B.C. Food and Wine Radio

Heard weekly on the BC Food and Wine Radio Network, Anthony Gismondi sets the table for the weekend, pointing you to great wine buys, the best in restaurant dining and all things connected to food and wine. Among the many guests who have joined Anthony on B.C. Food and Wine Radio are: Gordon Ramsay, Piero Antinori, Paul Draper, Aurelio Montes, Peter Gago, Miguel Torres, John Bishop and Rob Feenie.

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B.C. Food And Wine Radio: May 24, 2023
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.
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B.C. Food And Wine Radio: May 17, 2023
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.
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B.C. Food And Wine Radio: May 10, 2023
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.
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B.C. Food And Wine Radio: May 3, 2023
South America was the focus of last month's Vancouver International Wine Festival, and this week's show takes a closer look at Argentinian and Chilean wines with some stellar guests. Recorded live inside the Tasting Room at the fest, we begin with superstar Dr. Laura Catena, fourth generation of Argentina's Catena Zapata; then we discover Chile through the eyes of Jaime Merino, for Viña Santa Ema, Matias Jahn, representing Viña Errázuriz and finally Aurelio Montes Jr, Chief Winemaker and second generation for Montes, who also speaks on Chile's primary variety, Carménère.
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