New Winemaker at CedarCreek Mon, 12 Apr 2010 Mr. Gordon Fitzpatrick, President of CedarCreek Estate Winery, is pleased to announce that Mr. Darryl Brooker has joined CedarCreek as our new winemaker. Mr. Brooker is an experienced and highly regarded winemaker who will commence his full?time duties at CedarCreek on May 19, 2010. Mr. Brooker was most recently Senior Winemaker - Ontario at Hillebrand and Thirty Bench Wineries and has over 12 years experience making ultra premium wines in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Prior experience also includes winemaking at Flat Rock Cellars in Ontario, Villa Maria Estate in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and Mountadam Vineyards in Barossa Valley, Australia. Mr. Brooker is a graduate of Charles Sturt University in Australia (Bachelor of Applied Science - Wine Science) and also has a graduate diploma from Adelaide University in Wine Business. Commenting on the move to the Okanagan Valley, Mr. Brooker said, “The opportunity to be a part of the CedarCreek team and make wine from such high quality Okanagan vineyards is very exciting. I am looking forward to the challenge and opportunity of continually evolving the already highly regarded CedarCreek wines."