50th Parallel Estate Winery / BLOCK ONE Restaurant

This place is fantastic. It’s in one of the most beautiful spots in the Okanogan and they do an incredible job showing it off. We’ve eaten here a few times and it attracts quite the eclectic mix of humans, it’s almost worth sitting down for a bottle of wine and watching the characters pass through. The wait staff is awesome and the food lives up to expectations. I recommend this place to all my friends passing through.

What an experience!!! We were staying at the Sparkling Hill Resort and kinda started to run out of gas on our drive to Block One. We shared the story with our server Alex, who gave us advice on how to get gas after the meal. She gave great recommendations on wine and food - we had a gorgoeus bottle of chardonay, the heirloum salad, tuna tataki and margharita pizza - the meal was one of the best I've ever had in my life. For real. Then as we are considering dessert (we ended up getting the banana choclate cake thing which was mind blowing), Alex walks up to our table and says "hey, do you wanna hear a funny story?"....obviously we say yes..."My dad lives really close to here and hes gonna swing by with a jerry can of gasoline for you guys"...funny story Alex? Not that funny, but more heart warmingly awesome. Her dad came by about 15 minutes later and that gem of a man put 5-6 litres into my tank. We then had enough gas to get back to the resort. The next day, we drove to Vernon to fill up the tank and go to Kalamaka, I put 54.3 litres into my 55 litre tank. Mark and Alex saved our night!!! I also got engaged that day, so running out of gas in the hills of northern okanagan, would have put quite a different spin on an amazing day. Top 5 best food experiences I've ever had and #1 best service I have ever recieved. Thank you Block One, Alex, and Mark

We had a very nice tour of the property getting the history behind the winery and the proprietors passion for wine. The site is exceptional with stunning views of the lake from multiple locations along the rolling hills. The building offers a modern chic architecture with various area to host venues. Excellent wine including a nicely executed Chardonnay with a hint of oak and nice buttery finish and a well rounded Pinot Noir with a nice overall body. Great food from the kitchen which offers a perfectly done halibut with quinoa corn side and a great stuff who are definately looking to pleased the customer.

Ate on their patio recently and it was excellent. The tables were properly spaced apart, hand sanitizer at the door, single room bathrooms and the service was excellent. We heard this place was really tasty etc. It exceeded our expectations. Our waitress was always on it, professional and friendly. Highly recommend. You can tell the chefs are 5 star, professional chefs and excellent presentation. Thanks guys!

We did a tasting here. The wines were a bit acidic and dry. It was perhaps not the best winery for our palates. The guide kept describing how great it was that they weren’t sweet but since our group tends to prefer sweeter it would have been smart to ask us about our preferences in order to “sell” the wines better. They have an elevated tasting which might be nice for those with a more refined palate. We had allies at Block One. The focaccia was good but the crab cakes were overpriced (but very good).