
B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Apr 29, 2026
This week's show spotlights Frédéric Chaudière Vigneron at Château Pesquié and Président de l'AOC Ventoux. For fifty years, three generations of the Chaudière family, who own the Château, have worked with the same desire to explore and fully express the terroir of AOC Ventoux. Frédéric and his bro…

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Apr 22, 2026
This week's podcast spotlights Jessica Dolan, General Manager of Balcomo Ramada Penticton, our new Hotel Partner in Penticton. Jessica joins us to discuss booking now for the busy season ahead and to introduce the many reasons Balcomo is your perfect place to stay when visiting South Okanagan wine …

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Apr 15, 2026
This week's show comes from the International Tasting Room at the 2026 Vancouver International Wine Festival. Joining us on stage is Jeff Guignard, CEO of Wine Growers BC, for a compelling discussion on the current state of wine, both at the storefront and in the vineyard. Since its founding, Bodeg…

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Apr 8, 2026
On this week's show, we come to you from the very busy International Tasting Room at the 47th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival, where this year's theme region is France. We speak with Laurent Gamonet, Export Area Director for Canada at Georges Duboeuf wines. Laurent talks about two labe…

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Apr 1, 2026
On this week's show, we have more from the floor of the 47th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival as we speak with Luigi di Majo, owner of Di Majo Norante. We're venturing off the beaten path—down to Molise, one of Italy's smallest and least-known regions, yet one that quietly produces some…

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Mar 25, 2026
On this week's show, we continue reporting from the 47th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival, where we caught up with Mark Hopley, Winemaker at Hester Creek Estate Winery, to discuss his exciting new release, the 2022 Undici, a Super Tuscan blend made with 61% Sangiovese. The grapes were h…

B.C. FoodAnd Wine Radio: Mar 18, 2026
This week's podcast is recorded live from the floor of the 47th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival. We speak with Riccardo Cugini, Senior Brand Manager at the renowned Tuscan icon, Ruffino, a winery that helped introduce Chianti to the world and continues to influence how Tu scany is und…

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Mar 12, 2026
On this week's podcast, join us from the 47th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival as we speak with Chris Hoffmeister, Chief Executive Officer of Select Wines. We discuss fine wines and even finer profit margins for international producers dealing with a sharp drop in wine consumption world…

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Mar 4, 2026
This week's podcast acknowledges International Women’s Day on March 9 as we celebrate women in wine, starting with one of the biggest names in Champagne, Alice Paillard, CEO and Proprietor of Champagne Bruno Paillard. Alice is widely regarded as one of the most thoughtful and articulate voices of h…

B.C. Food And Wine Radio: Feb 25, 2026
This week's podcast spotlights Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, former Wall Street Journal columnists and founders of Open That Bottle Night, who join us to discuss why all of us tend to hold onto wines we own that we should have opened years ago and what to do about it. From Penticton, British …