See Hallmark’s version of Wine Country in ‘Napa Ever After’

Wine Country is a chosen setting for light-fare romances like “A California Christmas,” a Netflix hit from Petaluma producer Ali Afshar. Now Wine Country is the backdrop again, in an upcoming original movie on the Hallmark Channel.

“Napa Ever After,” set in Napa Valley and starring Denise Boutté and Colin Lawrence, is part of the channel’s annual Summer Nights programming. It premiers Aug. 26.

The movie follows Cassandra (Boutté), a single lawyer who inherits a nearly bankrupt Napa Valley vineyard from her estranged grandmother. She sets out to renovate the winery and restore it to its former glory with the help of Alec (Lawrence), a “handsome” local widower, according to the Hallmark Channel.

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But while set in Napa Valley, the movie was filmed in Canada, according to Jackie O. Asare of One/35 Agency, the marketing company representing the movie.

The town of Osoyoos in British Columbia, Canada, was used as a stand-in for Napa Valley during filming in May, according to a story on Castanet, a local news website.

The movie was filmed in the small town, population just over 5,000, for two days before moving to See Ya Later Ranch winery in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, for the winery scenes, according to the Casanet story.

Boutté is known for her roles on TV series “Meet the Browns” and the movie “Why Did I Get Married.“ Lawrence has been seen on the popular ABC series “The Good Doctor,” as well as The CW’s “Riverdale” and Netflix series “Virgin River.”

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