Just when BC Wineries needed leadership to heal & deal with provincial barriers, meet Jeff Guignard. (CEO-President of  Wine Growers of BC) Not only is he outspoken and focused,  Jeff also spent 10 years in Ottawa. He knows well which doors to knock on or kick down. Jeff has been traveling to the various wine...

2025 Canadian Wine Awards with Anthony Gismondi & Geoffrey Moss MW THE SHOW A full-scale discussion about the 2025 Nationals! The Canadian Wine Awards, featuring one of the best wine minds in this or any country,  Anthony Gismondi. He also happens to be one of the key organizers of these tastings and awards.  For over...

Meyer Family Vinyards / Mayhem Wines. It’s a Family Affair!!     For the past 5-7 years – just around Harvest – I’ve gone seeking Terry Meyer Stone and her brother JAK Meyer. Terry owns Mayhem Wines and JAK owns Meyer Family Vinyards. Both in Okanagan Falls.     JAK, partners and staff are celebrating their fabulous...

      THE SHOW    A lot to talk about with Ron Kubek. Co-Owner of Lightning Rock in Summerland.  Ron is very opinionated. Can’t blame him.   For far too many years, Canadian bureaucrats have stood in the way of wineries and provincial free trade across Canada. Promises broken, forgotten or never kept. Ron...

Winemaker Kathy Malone – Hillside Estate  (Naramata ) and Rhys Pender Master of Wine – Little Farm (Similkameen)  THE SHOW These have been troubling times in Okanagan Winemaking.    Two Winter cold snaps damaged many prized vineyards.  Some of the same vineyards made a slow recovery with an assist from winemakers and vineyard crews. One thing...

THE SHOW   It’s Part Two on the Barnyard Wine Fair.     “Wine unplugged. It’s the unfiltered, untamed, unphotoshopped version of what we know wine to be. Hand picked, no additives, little or no sulphites” It flies against the status quo. Challenges what people think is good wine” Madeline Puckette /Wine Folly     Wines...

The 2025 Barnyard Wine Fair   –  Natural. Biodynamic. Organic.   THE SHOW Natural wine has arguably been the major movement of the 21st Century wine world, and for some it has also become a ‘lifestyle choice’, writes Elin McCoy, ahead of the Raw wine fair in London and after visiting the New York version of...

The SHOW Each year, WineAlign presents The National Wine Awards of Canada. 2025 is their 25th anniversary.   I was in the middle of recording my introduction to Moon Curser Winemaker, Christian Scagnetti, when the Wineries of the Year were announced. Mission Hill was named  Winery of the Year and Top BC Winery.   The best Ontario...

MARK HOPLEY (winemaker) – Hester Creek!   New Releases. Columbia Valley Collection & Epic 22   THE SHOW    The Columbia Valley Collection. “This is giving us the best opportunity to craft wines of distinction while ensuring our local BC farmers and their vineyards can recover from the cold weather challenges.”  Mark Hopley Winemaker Hester Creek....

The SHOW   Dan Wright – Winemaker/Unsworth Vineyards   The Unsworth winery continues to grow.   A new grand new tasting room, barrel and tank rooms & new vineyards. For a  winery in the Cowichan Valley, it’s astonishing. They’ve created an outstanding new vineyard in north Duncan. World class clones of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir....