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The Sipster's Wine PodcastLiving the Local LifeText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . What does it really mean to buy local? Has that changed for us Canadians with all of the political things happening in the US? Is it a stretch to call a Mexican wine local? Jess and I delve into this topic over two 'local' wines that aren't from BC. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the showP...2025-04-1635 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastGearing up for 2025 - Jess Studies BC Wine HistoryText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . In her never-ending quest to provide amazing experiences for her tour guests, Farm to Glass Wine Tour owner Jessie Hopwood re-reads Valleys of Wine, the only comprehensive history of BC's wine industry. In this special podcasts, she interviews the author and finds out how much he remembers with an intense quiz. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support th...2025-04-0956 min
The Sipster's Wine PodcastDown with punt, up with dimpleText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Ever wondered about wine competitions? Where do wines get their gold and silver awards? What do they mean?? Jess and I tackle this controversial topic. But wait, there's more! The wine word of the day - or is it week - is Punt. Do you prefer a bottle with out or without? Do you know what it is? We'll tell you. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Fi...2025-03-0525 min
The Sipster's Wine PodcastVideos and VerticalsText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . We're back! Jess joins me from her flex space (aka the Podcast Closet) for this quick chat about the possibility of adding video to the Sipster's Podcast. What do you think? Is it worth it? Are we really that awesome looking? Send us an email or a comment somewhere and let us know. We also dive into our wine word of the week - Vertical. What is a wine vertical? Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! ...2025-02-2626 min
The Sipster's Wine PodcastForking Hangry with Chef JillText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This episode is a chat with Jillian Hillier, better known online as @faretheewellbychefjill. Chef Jill has a lot to say about eating healthy and all of those dietary restrictions that everybody seems to have these days. I met her last November at the Crushable Club Wine Studio in Toronto, run by wine maven (and previous podcast guest Laura Milnes). We had a great time chatting about wine and food and I thought that she would be an excellent podcast guest...2025-01-2244 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastVisiting Jennifer Carleton in OntarioText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week’s podcast is a revisit with Jennifer Carleton. We recorded her previous podcast last spring over a video call when we were both in the Okanagan Valley. She invited me to visit her amazing wine room at her home in Peterborough, Ontario at some point if I was ever there and, last November, I was! She travels regularly between BC and Ontario and is one of the few wine people I know who can talk about either region wi...2025-01-0849 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastGlengarry County's Stonehouse VineyardText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . I get to speak with Joanne Pratt and Craig MacMillan, the owners of Stonehouse Vineyard in Lochiel, Ontario. Unless you’ve read either of my two Sipsters Pocket Guides to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines, there is little chance that you could have even heard of Stonehouse before. The winery is in a converted barn and the whole property is perched on the top of a beautiful ridge in far eastern Ontario - the first vineyard operating in the area - j...2024-12-231h 05The Sipster's Wine PodcastSavon Du BoisText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week’s guest is Anne Du Bois who own Savon Du Bois in Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario. I’ve always wanted to do an episode like this because it is not directly about wine but rather, about aromas almost exclusively. Anne Du Bois is an aromatherapist and perfumer who extracts her own scents and essential elements from botanicals to create a huge array of products from perfumes, essential oils, soaps, lotions, and salts, which is only a small amou...2024-12-0441 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastAmerican Grapes in BC BottlesText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This is going to be controversial. After a bad couple of winters, some BC wineries have imported grapes outside of BC to make wine. Some BC wineries have refused to do that. Will they be labelled the same? Are they going to cost less? In this podcast, Jess and I discuss what we think should happen to these wines. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at s...2024-11-0641 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastJess is a Nova Scotia PrincessText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . It's more about Nova Scotia this week! Jess and I taste through a couple more wines from her trip, including wines from L'Acadie and Luckett vineyards. We discuss our Tidal Bay experiences and offer suggestions for donair pairings. It's an east coast feast. Find Jess at Farm to Glass Wine Tours.Find me at my computer trying to remember all of the things I'm supposed to type into the show notes for podcasts. Does anybody even...2024-10-2355 min
Mulligan StewEP 324 | Author Luke Whittall and his Sipster's Pocket Guides Books Look who's on a Roll - It's this week's guest, Author Luke Whittall Luke and his Sipster's Pocket Guides Books. In the third volume in the popular Sipster’s Pocket Guide series, wine expert and educator Luke Whittall presents his latest top 50 British Columbia wines under $50 (including many under $30) and along the way shares his thoughts on wine country and common misconceptions about certain grapes, and offers up tangents on everything from scented candles to middle children to jazz hands. With food and activity pairings that range from Thai noodles and pool noodles to classic rock and hootenannies, and an index of...2024-10-2148 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastGreenhouse Wines in QuebecText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Can grapes be grown in a greenhouse? Apparently yes. I get to taste a couple wines in this episode with Marc Desaulnier and Annabelle Harper, winemaker and assistant winemaker respectively at Vins Zyromski in Rivière-Rouge, Quebec. https://vinszyromski.com/ Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support...2024-10-0950 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastNova Scotia Wines, Muskoka Chairs, and the most exciting wines of 2024Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Jess is back! In this episode, we talk about the value of wines in Nova Scotia, why disagreeing makes for a better podcast, and if there really is a difference between Adirondak and Muskoka chairs. We also recap our summer and some of the most amazing wines that we tasted recently. Wines featured in this podcast:Beausoleil Vineyards Framboise