B.C. Food and Wine Radio

This week we catch up with Michael Clark, Managing Partner and Winemaker for Clos du Soliel to talk about late harvest and large format wines as well as their Holiday packages; Anthony shares what has become more and more challenging - a list of good, inexpensive Holiday wines; we release our special interview, recorded earlier this year, with Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein and his quick masterclass on California Cabernet Sauvignon; then we revisit a favourite interview from this summer, with Spencer Kelly, winemaker for Checkmate Artisanal Winery.

This week’s show is a collection of some of our favourite interviews recorded this year featuring winegrowers from around the globe: Frédéric Chaudière, Proprietor/ Winemaker Château Pesquié in the Ventoux region of France; Taylor Whelan, winemaker CedarCreek Estate Winery on the South Kelowna Slopes, Okanagan; Nathalie Bonhomme, Winemaker and Owner of Les Vins Bonhomme in Spain, while also making wine in France & Quebec; and Dr. Laura Catena, Managing Director of Catena Zapata, Mendoza, Argentina.  

This week we begin with the Valley First Wealth Management Winemaker Profile featuring Sal D'Angelo, Owner of D'Angelo Estate Winery, who continues to test the boundaries of the Naramata Bench's growing capabilities with a new variety; Ed Tatton, the baker behind Whistler's popular organic sourdough bakery, Bred by Ed, talks to Anthony about his step-by-step hardcover cookbook for making the perfect loaf and 100 other recipes; Graham Nordin, GM of Icon Wineries tells us what's new and interesting in the Kelowna restaurant and café scene, plus what to look forward to over the holidays at local winery restaurants, including his own Homeblock at CedarCreek and the Terrace at Mission Hill; and finally we replay an interview from the summer with Head winemaker Barclay Robinson of Road 13 Vineyards on the Golden Mile Bench.