Naramata Bench winemaker Tait's tipping point led to a life among the vines

Val Tait, general manager and winemaker at Bench 1775 on the Naramata Bench.
A glass of wine played a pivotal role in Val Tait’s route to becoming winemaker and general manager of Bench 1775.
At the time, she was studying plant biochemistry and molecular genetics at Simon Fraser University and working at the Summerland Research and Development Centre. That was when she discovered she didn’t like working in a lab.
What she did like was going to Okanagan wineries and collecting grape v