Li Zhou was born in Nanning, nicknamed the Green City in southern China by the ocean. A childhood surrounded by nature was a profound influence.
After coming to Canada in 2003 for university study, Li instantly fell in love with the Okanagan. She started working at Summerhill in summer 2006 as part of the co-op requirement for completing her Hospitality Management Diploma. In 2011 she was promoted to VP of Export and helped export Summerhill wine around the world, especially to China. In 2020, after 14 years with Summerhill, Li was promoted to be a general VP, with a range of responsibilities helping to guide and manage the winery. Her goal is to bring Summerhill’s extraordinary organic wine to everyone’s lips to experience the purity of organic growing.
Li loves to spend time with her husband, who is engaged in the Okanagan wine industry as a wine tour operator and an organic wine grower, and their three beautiful children aged 4, 8 and 11, who are already talking about working for Summerhill when they grow up. Summerhill feels like a second family to Li and her family.