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Blue Grouse Estate Winery is one of Vancouver Island’s oldest vineyards. This family-owned winery, located slightly off the Island Highway at Duncan, boasts ideal growing conditions.
Berries don’t come any fresher than when hand-picked or bought directly from a farm. And berry picking with your kids is way more fun than work, given such farms often provide wagon rides, picnic areas and refreshments.
Everyone seems to have their own idea about what “sustainability” means. In the agriculture world, do not assume that sustainable is always organic, or that organic is always sustainable.
