BC Food and Wine Radio

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This week we're both near and far, very far, speaking with Julian Grounds, the Chief Winemaker for Craggy Range, in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand and Bruce Tyrrell, 4th Generation and Managing Director of Tyrrell's joining us from the Hunter Valley near Sydney, Australia. Locally, the Valley First Wealth Management Winegrower Profile this week is Stefanie Schales, co-owner of 8th Generation Vineyards i...

This week, we're broadcasting from the Goldilocks of British Columbia wine regions, the Naramata Bench. Colin Ross and BJ Tumanut, representing the Naramata Bench Association give us an overview of the region, just above Penticton, its members and upcoming special events. We also hear from members Matt Mikulic, Co-Owner and Winemaker for Three Sisters Winery, Lyndsay O'Rourke, Winemaker & Owner of...

As we head into the BC Day Long Weekend, we are back in Penticton this week with Paige Schulz, Marketing Manager for Visit Penticton to learn more about all the things to do and places to discover in and around the central Okanagan town. We speak with Elaine Vickers, winemaker for Red Rooster Winery on the Naramata Bench; then we hear from Nelson Annable, Head of Sales & Marketing at his family's...

This week Anthony visits Langley, where he speaks with GM's Mike Raffan, Township 7, Norma Walters, Backyard Vineyards and Brian Ensor, Chaberton Estates about the relaunching of the Campbell Valley Wine Route featuring south Langley wineries. We also hear about the wines you can find in the Campbell Valley, from winemakers Township 7's Mary McDermott and Backyard Vineyard's Liam Berti, who highli...

This week we go global, speaking with guests from Oregon, Southern France, Uruguay and Spain recorded during the Vancouver International Wine Festival held in May. We're joined by Leah Adint, Winemaker for Erath Winery, Frédéric Chaudière, Proprietor/Winemaker of Château Pesquié, Mele Sosa, Brand Ambassador for Bodega Garzón and Jose Luis Navarro, Export Manager for La Rioja Alta.

This week's Grape Escape is in Summerland featuring some of the wineries on the Bottleneck Drive with guests Christine Coletta, Co-Owner of Haywire Winery and Garnet Valley Ranch, Craig Pingle, GM for Haywire, Sébastien Hotte, Vigneron for Lightning Rock Winery, Alison Moyes GM/Winemaker and Matt Sator, President/Viticulturist for Solvero Wines and Matt Dumayne, winemaker for Garnet Valley Ranch W...

Join us for our latest Grape Escape, hosted by Visit Penticton and featuring guests from Blasted Church Estate Winery on the Skaha Bench, Lakeboat Vineyard & Winery in Kaleden; The Bench Market in Penticton and Wild Goose Winery in Okanagan Falls. Hear from the owners, winemakers and ambassadors behind these businesses, possibly inspiring your vacation plans once you hear what they have to offer t...

Enjoy the Canada Day long weekend by listening to a special compilation of some of our favourite interviews with Canadian winegrowers so far this year. Our guests include Dan Wright, winemaker and Felix Egerer, viticulturist for Unsworth Vineyards on Vancouver Island; and in Oliver, Mark Hopley winemaker and Roger Gillespie, director of operations for Hester Creek Winery, and Spencer Kelly, the ne...

We're excited to be broadcasting from the brand new RedBarn Winery on the Black Sage Bench outside of Oliver. It's the latest addition to Anthony von Mandl's Iconic Wineries of British Columbia. IWBC's General Manager Graham Nordin starts off the show, and then RedBarn's Head Winemaker Kaylee Barss joins us to tell us about the wines, and the features of the winery designed by Tom Kundig. We also...

We're on location under the 72-foot tower of Hillside Winery, unmissable to anyone driving along the Naramata Bench. President Duncan McCowan, and winemaker Kathy Malone bring us up-to-date on the winery, the vineyards and their new releases. Marketing manager Lauren Selfridge and Wineshop manager Lesley Buxton talk about the tasting room and the wine club offerings, then Chef Evan Robertson is jo...

This week, we're broadcasting from Meyer Family Vineyards in Okanagan Falls. Paige Schulz from Visit Penticton starts off the show highlighting activities and events in the region while JAK Meyer, Meyer Family Vineyards, Alexis Esseltine, Tin Whistle Brewing, Joshua Kim, Bench 1775 and Zach Wheeler for JoieFarm Winery tell us about the visitor experiences they each offer to help you plan your next...

We're in the beautiful Similkameen Valley this week at Orofino Vineyards; our hosts are John and Virginia Weber, co-owners of winery; close neighbours Michael Clark, Winemaker for Clos du Soleil Estate Winery, Charlie Baessler, Co-Owner & Winemaker for Corcelettes Estate Winery and Bradley Makepeace, Winemaker for Hugging Tree Winery join them to discuss their wines, the unique terroir and micro-c...

