B.C. Food and Wine Radio

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-climates of the valley, as well as the growing gastronomical options for visitors, and breathtaking accommodations. 

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, Managing Partner and Winemaker for La Stella talks about sustainability; and we finish the show with Pascal Madevon and Bree Toor, winemakers for French Door Estate Winery. 

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 Geoffrey Moss MW, Lithica Wine Marketing & Gismondi on Wine contributor highlights the array of wine and food experiences in the region. 

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 and Francisco Faundez-Pumarino for Chile's Viña San Pedro, both wineries rich with history that extends back to the mid-1800s; we're also excited to catch up with British Columbians, Richard Da Silva, owner/winemaker for the Naramata Bench's Da Silva Vineyards and Charlie Baessler, owner/winemaker for the Similkameen's Corcelettes Estate Winery.