The 2025 Barnyard Wine Fair – Natural. Biodynamic. Organic. THE SHOW Natural wine has arguably been the major movement of the 21st Century wine world, and for some it has also become a ‘lifestyle choice’, writes Elin McCoy, ahead of the Raw wine fair in London and after visiting the New York version of...
The SHOW Each year, WineAlign presents The National Wine Awards of Canada. 2025 is their 25th anniversary. I was in the middle of recording my introduction to Moon Curser Winemaker, Christian Scagnetti, when the Wineries of the Year were announced. Mission Hill was named Winery of the Year and Top BC Winery. The best Ontario...
MARK HOPLEY (winemaker) – Hester Creek! New Releases. Columbia Valley Collection & Epic 22 THE SHOW The Columbia Valley Collection. “This is giving us the best opportunity to craft wines of distinction while ensuring our local BC farmers and their vineyards can recover from the cold weather challenges.” Mark Hopley Winemaker Hester Creek....
The SHOW Dan Wright – Winemaker/Unsworth Vineyards The Unsworth winery continues to grow. A new grand new tasting room, barrel and tank rooms & new vineyards. For a winery in the Cowichan Valley, it’s astonishing. They’ve created an outstanding new vineyard in north Duncan. World class clones of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir....
True Dual Citizens: Winemakers Severine Pinte & Grant Stanley THE SHOW Severine Pinte – Chief Winemaker, viticulturist and managing partner Le Vieux Pin and LaStella (South Okanagan) This weeks TRR is part of an on-going series highlighting stories of cold snaps, badly damaged vines/vineyards and renewal! Both Le Vieux Pin/La Stella and Spearhead were badly...
Jason Parkes & Robbie Hundertmark – 12 wines from Jason Parkes Customs/The Hatch (West Kelowna) THE STORY We welcome back – a dynamic duo. Jason Parkes is the founder of The Hatch in West Kelowna. Labels include The Hatch, Black Swift Vineyards, Crown and Thieves. Each of those labels has a rapidly growing list...
Mary McDermott. Township 7 Winemaker presents Interlude Series 2025. “Crafted in BC” Wines. THE SHOW Such a delight to have Township 7 winemaker- Mary McDermott returning to Tasting Room Radio. When we started this food and wine adventure, it was from a studio in a barn on the Naramata Bench. The closest vineyard...
Winemaker Mason Spink and his 2025 Dirty Laundry “Grown in Washington – Crafted in the Okanagan” Wines THE SHOW “We’ve always prided ourselves on making delicious and approachable wine,” adds Mason Spink, Winemaker at Dirty Laundry Winery. “We believe wine should be fun, so we try to keep things lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek. , and...
“Wine unplugged. It’s the unfiltered, untamed, unphotoshopped version of what we know wine to be. Hand picked, no additives, little or no sulphites” It flies against the status quo. Challenges what people think is good wine” Madeline Puckette /Wine Folly It’s Part Two on the Barnyard Wine Fair. Wines that are natural, biodynamic, organic....
The 2025 Barnyard Wine Fair Natural. Biodynamic. Organic. THE SHOW Natural wine has arguably been the major movement of the 21st Century wine world, and for some it has also become a ‘lifetsyle choice’, writes Elin McCoy, ahead of the Raw wine fair in London and after visiting the New York version of the...
