Dec 1, 2024
We're nearing the end of a volatile year in BC
Wine.
It featured wildfires, floods, COVID, road closures, price,
tax and wage increases and two cold snaps over two Winters.
Vineyards were damaged or destroyed by the freeze. Wineries
and growers were facing a 2025 with little or no wines to cellar
and sell. The Wine...
Nov 17, 2024
Lisa Ahier is known far and wide as the owner and chef
at Sobo in Tofino.
Sobo is the kind of dining and room you like so much, you send
all your best friends there.
It's the centre of the town. Locals meet there for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
Lisa has moved on from Sobo and is now making notes for her
third book and...
Oct 12, 2024
The full title of Natalie Maclean's memoir
is
Wine Witch on Fire Rising from the Ashes of Divorce,
Defamation and Drinking Too Much.
For all of you who bought and read Natalie's
book Red, White and
Drunk All Over and listened to her
podcast Unreserved Wine Talk, this
memoir is a completely different read.
She...
Jun 8, 2024
For years, there have been multiple wine competitions no matter what country or region.
The BC wine industry is no exception.
The latest wine awards are The BC Top 50 wines and Wine of the Year as part of the 2024 Okanagan Spring Wine Festival, which is on now.
Friday night the results were announced at the Penticton...
EP 306 | Kimberly Hundertmark. Okanagan Spring Wine Fest and John Skinner. BC Wine view Painted Rock
Jun 1, 2024
I’ve had the distinct pleasure to host and produce Tasting Room Radio for 17 years.
Most weeks we consider featuring some of those stories on the podcast but music, arts and music history seem to carry the day.
These two interviews deserve to be featured because they tell the story of the current state of the BC wine...