Gray Monk wins Lieutenant Governors Award for Excellence in British Columbia Wines! Mon, 12 Jul 2010 Gray Monk Estate Winery is pleased and honoured to announce that they have won the prestigious Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in British Columbia Wines for their Odyssey White Brut 2007. The 11 winners were chosen from 281 wines were submitted from 71 wineries across the province. All wineries in British Columbia were invited to submit their wines for judging by a panel of wine industry professionals. Wines submitted had to be from 100% British Columbian grown grapes and produced in province to be eligible. "We’re very honoured by it," Steven Heiss said of their 2007 Odyssey White Brut being selected. "We’re in some pretty elite company." "It affirms what we’re doing; that we’re on the right track." His Honour, Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point, OBC, will visit the winery at the end of July to present the Award. Members of the Consular Corps of British Columbia will accompany him when he makes these presentations so they can gain knowledge of British Columbia’s renowned wine industry.