Donald and Elaine Triggs opened their new Culmina Family Estate Winery in Oliver, B.C. The winery is designed for gravity-flow winemaking and is situated on 100 acres, of which 56 are planted with Bordeaux-variety vines as well as Chardonnay, Riesling and what the owners say is the first Grüner Veltliner to be planted in the Okanagan Valley. Donald Triggs founded the wine company Vincor, which Constellation Brands Inc. acquired in 2006 for $1.2 billion (Canadian).