We continue our Grape Escape at Hester Creek Estate Winery this week, visiting with winegrowers in the South Okanagan. We begin with Hester Creek's winemaker Mark Hopely and Director of Operations Roger Gillespie; we then jump back to last month's Vancouver International Wine Festival where we catch up with Michael Kullman, CEO and Winemaker for Osoyoos Larose; back at Hester Creek, Severin Pinte,...

Happy May Long Weekend! Join us in the South Okanagan for our Grape Escape at Hester Creek Estate Winery. We catch up with the winery's President Mark Sheridan and winemaker Mark Hopley; Michael Bartier, owner and chief winemaker for Bartier Bros Vineyards & Winery gives us details on piquette, a new offering for them; Mike Dowell, owner of Liber Farm & Winery introduces his new winemaker; and Geo...

This week is our third show from the bustling Tasting Room Floor of the Vancouver International Wine Festival that took place under the Sails at Canada Place last month. Warren Porter for Iron Gate Auctions kicks us off with further insights into online wine buying and then we continue our exploration of the festival's featured region, South America, with Veronica Sardin for Argentina's Trapiche a...

South America was the focus of last month's Vancouver International Wine Festival, and this week's show takes a closer look at Argentinian and Chilean wines with some stellar guests. Recorded live inside the Tasting Room at the fest, we begin with superstar Dr. Laura Catena, fourth generation of Argentina's Catena Zapata; then we discover Chile through the eyes of Jaime Merino, for Viña Santa Ema,...

We're broadcasting from the BC Food and Wine stage inside the Tasting Room at the 44th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival, and we're excited to speak with winemakers, owners and experts from near and far. This is the first of three special shows and features Taylor Whelan winemaker for CedarCreek Estate Winery in East Kelowna; Mele Sosa, Brand Ambassador for Uruguay's Bodega Garzón and R...

Spring is in the air as evidenced by the new spring wines, new spring menus and talk of sitting on patios. Our guests this week include Jesse Harnden, GM for Mt Boucherie Estate Winery and Chef Dan Carkner, The Modest Butcher Kitchen & Market at the winery in West Kelowna; Leandro Nosal, winemaker for Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in Oliver and Chef Nick Atkins, 15 Park Bistro at the Watermark Beach Res...

Join us for this week's Grape Escape, broadcasting live from the beautiful Oak Bay Beach Hotel in Victoria! Our guests include Anneke Feuermann, the Marketing and PR Manager who tells us about being named Condé Nast's #1 top hotel in Canada and earning a certification as a biosphere property, one of only three in the country; Brendan Bankowski, Oak Bay's Food & Beverage Manager talks about their d...

Happy Easter! We've got lots of wine suggestions for your special holiday meals this weekend. We're broadcasting on the road from Save-on-Foods in seaside Sidney where we meet up with wine director Steve Moriarty who joins with Operations Manager Ray Pighin to talk about their favourite wines of theirs, and to tell us what's popular with customers these days. Whether it's ham, turkey or salmon, ev...

This week we're on our first Grape Escape of the year at Unsworth Vineyards in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Our featured guests include Unsworth's winemaker Dan Wright and agroecologist Felix Egerer, Blue Grouse Estate Winery winemaker Bailey Williamson, Enrico Winery General Manager Lorin Inglis and Save-on-Foods Director of Wines Steve Moriarty. Combined, they provide an update into...

This week we're looking ahead to having fun and eating well beginning with Ryan de Witte, the winemaker for Rust Wine Co., which offers complimentary tastings and a beautiful view at the southern-most end of the Golden Mile Bench; Chef Derek Gray of Row Fourteen at Klippers Organics has tips and recipes for eating turkey year round for health and value per pound; just a month away from the start o...

We're putting the wine in BC Food & Wine this week beginning with Arnaud Thierry the winemaker for Church & State Wines in Oliver who grew up in Bordeaux and Champagne and is the subject of the Valley First Wealth Management Winemaker Spotlight. Next, Warren Porter, President of Irongate Auctions, gives us the highlights of some of their spring wine auctions and how you can register to bid; David...

This week we begin with a spotlight on winemaker Nadine Kinvig, who got the bug for wine working in wine retail while going to school and now helms Terravista Vineyards on the Naramata Bench; Deborah Moore breaks down the current real estate market in the Okanagan for wine lovers and foodies keen for a lifestyle change; Jacq Kemp, winemaker and viticulturist for Therapy Vineyards talks about new r...