Tasting Room Radio

  New wineries in Garnet Valley, Solvero & Garnet Valley Ranch Plus  Two from Bottleneck Drive,  Dirty Laundry and Pamplemousse Jus.     As much as I like to follow the wines we all share, I’m equally driven by the people who make them. The battles they wage against weather and mankind! Best of all...

Dining at Pluvio – Top Chef with Lisa Ahier  and Two great locals you should know about. Life on The Edge in Ucluelet     THE SHOW    It started with the wild idea of fishing in Ucluelet, in early September when the crowds had gone home. I had in my pocket a card from...

THE SHOW This week  we reconnect with the wineries of the Naramata Bench. Like many others in the BC wine community, The Naramata Bench was also hit with heartbreaking losses of their prime vineyards due to a killer Winter deep freeze. Even as they pour the wines this year, we’re still talking about the growing...

THE SHOW The annual Victoria Wine Festival just happened. I walked into a Trade Tasting looking for familiar faces and winemakers to interview. It turned out to be an almost all locals show. For me anyway. Chris Turyk from Unsworth was telling wine stories to an ever expanding group. Lots of interest in what’s happening...

Look who’s on a Roll – It’s this week’s guest,  Author Luke Whittall   Luke and his Sipster’s Pocket Guides Books. In the third volume in the popular  Sipster’s Pocket Guide series, wine expert and educator Luke Whittall presents his latest top 50 British Columbia wines under $50 (including many under $30) and along the...

Wine Witch on Fire – The Natalie MacLean Memoir.     THE SHOW  “Natalie MacLean had it all – an accomplished husband, a high-profile wine writing career and an email signature of “Chief of Wine Happiness.”  But her life fell apart when her husband departed, she started to drink too much and a social media mob came...

2024  Okanagan Wine Festival October 18th – October 27th   The SHOW   Our guest for the hour is Kimberly Hundertmark – GM of Okanagan Wine Fests The 2024 Okanagan Fall Wine Festival Celebrates the Most Bountiful Time of the Year. October 18 through 27th we’re all invited to celebrate the bounty of the beautiful...

Canada’s oldest beer festival celebrates its 30th year— First time at Topaz Park in Victoria, BC.   THE SHOW   The Great Canadian Beer Festival  was launched in 1993 and was the first big beer festival in Canada.  The Fest has been held annually since then,  except for 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. ...

THE SHOW When I kicked off Tasting Room Radio in 2007 on the Naramata Bench, I had just finished shooting Season Three of Hollywood and Vines TV with pal Jason Priestley. I came away very impressed with the community that surrounded winemaking. The farmers who worked the fields and the seasoned craft that was created...

Jason Parkes/Robbie Hundertmark (The Hatch). Also Ron Kubek. Lightning Rock THE SHOW Jason Parkes (Team Leader)  The Hatch  (West Kelowna) Robbie Hundertmark (Wing Man)  The Hatch      The box arrived from Jason Parkes Customs. Filled with: The Dynasty White  – Wow B Secco Hobo Series Gamay MMXXI Clarity at the Waters Edge Clash of the Tannins...