Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Jennifer and Kent Molgat from The View Winery and Vineyard and Ward’s Cider in Kelowna are on the podcast this week! If you have a copy of The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, volume 1 – turn to page 108 (reminds me of “helm to 108!” – if you know what movie that is from, leave a comment on the website…) where you will find the View’s Pinotage Reserve featured there – an amazing wine th...
Mar 29, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week I am delighted to bring you an interview with Tonia McArthur. Although Tonia is trained in with WSET, she has developed a brilliant way to help you score wines that is accessible but without pandering or dumbing anything down. She put it all in a book called “ High Five Wine Scoring System ”. Listen to the podcast to learn about what makes it such a brilliant and revolutionary book about win...
Mar 22, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . If Kayla Bordignon's enthusiasm for BC wine was contagious, we would quickly have another pandemic on our hands. (Too soon?) The fact is that her love of BC wine is overflowing and it is not hard to get caught up in it when speaking with her. Kayla's website Uncork BC and the seriously epic journey that awaits people who purchase the 2023 edition of her BC Wine Passport are the results of her passion ...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Zac Brown and Julie Powell from Alderlea Vineyard join me on the podcast this week. They are on Vancouver near Duncan and took over Alderlea from founder Roger Dosman in 2017. Since then, they have continued to build Alderlea with the same level of enthusiasm for learning and exploring the region's potential for making great wines. With guitars in the background and motorcycles in the conversation bef...
Mar 01, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . It's a shorter episode today, taking a little time to answer the big questions: What is a "wine tour" exactly? What is with all of those empty bottles in my kitchen? What does it mean to be a Sipster? Burning questions, all of them, I know. Sit back with a glass of something interesting and enjoy! Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sips...
Feb 22, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . It's my reunion with one of my earliest wine friends, Calli Bailey. A frequent guest on my old podcast, Calli and I have seen each other infrequently in the past 6 years. This podcast is more than just reminiscing though – in the years since she and I first worked together selling wine at a wine store in Penticton 13 years ago, Calli has become a highly trained winemaker and wine professional and it w...
Feb 15, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . There are a lot of people in this episode! It was a beautiful day at the District Wine Village in Oliver as the Okanagan Wine Festival Society launched a new event - Winterfest. Thank you to Kimberley Hundertmark for inviting me to to this great event. In this episode, you will hear from: Heather Courtney from General Manager of O'Rourke Peak Cellars and Chair of the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society Ba...
Feb 08, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week's episode is a flashback to an event that happened almost 10 years ago! At the time, the Oyster Festival in Osoyoos was the unofficial start to the summer wine season and it was always a ton of fun. Join me for this time capsule flashback (courtesy of my old podcast, Wine Country BC) to one of the Okanagan's great food and wine events. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening...
Feb 01, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Kimberly Hundertmark and I talk about the Winter Wine Festival and the future of festivals here in the Okanagan. She is General Manager of the Okanagan Wine Festival Society and one half of the Hundertmark wine power couple, along with her husband Jeff, who is the director of wine making at Mount Boucherie Estate Winery in West Kelowna. Want to know what people from Ontario really thinks about wine in...
Jan 25, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . It's my birthday this week and for my birthday, I am releasing this podcast featuring Michael J McCoy, the great wine shop host and wine book connoisseur. Michael compiles a guide, called the "Quick Reference Guide to Wine Knowledge Resources". If you have taken a wine course at Okanagan College, you may have received a previous version of this guide. The current edition is 4 pages and it is filled wi...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Part 2 of my conversation with the Joanne DiGeso of Sommwine.com Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the show Purchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here ! Support Sipsters by subscribing ! Contact me at sipsterswinepodcast@gmail.com! Read Sipster's ICONS (Because sometimes more IS more.) Find me online at s...
Jan 11, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Joanne DiGeso from Sommwine in Whistler, British Columbia can take an already-fun topic - wine - and make it even more! She's a total blast to chat with, which is why this is the first 2-part Sipster's Wine Podcast ever. She's also a return guest from way back in the Wine Country BC days, which you can hear here ! (See what I did there?) Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the ...
Jan 04, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Hope you are all having a great holidays and spending time off with your family. More podcasts coming up in the new year! Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the show Purchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here ! Support Sipsters by subscribing ! Contact me at sipsterswinepodcast@gmail.com! Read Sipster's IC...
Dec 28, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week, I welcome Annika Betts from the Gone West Wine Club to the podcast. Annika has a great perspective on the Canadian wine industry and chose to make the Okanagan Valley's wine industry her home. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the show Purchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here ! Support Sipste...
Dec 21, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . We are talking international wines this week with my guest Marcia J Hamm. She is enamoured with the wines of Italy so much that she became a certified expert in Italian wines! Find Marcia online at JoyofWine.org . Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the show Purchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here ! Supp...
Dec 14, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . It's reunion time! Jennifer Schell Lirag and I get together for our first visit in years to talk wine, food, and cookbooks! She has written 4 of them and knows her stuff when it comes to the perfect pairings. Her recent book, The BC Wine Lover's Cookbook came out just before the pandemic and we talk about what awesome timing that was, among other things. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for ...
Dec 07, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Why is podcasting booming now? What is the appeal? There must be some reason by podcasts are becoming more popular. How does this relate to wine? Join me for this exploration of wine and memory with some vintage guest appearances by Terry Meyer Stone and the tasting crew from the Wine Country BC podcast. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online ...
Nov 30, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Star somm, wine educator, and winemaker Mireille Sauvé joins me on the podcast today. We enjoy a bottle of Chardonnay from her winery, Lakeboat Vineyard and Winery in Kaleden, BC. Find me online at Sipsterswinepodcast.ca . Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the show Purchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” he...
Nov 23, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week, I have a fantastic chat with Jenna White, aka @ThatBCWineGirl. From starting to learn about wine at a young age to taking photos drinking wine in the snow, Jenna's positive attitude about BC wine and the world of wine is infectious. Catch her online on Instagram . Find me online at Sipsterswinepodcast.ca . Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Fi...
Nov 16, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week, a simple podcast about the book that inspired The Sipsters guide, a BIG announcement, and a big question for listeners. Find me online at Sipsterswinepodcast.ca . Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the show Purchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here ! Support Sipsters by subscribing ! Contact me...
Nov 09, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . In this episode, I am joined by Doug Bell, entrepreneur, podcaster, and owner of Northern Lights Winery in Prince George, BC. Find me online at Sipsterswinepodcast.ca . Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the show Purchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here ! Support Sipsters by subscribing ! Contact me at s...
Nov 02, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . In this episode, I am joined by Katrice Sutherland - marketing factotum, wine lover, and manchego connoisseur. Along with a bottle of Echo Bay Vineyard 's Synoptic, we work through the ins and outs of what it means to learn about wine in the Okanagan Valley. Find me online at Sipsterswinepodcast.ca . Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at s...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Welcome to first episode of The Sipster's Wine Podcast! Meet Luke Whittall, the host and author of The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines (published by Touchwood Editions), and find out about what kind of experiences you'll have when you listen in! New episodes every Wednesday. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca....
Oct 17, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 1
