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'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'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.