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Local honey winery bouncing back from not so sweet summer

Fall tourism season

It was a lousy second half of summer for tourism in the Okanagan with the wildfires and smoke turning people away.

But sister co-owners of Meadow Vista Honey Wines in Kelowna, Emily Vanderschee and Electra Logan, are now enjoying something of a 2026 renaissance.

After taking an 80 per cent hit in bookings in August, their business is now recording a fall surge, with scores of visitors on some days.

Leslie, from OV Mornings on OV103.9, checks things out and learns just how bountiful fall can be in the Okanagan.

Published 2026-09-23 by Glenn Hicks

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