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....

True Dual Citizens: Winemakers Severine Pinte  & Grant Stanley THE SHOW Severine Pinte –  Chief Winemaker, viticulturist and managing partner Le Vieux Pin and LaStella  (South Okanagan) This weeks TRR is part of an on-going series highlighting stories of cold snaps, badly damaged vines/vineyards and renewal! Both Le Vieux Pin/La Stella and Spearhead were badly...

Jason Parkes & Robbie Hundertmark – 12 wines from Jason Parkes Customs/The Hatch (West Kelowna)   THE STORY   We welcome back – a dynamic duo. Jason Parkes is the founder of The Hatch in West Kelowna. Labels include The Hatch, Black Swift Vineyards, Crown and Thieves. Each of those labels has a rapidly growing list...

Mary McDermott. Township 7 Winemaker presents  Interlude  Series 2025.   “Crafted in BC” Wines.     THE SHOW    Such a delight to have Township 7 winemaker- Mary McDermott returning to Tasting Room Radio. When we started this food and wine adventure,  it was from a studio in a barn on the Naramata Bench. The closest vineyard...

Winemaker Mason Spink and his  2025 Dirty Laundry “Grown in Washington – Crafted in the Okanagan” Wines   THE SHOW    “We’ve always prided ourselves on making delicious and approachable wine,” adds Mason Spink, Winemaker at Dirty Laundry Winery. “We believe wine should be fun, so we try to keep things lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek. , and...