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Passage to Okanagan

As subsistence farmers in Punjab, Sukhi Dhaliwal’s parents were so poor, they sent him to live with an uncle in another town. Now, along with his brother Balwinder, he owns Kismet Estate Winery and is one of the largest wine grape growers in British Columbia’s Okanagan region.

This tale of rags to rosé is a common one among the dozen-plus Okanagan wineries owned by Punjabi immigrants and

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