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South Okanagan Winemaker in Some SERIOUS Drama 🚨🍇

Prominent south Okanagan winemaker charged with sexual assault. Okay, so this winemaker dude, Randir Toor from Desert Hills Winery, is facing some heavy allegations. Like, sexual assault heavy. The whole situation is sus, involving a migrant worker and a bunch of legal stuff. Plus, his winery alread

Edith Singh

12 Jun 2025 — 1 min read

TL:DR

Okay, so this winemaker dude, Randir Toor from Desert Hills Winery, is facing some heavy allegations. Like, sexual assault heavy. The whole situation is sus, involving a migrant worker and a bunch of legal stuff. Plus, his winery already had a bad rep for other shady stuff. Big yikes.

Spilling the Tea ☕

Alright, fam, let's get into it. Randir Toor, who owns Desert Hills Winery down in South Okanagan, just got slapped with a sexual assault charge. Apparently, this all started when a migrant worker, who used to work for him, came forward in 2023.

He had his first court appearance on June 11th in Penticton. But here's the tea: there's a publication ban, so we can't spill all the deets about who the victim is or any witnesses. Gotta protect those involved, ya know?

Apparently, the RCMP were all over this back in January 2024, asking if anyone else had experienced anything similar with Toor. They even got a warrant in December 2023 to search his cabin up at Mt. Baldy. Sounds like they were looking for some serious evidence.

But wait, there's more! This isn't the first L for Toor Vineyards (aka Desert Hills Winery). They're permabanned from hiring temporary foreign workers because they weren't following the rules – like, workplace safety was a mess and they weren't doing the paperwork right. And get this: back in 2022, they got fined $90,000 for being involved in some kind of immigration fraud. So, yeah, the whole situation is giving major "red flags" vibes. I mean no cap.

Update: Desert Hills winery has shut down.

Abbreviations Glossary

Abbreviation	Full Form
Tea	Gossip, information, or news.
Sus	Suspicious, questionable.
L	Loss or negative outcome.
No cap	No lie, for real.

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