Before the rolling hills of the Okanagan made up BC’s wine country, the terroir was used for apple farming. Great grandfather Mehtab Singh, a former Kissan in India, began farming apples under the Okanagan sun in 1965. It wasn’t long until these rolling hills, once filled with apples, turned into dozens, then hundreds, then thousands of vineyard acreage. The Canadian desert, filled with boulders and gravel, transformed into lush pockets of vines in mere decades.

The farming roots laid by Mehtab were strong and sturdy, and his thoughtfulness for the land was passed down to his grandchildren. Today, grandsons Bobby and Amit Gidda and are among the new age of Okanagan farmers, harvesting grapes from the fields through sustainable and socially contentious actions. Kissan is the second winery created by the Gidda brothers and sister Christina Tumber.

When you drink Kissan Wines, you know where the grapes come from. You understand that a Kissan farmer has nurtured the land, hand-picked the grapes, and bottled the wine. You feel a connection to the crops and where they were grown. You have contributed to something greater than just drinking wine, you’ve supported a symbiotic relationship between family, farming, and the soul.