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Chapter 7: Discovery
John Taft of Backen & Gillam Architects in California was the lead designer behind the Phantom Creek Estates Winery, a premier destination for wine, food and music in the Southern Okanagan. John’s one word to describe Phantom Creek is ‘ephemeral’, in reference to the creeks