Mission Hill Family Estate

By Anthony Gismondi and David Lawrason

The Okanagan hilltop winery with the stunning vistas has returned to the top of the heap once again at the 2025 WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada. It first happened when Mission Hill Family Estate took Winery of the Year honours at the inaugural awards in 2001 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Twenty-five years later, they ...more

Laughing Stock Vineyards

By NWAC judge HJ Cha

^{HJ (Huijeong) Cha is a certified Sommelier and WSET Diploma holder pursuing her wine studies as a Master of Wine candidate. She is a reviewer and contributer at Gismondi On Wine.}

The title of this year’s Best Performing Small Winery went to Laughing Stock Vineyards, with standout results: two Platinum, three Gold, one Silver, and two Bronze medals. 

Announcing the Results from the 2025 National Wine Awards of Canada

The 2025 Nationals took place in Penticton from June 21st to 25th. Today, we are pleased to announce the Platinum Medal winners. Category results will be rolling out throughout the rest of July, concluding with the Winery of the Year announcement on August 1st. We hope that you will stay tuned to follow the results!