vine growing up the lattice on their patio overlooking countless vineyards and the lake.

Had another great tasting experience here. The wines are delicious, but the tasting "room" really is spectacular. Outdoors with phenomenal views, and extremely friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Went here for a wine tasting. They have a tasting fee if you don't buy a bottle. They have a very nice property and a very nice building. It's smaller then many but upscale. Wine is about 30 bucks a bottle for red. They have a outdoor patio which has an amazing view. The wine itself is amazing. White and Reds are great. No food service. The staff are well trained and very professional. This place is higher end but caters to all experience levels of wine lovers. Defiantly come here.

We had a reservation but it took a few minutes to get a table, enjoyed eventually sitting in the sun with that beautiful view. Not the best customer service/knowledgeable/friendly staff. The port was delicious and I loved the whites, but not the nicest tasting we've been to.