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Discovering  Kismet Wines in Oliver  and  2019 The One from Noble Ridge    The SHOW   Our first guest is Manpreet Dhaliwal, the family winemaker for Kismet in Oliver.  The Dhaliwal family, lead by brothers Sukhi and Balwinder,  originally came to the Okanagan from South Asia as farmers, which is exactly what they did when... The post February 21st, 2026- Discovering  Kismet Wines in Oliver  and  2019 “The One” from Noble Ridge  appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

A Complete Tasting Room Radio with David Paterson and Tantalus Winery. THE SHOW  I had been  counting down the days to the end of 2025 Harvest. It marked the end of the amazing 2025 growing season AND my first chance to interview Tantalus Winery GM and Winemaker David Paterson. First,  to talk about the National... The post February 14th, 2026- Tasting Room Radio with David Paterson and award winning Tantalus Winery. appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

        Upcoming Vancouver Wine Fest… Its a blend uniquely Harry… The  47th annual Fesitval.  March 7/14– on opening  the room is filled with  information , numbers and a hint of Nardwuar. The palate is  full. Surprising with stories of Bacchanalia (Mar 7) The Soul of Napa (MAR 9) The mid-palate is totally France! ... The post February 7th, 2026- 47th Vancouver International Wine Festival & Jeff Guignard- President /CEO of Wine Growers of BC. appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

From 6 generations of Sleemans to a jam with The Rhythm and Booze Project   As always, when I get next to a gathering of craft makers, whether they be wine makers, brewers, cider makers, chefs, sparkling wine makers or spirits, I always do way too many interviews. It's like a buffet. Can't help myself.... The post January 31st, 2026- 6 generations of Sleemans, & the 20th Victoria Whisky Festival Part Two appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

Its the 20th l Victoria Whisky Fest and the 16th  Canadian Whisky Awards.     Right up front congratulations to JP Wisers’s 24 for winning Canadian Whisky of the Year. Founded in 2010 by whisky writer and historian Davin de Kergommeaux, the Canadian Whisky Awards focuses exclusively on whiskies distilled and matured in Canada and... The post January 24TH, 2026- The 20th annual Victoria Whisky Fest and the 16th  Canadian Whisky Awards appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

Alberta Wine Tax Gets gets strong push back from Wine BC,  Alberta restaurants, winery agents, retail and hospitality!   Calgary, Alberta: A coalition of industry associations representing Canadian wineries, restaurants, import agents, and Alberta retail and hospitality businesses are calling on the Government of Alberta to repeal its unfair and damaging ad valorem tax on wine. “Implemented in 2025 without industry consultation, Alberta's wine... The post January 17th, 2026- Alberta Wine Tax gets strong push back from Wine BC Coalition. appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

Vancouver’s Biggest Non-Alc Wine, Beer, Spirit & Cocktail Tasting! Free Spirit Vancouver.   THE SHOW The low and non-alcoholic sector has exploded into a $13-billion-dollar global industry, recording staggering year-over-year growth, with Canadians among its top international consumers.  According to NielsenIQ, the overall market grew by more than 35 per cent in 2023, and 120... The post January 10th, 2026- Vancouver’s Biggest Non-Alc Wine, Beer, Spirit & Cocktail Tasting! appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

2025 Canadian Wine Awards with Anthony Gismondi & Geoffrey Moss MW THE SHOW A full-scale discussion about the 2025 Nationals! The Canadian Wine Awards, featuring one of the best wine minds in this or any country,  Anthony Gismondi. He also happens to be one of the key organizers of these tastings and awards.  For over... The post January 10th, 2026 Canadian Wine Awards with Anthony Gismondi & Geoffrey Moss MW appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

2025 Canadian Wine Awards with Anthony Gismondi & Geoffrey Moss MW THE SHOW A full-scale discussion about the 2025 Nationals! The Canadian Wine Awards, featuring one of the best wine minds in this or any country,  Anthony Gismondi. He also happens to be one of the key organizers of these tastings and awards.  For over... The post January 3rd, 2026- Canadian Wine Awards with Anthony Gismondi & Geoffrey Moss MW appeared first on Mulligan Stew.

We reconnect with Mark Sheridan President of Hester Creek and their 2022 Judge, 2022 Garland,  2024 The Columbia Valley Meritage and a remarkable new blend  2022 UNDICI, that will be an instant hit. THE SHOW   These are conflicting days at Hester Creek.   At the very same time that they grow, create and release...

THE SHOW Fort Berens in Lillooet, BC we present a conversation with winemaker Alex Nel.    From our friends at Fort Berens in Lillooet, BC we present a conversation with winemaker Alex Nel.  Originally from the wine regions of South Africa, Alex came to BC with his winemaking wife to create a new life in...

THE SHOW    It’s the annual BC Wine gathering designed to showcase many of the wines from all the regions in BC. Wine Growers of BC named it Swirl Around BC Wine Expo 2025.  The daylong celebration took place at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver.   60 wineries from across the province were all set...

Vancouver’s Biggest Non-Alc Wine, Beer, Spirit & Cocktail Tasting! Free Spirit Vancouver.   THE SHOW The low and non-alcoholic sector has exploded into a $13-billion-dollar global industry, recording staggering year-over-year growth, with Canadians among its top international consumers.  According to NielsenIQ, the overall market grew by more than 35 per cent in 2023, and 120...

The spectacular, award winning winemaker Mary McDermott and Township 7 & seven stars Fall releases.   THE SHOW   At the 2025 “Nationals”  – (Wine Align National Wine Awards) – Township 7 received the highest number of awards of any sparkling producer in Canada.   Three Gold Medals  Three Silver Medals The 2017 seven stars Sirius alone...

It’s been called various names over the years. It’s the annual BC Wine gathering meant to showcase  the wines from all the regions in BC. Wine Growers of BC named it   –   Swirl Around BC Wine Expo 2025.    The daylong celebration took place at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver.   60 wineries from...

Noble Ridge (OK Falls) Guests: Benoit Gauthier director of Winemaking/CEO and Asst Winemaker Libby Nixon After somehow surviving the cold snaps of the several past Winters, Noble Ridge in Okanagan Falls has found itself right side up and raring to go. The guests this week are Benoit Gauthier – Director of Winemaking and CEO Libby Nixon...

A Complete Tasting Room Radio with David Paterson and Tantalus Winery. THE SHOW  I’ve been counting down the days to the end of 2025 Harvest. It marks the end of the 2025 growing season AND my first chance to interview Tantalus Winery GM and Winemaker David Paterson. First,  to talk about the National Wine Awards...

Michal Mosny (Winemakers Cut) & James Lester (Sons of Vancouver)     The SHOW   Michal Mosny – co-founder and winemaker Winemaker’s Cut   Michal and Martina Mosny were making wine in Slovakia years ago. They watched a tv series called Hollywood and Vines. They saw the hosts walking vineyards and talking to the winemakers...

This is such a great story. Three professionals had a wine dream that turned into a plan and now a winery. Steve Beecroft,  was born in a farming family in Trenton, Ont. Had a successful career in banking. The love of his life, Tricia Huebner was a highly respected marketing and communications specialist. Dylan Sheldon grew up...

THE SHOW    It’s the annual BC Wine gathering designed to showcase many of the wines from all the regions in BC. Wine Growers of BC named it Swirl Around BC Wine Expo 2025.  The daylong celebration took place at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver.   60 wineries from across the province were all set...

It’s been called various names over the years. It’s the annual BC Wine gathering meant to showcase all the wines from all the regions in BC. Wine Growers of BC named it Swirl Around BC Wine Expo 2025.    The daylong celebration took place at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver.   60 wineries from...

Just when BC Wineries needed leadership to heal & deal with provincial barriers, meet Jeff Guignard. (CEO-President of  Wine Growers of BC) Not only is he outspoken and focused,  Jeff also spent 10 years in Ottawa. He knows well which doors to knock on or kick down. Jeff has been traveling to the various wine...

2025 Canadian Wine Awards with Anthony Gismondi & Geoffrey Moss MW THE SHOW A full-scale discussion about the 2025 Nationals! The Canadian Wine Awards, featuring one of the best wine minds in this or any country,  Anthony Gismondi. He also happens to be one of the key organizers of these tastings and awards.  For over...

Meyer Family Vinyards / Mayhem Wines. It’s a Family Affair!!     For the past 5-7 years – just around Harvest – I’ve gone seeking Terry Meyer Stone and her brother JAK Meyer. Terry owns Mayhem Wines and JAK owns Meyer Family Vinyards. Both in Okanagan Falls.     JAK, partners and staff are celebrating their fabulous...

      THE SHOW    A lot to talk about with Ron Kubek. Co-Owner of Lightning Rock in Summerland.  Ron is very opinionated. Can’t blame him.   For far too many years, Canadian bureaucrats have stood in the way of wineries and provincial free trade across Canada. Promises broken, forgotten or never kept. Ron...

