Okanogan Estate & Vineyards is a hidden treasure located in Oroville, Washington. Oroville is a turn-of-the-century gold mining town in the Okanogan Valley, five miles south of British Columbia, Canada. In 1938 the local fruit cooperative, United Growers, needed a name for their fruit label.

The origin of Oroville’s name stems from the Spanish word for gold, “Oro”, so the innovative growers thought “Gold Digger” would be an appropriate name for their label. In later years the company changed their name to Gold Digger Apples, Inc. The company is still a cooperative owned by the local fruit growers. In 1999, Gold Digger Apples planted its first Vineyards and in 2000 they started the winery formally known as Gold Digger Cellars. In 2003 Gold Digger Cellars changed their name to Okanogan Estate & Vineyards to better connect their wine with the unique growing region of the Okanogan Valley.

Okanogan Estate & Vineyards is a small winery dedicated to producing handcrafted quality wines. From years of experience growing premium fruit in the Okanogan Valley region, we take pride in our local vineyards where 100% of our grapes are grown. We carefully monitor them to ensure the quality of our grapes and the development of their flavor and complexity through progressive growing practices, mixed with a hot, arid, desert-like growing climate.

We hand pick all of our grapes adding to the premium quality of our wine. Okanogan Estate is committed to producing wines with unique flavors and characteristics of the region.