With restaurants around the province hoping for good weather—not too hot, not too dry, not too wet, not too cool—it’s diners’ favourite time of year: patio season.

Those exploring B.C. this year take note: the seasonal Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Family Estate has recently opened for the warm-weather season, launching with a new spring menu.

Ranked one of the top five winery restaurants in the world by Travel + Leisure magazine and a finalist in the Georgia Straight's Golden Plates Awards, the spot has the kind of views that actually justify the use of the word breathtaking: unfolding before you are rows of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vineyards on a gentle slope that kisses Okanagan Lake. Across the blue water are rolling hills that turn gold as the sun sets; behind you is the winery’s 12-storey-tall bell tower, with bronze bells that ring on the hour.

As you make your way through the winery grounds to the Terrace, you walk past striking sculptures that proprietor Anthony von Mandl held on to following Encounters With Iceland, a 2014 on-site art exhibit featuring the works of Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir.

Chef Patrick Gayler’s menu walks the walk when it comes to local, farm-to-table ingredients.

There are greens and veggies from the winery’s own gardens and pure honey from the on-site bee hives. A dish called Carmelis Goat Cheese is named after the family-run boutique dairy in Kelowna that makes cheese in small batches, served here with toasted farro and preserved green-tomato jam.

Asparagus (in a dish with hazelnut brown butter, plum and black garlic, and house-made lonza) is from Armstrong. Bright beets are grown at Kelowna’s Unearthed Fine Veggies and Herbs, an organic farm near Mission Creek Park, now in its second year.

Other highlights: Canadian Wagyu carpaccio, white sturgeon crudo, dry-aged Yarrow Meadows duck, and natural Cache Creek beef bavette.

The Terrace also serves freshly made durum-wheat orecchiette (with Salt Spring Island clams, spiced-fennel sausage, and celery root) and rigatoni tossed with toasted garlic and red-wine-washed goat cheese. Look, too, for hand-made durum-wheat spaghetti (with wild scallops and side-stripe shrimp) and Tyner whole-wheat spaghetti (with wild mushrooms and fresh black truffle), both with local 18-month-old parmesan.

The dishes are all meant to pair with Mission Hill’s grape-to-glass wines, which come in five collections, including Terroir (with each wine showcasing different aspects of the region’s microclimate and viticulture) and Legacy (the kind of luxury drink Meghan Markle would like).

Mission Hill is also known for its al fresco long-table dinner series and its concert series, with live performances taking place in the outdoor amphitheatre with those same stellar views.

Chris Isaak, Sheryl Crowe, the Gipsy Kings, and David Foster shows are already sold-out; there are still tickets left for Chris Botti. The Grammy-winning American trumpeter and jazz composer plays on Wednesday, August 8. 

The Terrace Restaurant is open until September 30.