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Maple Leaf Spirits Bring Home More Awards From The Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition


We’ve had another fantastic year at the CASC awards! This year Gold Medal Awards for Brandy or Eau De Vie went to our Kirsch, Lady of the Cask, and Pear Williams! While a Gold Medal Award for Liqueurs went to our Cherry Liqueur.

View the full results.


BC’s Spirits of the Day – Maple Leaf Spirits – Pear Williams

Shocked that this one hasn’t been on the show before, I love my aromatic fruit brandies and Maple Leaf Spirits make some of the best in the province. This pear brandy transports you to a pear orchard in springtime, a complex mix of pear leaves, bark, blossoms, and finally the fruit. Read more.


2020 Growth & Development Excellence Finalist – Maple Leaf Spirits

Congratulations! Maple Leaf Spirits Inc a finalist for the 2020 Growth & Development Excellence Award sponsored by BDO Canada LLP. Anette and Jorg celebrated at The Nest with friends.

Watch our award entry video


Maple Leaf Spirits Wins Second Best Distillery At The Best Of The South Okanagan Awards

Congratulations to our friends at The Dubh Glas Distillery in Oliver, for taking home the first place award.

View the results on page Z6.


Peach Liqueur Tasting with Mama Needs A Drink

We were visited recently by Jessica Kawer from Mama Needs A Drink. Take a look at her tasting our Peach Liqueur.


‘Spirit’ual immigrant journey

Jorg and his wife Anette are the proud owners of Maple Leaf Spirits on the Naramata Bench, but their road to becoming pioneers in the Okanagan distilling world began with a backpacking trip in British Columbia when both were young. Read more.


Great recognition at the 8th annual Sip Northwest’s Best of the Northwest


At the 8th annual Sip Northwest’s Best of the Northwest Spirits Competition  our products again showed their outstanding quality:

Double Gold went again to our wine brandy “Lady of the Cask“, distilled in 2010.

Silver in the category of dessert liqueur went to our 2019 Maple Liqueur

Judge’s Pick in the category of Brandy went to our Skinny Pinot Noir (Grappa-style distilled in 2006)


Penticton’s Maple Leaf Spirits continue to win multiple medals


Maple Leaf Spirits, located on the Naramata Bench near Penticton, is once again a multiple medal winner at several prestigious competitions and is ready to welcome guests to its refreshed facility, which includes expanded production facilities.

Read more.


Cruising the KVR to Maple Leaf Spirits with Hoodoo Adventures

What’s your next adventure in Penticton? This article from Joanne Blaine in The Toronto Star recommends the Hoodoo Adventure Company Spirited Brews Cruise, which includes a glorious bike ride along the Kettle Valley Rail Trail, with stops at Maple Leaf Spirits Inc, Old Order Distilling Company, Bad Tattoo Brewing and Cannery Brewing.

Watch this video:   Cycling above Naramata with Hoodoo Adventure Co.’s Spirited Brews Cruise


The Penticton Elixir

Cocktail Pro Jon from Craft Corner Kitchen in Penticton created The Penticton Elixir cocktail, which is published in the Vancouver Sun.

He used local ingredients from Cannery Brewing Darkling Oatmeal Stout, Old Order Black Goat Vodka, Maple Leaf Spirits Maple Liqueur, and Roch’s Saint Q Real Maple syrup.

Try the recipe for yourself!


Penticton’s Maple Leaf Spirits scores multiple medals in international competition

Naramata Bench distiller wins two double-golds, gold, silver awards at the Sip Northwest Best of the Northwest Spirits Competition:

Pear Williams:     Double Gold in the category of Best Specialty Spirit
Lady of the Cask: Double Gold in the category of Best Brandy
Maple Liqueur:     Gold in the category of Best Dessert Liqueur
Cherry Liqueur:    Silver in the category of Best Fruit Liqueur

Read the full article!


Maple Leaf Spirits Turns Fallen Fruit Into Liqueur – The Alchemist magazine:

Food Writer, Anya Levykh, visited our tasting room this summer. See what she wrote about our craft distillery!

Tutti Frutti: One of Western Canada’s oldest distilleries is producing spirits made from sun-ripened fruits. A story sure to raise your spirits and inspire the purchase of a liqueur or two! 

Thank you, Anya!


B.C. Distilleries Make The Most Of Okanagan’s Orchards

Thank you to Carol Pucci for visiting our distillery in September! Thank you for this very well-researched article in the Seattle Times: about Okanagan craft distilleries!


Awakening Spirits overlooking the Naramata Bench

Enjoy daily special treats inspired by European traditions and try new recipes. The boutique-style tasting room is overlooking the beautiful Naramata Bench. Come and visit us for the Okanagan Wine Festivals September 29 – October 8, 2016

https://www.thewinefestivals.com/events/view_event/1196

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Deutsche Auswanderer brennen Schnaps in Kanada

Elisabeth Konstantinidis, TV-Redaktion Flying Media from Germany, visited Penticton in September 2015 for the GoMedia Conference. She published this video about our craft distillery:

http://www.flyingmedia.de/news/reisecontent-deutsche-auswanderer-brennen-schnaps-in-kanada.html

It is in German, of course. Es ist auf Deutsch, natürlich.


The Spirit of Helping

We admire the work of Andrew Drouin and the volunteers of the South Okanagan Trail Alliance. It is an honor for us to support them with the donations collected in our tasting room in July 2015. Keep up the good work towards more year-round outdoor recreation and trails around Penticton?

Please read more here!


Penticton distillery’s spirits awakened

There is no denying the quality of the liqueurs and other distilled products produced by Maple Leaf Spirits, though up to now, there was only one place you could purchase them.

Read more here.


Article in Spiegel Online Reise

2001 kam Jörg Engel aus Deutschland als Schreiner nach Kanada. Als er damals durch die Obstplantagen ging und das ganze Fallobst sah, blutete dem Schwaben das Herz. “Ich habe mich gefragt, warum es hier keine Schnapsbrennerei gibt”, erzählt er. Engel importierte eine Brennereianlage aus Eislingen an der Fils, gründete Maple Leaf Spirit und beantragte eine staatliche Lizenz.

Auswandern nach Kanada: Deutscher Wein und Schnaps in British Columbia


Maple Leaf Spirits on AhornTV

Mass Abedi interviews Maple Lea Spirit’s Anette Engel on Ahorn TV.

Watch the episode in German.


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