About Us

I never had lifelong dreams of opening a wine bar. OK, I used to think Cheers was pretty cool, but it never inspired me to want to pour drinks for a living. No, it all started over 7 years ago, while visiting some friends here in Kelowna we wanted to find a casual yet sophisticated place to grab a glass(or two) of great okanagan wine and share some seasonally inspired small plates. Somewhere with good music and a conversation-friendly atmosphere. We didn't want to go somewhere that; was a chain, required us to be wine experts or spend a whole lot of money . We looked hard. We found nothing. So we ended up drinking some wine at a friend's house. The more we talked about it (and the more we drank), I  decided we should just open a place ourselves. It still sounded like a good idea the next morning, so I  decided to make it a reality. That is how the Rotten Grape was born.  Hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Cheers, Rita