A day trip from Vancouver to these wineries in Langley will satisfy your inner sommelier
Post updated March 2025
When thinking about all things wine, one often dreams of Napa Valley or Tuscany, not touring wineries in Langley, British Columbia. As a Vancouverite, I’m grateful we have wineries less than an hour outside the city centre.
Whether you’re strapped for cash or time, you can feel like you’ve had a holiday without going far. The suburbs of Vancouver can provide wine lovers with a place to sip and savour delicious wine. Less than an hour outside Vancouver, Langley wineries are serving up award-winning wines.
When going far isn’t an option, it’s nice to know that we have a number of wineries within close proximity of Vancouver. Langley has the perfect climate and soil for growing grapes.
How many wineries are there in Langley?
Currently, there are 9 wineries in Langley. This includes both traditional grape wineries as well as fruit wineries.
Many of the wineries in Langley, BC produce award-winning VQA (Vintners Quality Assurance) wines. BC VQA wines are made from 100% BC-grown grapes that have been approved through a strict quality assurance program.
I should note that all the wineries covered in this post are located in the Langley area. As such, they are approximately a 45-minute drive from downtown, and they are all located very close to one another. While there are a few fruit wineries out that way, I did not include any here. These are all traditional grape wineries.
Don’t want to drive? There’s no need to draw straws for who has to be the designated driver. Hire one instead! There are several Langley Winery tours that will pick you up from downtown Vancouver and do all the driving. This is the best option if everyone in your group wants to enjoy the tastings.
Map of this Langley Wineries Tour
Quicklinks to the 6 Langley wineries in this post:
- Backyard Vineyards
- Blackwood Lane
- Glass House Estate Winery
- Chaberton Estate Winery
- Township 7
- Vista d’Oro
Wineries in Langley, BC
Backyard Vineyards
The first stop on my Langley wineries tour day trip was Backyard Vineyards. It is open for both tastings and tours. I opted for a tasting where I sampled 5 wines. A regular tasting is 4 wines, but our awesome hostess gave us a bonus wine to try.
I quite liked a lot of the wines I tried, which is not surprising since ten of the wines from Backyard Vineyards won awards in 2023, and six won awards the previous year. An impressive 30 of their wines won awards in 2018!
They occasionally offer Date Nights with limited capacity, so check to see if these are going on when you wish to visit. You get two glasses of wine along with a cheese and charcuterie platter to share.
Sharing wine and cheese while overlooking the Fraser Valley will almost feel like you’ve been transported to Tuscany. Details and reservation information are available on their website.
If you go: they offer both wine tastings as well as a tour and tasting. While not required, it’s recommended to make a reservation to avoid disappointment.
Blackwood Lane
UPDATE: Blackwood Lane has recently closed their tasting room in Langley and moved their facility to Penticton. This news saddened me as they had the most beautiful outdoor patio space of any of the wineries in Langley.
Since you can taste their wines in the Okanagan Valley, I left tasting notes below.
Perhaps the most unique wine I tasted all day was Blackwood Lanes Sea Buckthorn Riesling. Chock full of vitamins, minerals and Omega fatty acids, Sea Buckthorn berries are considered to be a superfood. Delicious and healthy? I’m in!
Of Blackwood Lane’s red wines, I especially liked Alliànce. It is rich and full-bodied.
Glass House Estate Winery
Family-owned, this Langley winery was part of the Joseph Richard Group but is now fully back under their family’s stewardship. This boutique winery produces hand-selected, single-vineyard, low-yield artisan wine.
The winery’s name, Glass House, pays homage to the family’s 60-year history in the greenhouse industry. Their founder, Arthur de Jong, celebrated his 84th birthday in January 2025.
When I last checked, their website was still under construction following the move out from under the JRG umbrella, but they are open for tastings and post updates on their Instagram page.
I am a lover of red wine, and while I do sample whites at tastings, it is rare that I like one. This was one such occasion. I liked both their Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc so much that I bought a bottle of each!
Glass House Sauvignon Blanc is meant to accompany spicier dishes, so I am looking forward to making a curry dish for dinner one night.
Before heading off to the next winery on our Langley wineries tour, we stopped to enjoy a Charcuterie board on their back patio. When doing several wineries in a day, it’s important to eat something so you aren’t doing multiple tastings on an empty stomach.
If you go: they are accepting walk-ins, and we got right in for both the tasting and lunch
Chaberton Estate Winery
Next up, and the final stop in this Langley winery tour, is a winery rich with French history, but that makes 100% BC wines. Their Bacchus Bistro may be authentically French, but they prepare everything with local ingredients and a West Coast flair.
Established in 1991, Chaberton Estate Winery is the Fraser Valley’s oldest winery. In 2020, they took home an impressive 23 awards from a variety of different competitions.
Currently, they are offering tastings in the form of wine flights of four different wines. Once you receive your flight, you will be directed to a table in their outdoor dining area.
If you go: they accept walk-ins for tastings, but I would recommend a reservation if you wish to dine at Bacchus Bistro.
Township 7
Fully booked the day I went out to Langley, I was unable to visit Township 7. While I did not visit them on this winery tour, I have previously been there and enjoyed their wines.
They are one of the few wineries that have two locations in British Columbia. Their wines are produced from their vineyards in the Okanagan and Fraser Valley and can be enjoyed in both Naramata and this South Langley winery location.
Township 7 boasts of serving their Chardonnay to Her Majesty the Queen at a Government of Canada State Dinner in 2010. Quite an accomplishment, indeed!
They often host events, and details for upcoming events can be found on the Township 7 website. They are hosting a wine and chocolate pairing event for Mother’s Day. A great idea if you wish to plan ahead and treat mom ;)
If you go: book reservations well in advance as they do book up quickly, especially in the warmer months
Vista d’Oro
UPDATE: Vista d’Oro has now closed its tasting room. They are focusing solely on their preservatives.
All of the wineries in Langley mentioned here have outdoor seating or patio space available. If you are looking for a fun day trip, I suggest heading out to these Langley wineries. Sip a Cab Sav on a patio overlooking the Fraser Valley and imagine you’re in a Tuscan villa. Cheers!
I am purchasing and drinking BC wine more than ever before. I truly believe that we vote with our dollars, and I try and put as much as I can into our local economy. I’ll happily raise a glass to support BC wines, whether that’s in the Okanagan Valley or Langley.
After updating this post, I realize that there are no longer six wineries in Langley mentioned here. Stay tuned for an update. I will have to plan another trip so I can add two wineries to replace the two that have closed their doors.
If you are looking to travel a little further and take a road trip to the Okanagan Valley, check out my posts on Beautiful Oliver Wineries that are worth a visit as well as my post on the wineries in the Okanagan Valley.
