Jack Manser – Larch Hills Winery

Jack Manser worked as a district forestry manager in his native Switzerland before immigrating to Canada in 1992. Facing a scarcity of jobs in his chosen profession, he opted to buy a dairy and grain farm in Alberta. “It is the logical choice for someone like me who grew up on a mixed farm in Switzerland,” he says. When his marriage foundered, necessitating sale of the farm, he bought Larch Hills Winery with his new wife,...

Shuswap wine region

Between Armstrong and Enderby, a line separates the Okanagan Valley, part of the Columbia River system, from the Shuswap region, which lies in the Thompson/Fraser watershed. Just south of the divide, Edge of the Earth Vineyards, nestled in a peaceful hollow along Deep Creek, is close enough to include in a Shuswap wine tour. The southwest-facing, 1.2-hectare estate vineyard “acts like a heat sink, drinking up the sun,”...