The Sipster's Wine Podcast

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 BC? What's going to happen...

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 with a list of wine b...

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?)

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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 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.

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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. 

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