Winemaker Kathy Malone – Hillside Estate  (Naramata ) and Rhys Pender Master of Wine – Little Farm (Similkameen)  THE SHOW These have been troubling times in Okanagan Winemaking.    Two Winter cold snaps damaged many prized vineyards.  Some of the same vineyards made a slow recovery with an assist from winemakers and vineyard crews. One thing...

THE SHOW   It’s Part Two on the Barnyard Wine Fair.     “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     Wines...

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...

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...

The stories behind 2024  Crafted in BC Wines from Clos du Soleil and Niche Wine. THE SHOW  Have you tasted any Crafted in BC Wines ?  Have you bought any Crafted in BC wines? If the answer is no, I have a question – Why?  These are excellent wines , made by Canadian winemakers & wineries, from prime...

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...

Michael Bartier Presents 2025 Crafted in BC Wines – Kurtis Kolt presents Top Drop 2025 THE SHOW Michael Bartier – Co-founder/Winemaker Bartier Bros (Black Sage Road) When I last talked to co-owner and winemaker Michael Bartier  at Bartier Bros on Black Sage Road,  South Okanagan, he had a total of 17 vineyards damaged due to 2...

Cowichan Spring Wine Pour  2025 You can your clock by it. The Cowichan Valley Wine Spring Wine Pour. Year 2025   The location may change from year to year, new faces may appear but one thing that’s always in the room is Cowichan Valley Pride!! The wine community all across the province is keeping a...

New releases, new labels, new sponsors.   Best Coast Distillers and Winemaker’s Cut/The Opera.     THE SHOW    Corey Wood/Cory Hastings – Best Coast Distillers  (North Saanich)   Best Coast Distillers have been really busy for the past couple of years. Planting necessary ingredients on their farm, building the distillery from the ground up, getting...

THE SHOW   Kathy Malone – Winemaker Hillside Winery If you haven’t already heard, April is BC Wine Month. Its also the month that we thank the four sponsors of Tasting Room Radio. When we started TRR the Summer of 2007, we made a pledge about the segment sponsors. If I’m going to talk about...

THE SHOW Kurtis Kolt – Wine Educator, Judge, Writer. (Vancouver) This is  a wild and crazy time in the wine business. As a result of the recent Winter cold snaps in the Okanagan, many vineyards were killed and what did survive offered up very small production possibilities. In order to survive, BC wineries were given...

Jason Parkes & Robbie Hundertmark – 12 Spring 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...

FREE SPIRIT VICTORIA –   non-alc.  zero-proof, alcohol free. A story of our times.   THE SHOW    For the first time under one roof in Victoria , importers will be joined by local BC makers from Vancouver Island, Vancouver, the Okanagan etc.,  to showcase the best alcohol-free wine, beer, spirits, and packaged cocktails available. Organized...

Hester Creek – The 2024 Columbia Valley Collection   Guests :  The Marks. Mark Sheridan – President Mark Hopley – Winemaker   It was only a matter of time before we all started to see the “out-of-province” wines of 2024. Due to 2 cold snaps, especially the Winter of early 24, BC Wineries were given...

Co-Hosted with This is Wine School -Part Two of  2025 VanWineFest    THE SHOW    This is Wine School are founders, educators and award-winning sommeliers Jenna Brisco, Kelcie Jones and Maude Renaud-Brisson.  We gathered in a small circle of chairs, surrounded by many 100’s of wine trade attendees constantly on the move at the convention...

It’s always one of the most exciting wine events on the calendar. The Vancouver International Wine Festival. Now in its 46th year. Over 27,000 bottles will be opened or sold. 20,000 wine fans attending 43 events. Over 1,000 different wines from 120 wineries and 15 countries. The featured region this year was California. When the wine...

Looking back on a volatile year in BC Wine. 2024 featured wildfires, floods, COVID, road closures, price, tax and wage increases and two cold snaps over two Winters. Vineyards were damaged or destroyed by the Winter freeze. Wineries and growers were facing a 2025 with little or no wines to cellar and sell. The Wine...

Heading for Hanks Cowichan and Kurtis Kolt explains “Everything”!   THE SHOW Hank’s – Provisions from The Cowichan Hank’s was originally going to be called “Hank & Ludo” named after our dog Hank and a gigantic bull mastiff named Ludo.  Then the name was shortened to just Hank’s. Hank, the dog,  is named after one of...