The Rocky Mountains are perhaps Alberta's most recognizable geographic feature. Their rugged and spectacular scenery attract visitors from all over the world. Much of Alberta's oil and gas are found beneath the foothills that lie along the base of the Rockies.

The rest of the province is housed on a great plain , or prairie, which Alberta shares with Saskatchewan on the east, and with the state of Montana to the south. The plains are not totally flat. Their surface has been gouged and twisted by the action of massive glaciers that once covered the province. What is now Alberta lay buried under some 2,000 meters of ice only 8 or 10,000 years ago. The southern plain, which was once covered in tall grass, is today a checkerboard of farms

Alberta is famous for its chinook winds, which sweep into southern Alberta several times each winter. This dry, warm wind can rapidly lift the province out of a deep freeze. During one chinook, which reached Pincher Creek on January 27, 1962, temperatures soared from -18.9°C to +3.3°C in one hour.


Sunshine ranges from 1,900 hours annually in the north to 2,300 hours near Lethbridge in the south. Air funneling through the Rockies also produces warm, dry chinook winds, especially prevalent in southwestern Alberta, that can raise temperatures dramatically within hours.

Fieldstone Fruit Wines Box 19, Site 6, RR 1 Strathmore, Alberta, Canada T1P 1J6 (403) 934-2749 fieldstone@direcway.com
The first winery to receive a license from the Alberta government, under the new cottage winery legislation . Located forty minutes east of Calgary, Alberta, the winery sits on 50 acres of mature berry orchards. All wines are 100% produced from our luscious crops of raspberries, strawberries, wild black cherries and saskatoon berries. Owners:  Elaine & Marvin Gill, Lynden Gill, Lorraine & Glen Ellingson Bumbleberry Orchards decided to take the steps necessary to open Canada's only Alberta winery . Selecting a name that would associate them with Canada's prairies. Fieldstone Fruit Wines' premium products have been developed by Dominic Rivard, internationally-renowned and award-winning wine master Philosophy: Great wine is made from great fruit and our fruit is grown in harmony with nature
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Some paint lovely pictures,
Others write good books,
Some make peaceful gardens,
Others are fine cooks,
But the talent that endureth,
That matters in the end,
Is the tenderness and caring
That makes a good friend.