This hidden Canadian valley scored a nod from UNESCO for it’s world-class wines — here’s how to experience it

Last year, the United Nations named Canada’s first “Creative City of Gastronomy.” Was it cosmopolitan Toronto, French-inflected Montreal, or “Hollywood North” Vancouver?

No, it was Kelowna, a small city in British Columbia best known to die-hard American skiers as the gateway to Canada’s deep powder.

But Kelowna is also the northern seat of the Okanagan Valley,...