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The SKAHA Vineyard estate, single vineyard series, extends the award winning portfolio of wines hand crafted by winemakers Sue and Gerry Thygesen and is a tribute to Sue’s lifelong love of horses.  

​In the Okanagan / Sqilxw / Syilx dialect Skaha means horse or pony.   The vineyard overlooks Skaha Lake, from which the label is named.  

Much in the same way we approach our winemaking, our brand represents our utmost respect to the ecosystems present in this deeply rooted land.
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The horse on our label was created by artist AmyLyn Bihrle.

From soil to bottle

Fossilized
​sandstone

The unique soils at SKAHA Vineyard ​ are made up of fossilized sandstone, shale, sand and clay.

​​The sediments making up the rocks were deposited by a large paleo-river system that was active approximately 55-34 million years ago.

SUSTAINABLE
​ VITICULTURE 

SKAHA Vineyard’s viticulture practices of incorporating organic fertilizers and sprays without the use of pesticides nor herbicides, creates a sustainable environment.
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This encourages beneficial plants and insects to flourish and act as natural controls. 

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Terrior
  Driven 

The mandate at SKAHA Vineyard is to allow the unique vineyard terroir to express itself in every bottle. 
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Minimalist winery interventions including Indigenous yeast fermentations, extended French Oak barrel aging, and bottling without filtering nor fining. 

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Krāzē Legz Wines

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Krāzē Legz Winery is a family owned and operated estate winery, and home to SKAHA Vineyard. 

Owners Gerry and Susan visually differentiated Krāzē Legz from its peers by adopting a Roaring 1920s theme. That decade was a golden era of the Charleston, a provocative dance whose high kicking steps inspired this winery’s name, Krāzē Legz, pronounced crazy legs, and also the legs of wine that adhere to the glass when you swirl the wine. 

The Krāzē Legz wines are hand crafted, from estate grown grapes, to be distinctly different, but equal in quality, as their stable mate SKAHA Vineyard. All wine production for both SKAHA Vineyard and Krāzē Legz takes place at the same winery by the same winemaking team.

The Krāzē Legz brand continues to be an extremely important part of our winery.
New vintages are now available, while supplies last, exclusively at Save-On-Foods.

The characters on the Krāzē Legz labels were designed by artist Danielle Olliges. 

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Meet The Team 

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​Winemakers Sue and gerry thygesen  

​Our goal is to craft stellar wines from grapes grown on a very unique site, respecting the ecosystem of the vineyard every step of the way.  We are proud to produce wines that express the terroir they are produced from.   

Access to the estates high quality fruit allows for a minimalist approach to our wine making philosophy, “ allow the vineyard to express itself ”.   We share equally in the wine making responsibilities, although Sue’s palate affirms the final approval to every wine crafted. ​

Nancy Nyhus

Nancy is the proverbial Jack of all Trades and over a 5 year period has become an integral member of the SKAHA Vineyard family  - in the vineyard, in the tasting room, in the warehouse, and in the winery.

Gayle Bukowsky - Bookkeeper

​All Others 

Over the years, SKAHA Vineyard has and will continue to employ additional seasonal workers, as required, for work in the vineyard, for harvest and for bottling.  To those who have and those who have yet to help, we thank you, each and everyone, for your contribution to our success.

Meet Henry
Our Faithful friend, loved & remembered 2005-April 8th 2024 

​In the spring of 2007, our daughters Jenna and Jacqueline brought home from the SPCA a gift, a 2 to 3 year old cat(seems all cats from the SPAC are 2-3 years old). We welcomed Henry (came with the name, and just so happened to be Sue's father's name) with open arms and assigned him the duties of vineyard / winery cat.   Henry quickly expanded his responsibility to include tasting room greeter and entertainer and Winery Cat Calender cover page. 
On April 8th, 2024, at the ripe old age of 19 (* SPCA birth certificate) Henry decided he had lived a full life and went to sleep in his bed.  We buried Henry on the hill overlooking the vineyard and winery, positioned as close to Maggie's tail, (Maggie was our vineyard/winery dog and based upon her burial position) Maggie's tali was one of Henry's favourite places to sleep.  We loved that cat !!!



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MaggiE
Our Faithful friend, loved & remembered
Jan 1, 2011- Aug 29, 2017

Maggie was not only a loved member of our family, but a valued member of our winery and vineyard team.

On August 29, 2017,  Maggie lost her battle with cancer.
Prior to Maggie's arrival to SKAHA vineyard, we had a major problem with bears dining on the yet to be harvest grapes; under Maggie's six year watch, we never had another issue with bears.

​In 2017, our first harvest season without her, we battled four
​bears dining on grapes.

Skaha Vineyard wine media

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"Blown away by the freshness and complexity of this delicious chardonnay."

​- Anthony Gismondi


"Skaha Vineyard Pinot Blanc is aromatic, refreshing and mostly dry: all the things people love about Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc."

- Kelcie Jones ​

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​"Pinot blanc is a grape very well suited to the Okanagan, and wines like this show why."

​- Anthony Gismondi

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