Pick of the Week

Pick of the Week: Kanonkop, South Africa 

In this special episode of Dork Uncorked, we welcome Mark Kent, the managing partner and technical director of Boekenhoutskloof winery from South Africa. With the Victoria International Wine Festival spotlighting South African wines, Mark's in Victoria and we take advantage. 

Pick of the Week: Kanonkop, South Africa&nbsp;
In this special episode of Dork Uncorked, we welcome Mark Kent, the managing partner and technical director of Boekenhoutskloof winery from South Africa. With the Victoria International Wine Festival spotlighting South African wines, Mark's in Victoria and we take advantage.&nbsp;

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DU 411 Special Guest Marc Kent from South Africa's Boekenhoutskloof

Mike Kozakowski of Citified Victoria joins the program to discuss the $25-million listing of Market Square, two proposed downtown hotel projects that could add more than 340 rooms, October's softer housing market and the challenges facing long-planned commercial development in Sooke.

Image: Westholme Hotel rendering: Olson Kundig / Redbrick

Mike Kozakowski of <a href="https://citified.ca/">Citified Victoria</a> joins the program to discuss the $25-million listing of Market Square, two proposed downtown hotel projects that could add more than 340 rooms, October's softer housing market and the challenges facing long-planned commercial development in Sooke.
Image: Westholme Hotel rendering: Olson Kundig / Redbrick

What investors are betting on in Greater Victoria

Matt Pettinger, Senior Vice President with Avison Young Victoria Realty, joins the program to discuss the listing of Market Square, why one of downtown Victoria's most recognizable properties is being brought to market now, who the likely buyers could be, and what the sale may signal about confidence in Victoria's downtown core.

Photo: Avison Young

Matt Pettinger, Senior Vice President with Avison Young Victoria Realty, joins the program to discuss the listing of Market Square, why one of downtown Victoria's most recognizable properties is being brought to market now, who the likely buyers could be, and what the sale may signal about confidence in Victoria's downtown core.
Photo: Avison Young

Market Square hits the market, listed for ~$25M

This week we're checking in on the 2026 B.C. harvest with two winemakers. Taylor Whelan, Senior Winemaker at Mission Hill Family Estate, tells us how the vintage unfolded, and we taste a couple of wines that would make stellar Christmas Gifts for wine aficionados. Then Black Sage Vineyards winemaker Jason James joins us to talk harvest and one of Canada's warmest vineyard sites, and we will taste his 2022 Merlot and Shiraz. Next, we head to Portugal to meet Diogo Lopes, Chief Winemaker at AdegaMãe, a family-run winery, founded in 2010 just eight kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean, that brings together Portuguese wine traditions and a decidedly modern wine outlook. And to finish, we're off to Australia where veteran wine professional and storyteller Jane Ferrari joins us for a mini-master class on the Barossa Valley, exploring the people, places and wines that have made it one of Australia's premier wine regions.

This week we're checking in on the 2026 B.C. harvest with two winemakers. Taylor Whelan, Senior Winemaker at Mission Hill Family Estate, tells us how the vintage unfolded, and we taste a couple of wines that would make stellar Christmas Gifts for wine aficionados. Then Black Sage Vineyards winemaker Jason James joins us to talk harvest and one of Canada's warmest vineyard sites, and we will taste his 2022 Merlot and Shiraz. Next, we head to Portugal to meet Diogo Lopes, Chief Winemaker at AdegaM&atilde;e, a family-run winery, founded in 2010 just eight kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean, that brings together Portuguese wine traditions and a decidedly modern wine outlook. And to finish, we're off to Australia where veteran wine professional and storyteller Jane Ferrari joins us for a mini-master class on the Barossa Valley, exploring the people, places and wines that have made it one of Australia's premier wine regions.

DU 411 Special Guest Marc Kent from South Africa's Boekenhoutskloof

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