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From left, Chris Wyse, president; Jim Wyse, founder and proprietor; Midge Wyse, coproprietor; Kerri Wyse-McNolty, vice-president of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery in Okanagan, B.C.

Developer stumbled across abandoned B.C. vineyard, sparking family business

Like her dad, Burrowing Owl Estate Winery’s Kerri McNolty started out in a different industry, but she and her siblings took the reins and never stopped learning

August 29, 2023
Family Business

Doug and Karen Whitty are the co-owners and proprietors of 13th Street Winery in Niagara, Ont.

13th Street Winery in Niagara run by third generation of Whittys

Whitty Farms, established in 1908 by Whitty’s grandparents, focused on grape and fruit production

August 9, 2023
Family Business

Markus Frind: “On the Internet, everything moves at light speed; when building buildings or developing land, everything takes and is measured in terms of, years, not days.”

Markus Frind: From Plenty Of Fish to plenty of grapes

When the British Columbia entrepreneur sold his dating site, one of his next ventures was creating Frind Estate Winery, returning to his family’s farming roots

June 1, 2023
Family Business

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