About us

Discover Wines opened July 2003 was the vision of two entrepreneurs, Suzanne Mick and Tracy Gray, with combined 30 years of experience in the wine industry. Tracy and Suzanne have extreme passion for BC wines Discover Wines is the number one VQA Store in the Province of British Columbia. They were the first Specialty Wine Store to provide a designated Wine Tasting Counter. The store also includes an 11 foot wall map of the wineries of British Columbia. Exceptional service and highly qualified staff is the core of their business belief.

Discover Wines offers a great opportunity to one-stop-shop the best of British Columbia, while right in the heart of the Okanagan Valley. Convenience and selection are seriously fabulous. Upwards of 500 BC wines are featured.
Where else can you sample wine while you shop? Different  wine varieties are offered daily. The Tasting Counter is always open. Staff encourage hands on experiences such as trying wine gadgets and tasting in wine specific glassware.

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The owners of Discover Wines, Tracy Gray and Suzanne Mick are the proud recipients of the 2006 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award in the Deloitte Start Up 3-5 years Category!

Suzanne and Tracy attended an awards gala in Toronto on November 21, 2006 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  1000 people attended the prestigious event.  Each category award recipient was presented with a Tiffany & Co. 18-karat gold brooch that was designed "to embody the values of successful entrepreneurship, conveying energy and purpose, along with a sense of continual renewal.  It was intended to be timeless, genuinely original, and to have national and historical resonance."

There are only 80 women in Canada who have received these awards. There was an extensive 5 month selection process.  For further information see
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=9bd08e88-4a73-49ec-894f-ce03fc319416
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Discover Wines wins the Business Excellence Rising Star award 2005! 
This annual event is co-sponsored by the Business Development Bank of Canada, the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and Petraroia, Langford, Rush LLP.  "We share this award with our entire Team.  We really have to thank our team, our husbands for their understanding in long hours, our fabulous customers and suppliers and the Women's Enterprise Centre for believing in us and financing our loan.", say Tracy Gray and Suzanne Mick.  Congratulations have been pouring in.  "This is a prestigious honour and I am sure you and all those associated with your company are very proud.  Kelowna and indeed British Columbia have exceptional people and entrepreneurial spirit second to none." , Honourable Rick Thorpe Minister of Small Business. 

Further acknowledgements of Discover Wines include:

*BC Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 for Exceptional Product and Service Knowledge
*Runner-up 2004 Western Diversification Award for New Emerging Business
*100 Reasons to do Business in the Okanagan, Economic Development Commission
*Rated as one of the top Wine Retailers in British Columbia by EAT Magazine
*Rated as one of the top wine retailers in Canada by the national magazine, Wine Access
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Discover Wines Donates $300 to BC Breast Cancer Foundation from Sales of Riedel Pink O's!
Riedel Crystal created Pink stemless wine glasses as a fundraiser for Living Beyond Breast Cancer Foundation, USA.  Discover Wines wanted to donate further proceeds themselves to a local foundation on behalf Shari-Anne Martin and Lorrie Zander, breast cancer warriors and friends of Discover Wines.  __________________________________________

Industry Comes Together To Support Well-Known Colleague.
Paul Clark has been working in the BC Wine Industry (and most recently for Discover Wines) as an educator and salesperson for 20 years.  Earlier this year, his 13 year old daughter, Meaghan, was diagnosed with bone cancer and is being treated at Children's Hospital in Vancouver.  Paul has been staying at Ronald McDonald House while his wife Kelly Ann became the sole bread winner and remains in Kelowna caring for their youngest child, Strachan.  Two amazing women, Katie Fletcher and Bonnie-Lee Hansen spearheaded a fundraiser for their family on May 1, 2007 raising over $33,000 for the Clark family.  Major sponsors were Discover Wines, Blue Line Sports and Comedy, the Coast Capri Hotel, Beyond Audio and the Okanagan Wine Festival Society.  There was overwhelming support from wineries, restaurants and other local businesses to make this a success.  Kelly Ann commented "Meaghan still has a long journey ahead of her, but we know that with all of your kindness and positive energy, she will come out of this a strong young lady!".  Not only was it a fun night, it showed how strong and supportive our community is.