Penticton, B.C.—TIME Winery announced the soft opening of its new winery in downtown Penticton, B.C. will take place in late 2018 following harvest. This will be South Okanagan’s first urban winery.

TIME Winery is owned by ENCORE Vineyards, and is the sister winery to Evolve Cellars and the McWatters Collection label. Coinciding with this announcement, the ENCORE Vineyard team also announced the appointment of Graham Pierce as director of winemaking. Prior to joining the team at ENCORE Vineyards, Pierce worked at Black Hills Estate Winery in Oliver, B.C., where he has been for the past seven years. At ENCORE Vineyards, Pierce is supported in the winemaking duties by Nadine Allander, who has been recently promoted from assistant winemaker to the position of winemaker