Blasted Church Vineyards is named after an incident in 1929 when a church congregation wanted to dismantle an old wooden church and bring it back to Okanagan Falls.

They tried taking apart the church, but the rusty square nails damaged the building as they were removed. So Harley Hatfield came up with the plan of hanging dynamite from the rafters of the church and creating an explosion to loosen the nails.

Incredibly, the steeple was destroyed, but the rest of the church survived. The nails were loosened, and the church was able to be transported and rebuilt in Okanagan Falls. The steeple was rebuilt, and the church is still active in the Okanagan Falls community.

One of the winery's wines, Hatfield’s Fuse, is named after Harley Hatfield and the dynamite he used.

The winery was formerl

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