Artisanal Wine and Cider, Nova ScotiaOther wines we talked about:Hugging Tree - Keremeos...2024-09-2544 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastThe Innovator - Sandra OldfieldText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Whatever innovations have happened in the BC wine industry in the past 30 years, Sandra Oldfield has been a part of it. The first wine club in British Columbia - The Crush Club at Tinhorn Creek - happened on her watch. In a world of industry followers, she is a leader. I've been trying to get her to record a podcast with me for years, which is almost the same amount of time that we've been seeing each other at school...2024-09-1158 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastTribute to Tim Watts from Kettle Valley WineryText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Tim Watts, co-owner of Kettle Valley Winery in Naramata, was an early mentor in my wine career. I worked at several wineries in production and I worked at Kettle Valley in 2008. Tim and Bob Ferguson were hands-on owners, working at every aspect of their business themselves, which meant that when I worked there, I got to try out all kinds of different things too. I loved that about working there because every day was different and every day meant that...2024-07-2420 min
Matthew's World of Wine and DrinkInterview with Luke Whittall: British ColumbiaLuke Whittall is the author of The Sipster's Pocket Guide which is an annual overview of the best wines made in British Columbia. This interview with Luke is a great insight into and overview of British Columbia wines, which are getting more and more interesting. Learn about the regions—especially Okanagan Valley—the climate, the grape varieties, and the styles of wines. Even if they're hard to find, you need to know about them.2024-07-0150 min
Matthew's World of Wine and DrinkInterview with Luke Whittall: British ColumbiaLuke Whittall is the author of The Sipster's Pocket Guide which is an annual overview of the best wines made in British Columbia. This interview with Luke is a great insight into and overview of British Columbia wines, which are getting more and more interesting. Learn about the regions—especially Okanagan Valley—the climate, the grape varieties, and the styles of wines. Even if they're hard to find, you need to know about them.2024-07-0150 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastAngelic Wines with Shay CodeText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This is one of those super-sized podcasts with a lot of info in a great conversation with Shay Code, owner and winemaker at his winery Code Wines in Okanagan Falls, BC. Perched at the base of Peach Cliff above the town, Code Wines occupies an extraordinarily unique vineyard site. Shay tells about how he got into wine and what led him to plant the grapes on this amazing piece of land. **PLEASE NOTE** This podcast was recorded...2024-06-191h 11The Sipster's Wine PodcastDo People in Ontario Really Like BC Wine? Jenn Carleton knows...Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Jennifer Carleton joins me on the podcast this week. She has a unique perspective on Canadian wine because she travels regularly between Ontario and BC and hears all about what each provinces says about the other's wines. Jenn is extremely well-spoken and enthusiastic about wine. Find her online at her website Jenn's Wine Crush. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support th...2024-06-1251 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastAMA The Questions EpisodeText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . In a bid to learn more about each other, Jess and I get into the serious questions about wine and life. Now, you can have your chance! Ask us anything! You must have questions about wine in Canada and now you can ask us! Or tell us about your most amazing wine experiences. We will read them on a future podcast and answer or discuss when we do. The best question or story will win a copy of...2024-06-0553 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastBlind Tasting with Tonia McArthurText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Tonia McArthur rejoins me for a great conversation, this time in the Sipster's studio instead of at a noisy coffee shop. We talk about her recent appearance in the new Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 More Must-Try BC Wines Volume 3 while I blind her on a mysterious sparkling wine. Find Tonia online on her website and learn about her amazing scoring system for wines. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the S...2024-05-2940 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastWe're F&$@3D - The State of BC's Vineyards with Christopher MarkText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Christopher Mark from Vintality Tech Inc. joins me on the podcast this week. We talk about all things vineyards in this one, which is a hot topic among more than just wine enthusiasts these days. Everyone seems to have heard that BC's interior has had it bad over the past few years. Chris is literally at ground zero for around the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys with his company as he monitors and analyzes vineyard health using the latest technology and...2024-05-2255 min
The Sipster's Wine PodcastSingalong with Jess and LukeText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week on the podcast, Jessie Hopwood returns for a visit to catch up and talk about the state of BC’s wine industry after a crazy winter. We'll catch up with why there haven't been any podcasts lately, how to get into the wine industry, and why you should never ferment raspberry wine in a condo unless you have home insurance. It’s a fun and casual conversation over glasses of Oak Estate Winery Cherish Merlot 2022 from Summerland, British Colu...2024-05-0846 min
The Sipster's Wine PodcastThe Sippie Awards 2024 WinnersText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . It’s the first annual SIPPIE AWARDS and here are the WINNERS!Modelled after the BC LG awards, the Sippies are my way of telling you about all kinds of Canadian wines. I’ve written about some of them but there are often others that I can’t include in my books for various reasons (they might be too expensive or limited to one single vintage). I still think you should know about these wines because they a...2024-02-0731 min
The Sipster's Wine PodcastIt's the 2024 Sippie Awards Honourable MentionsText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Here's a little bit of fun to start off the podcast in 2024. It's the first annual SIPPIE AWARDS!!Modelled after the BC LG awards, the Sippies are my way of telling you about all kinds of Canadian wines. I've written about some of them but there are often others that I can't include in my books for various reasons (they might be too expensive or limited to one single vintage). I still think you should know...2024-01-3134 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastCanadian Wine with Ann SperlingText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week’s podcast features Ann Sperling, a legendary wine maker from BC who has been in Ontario now for many years. She has a long family history in BC and is the great-granddaughter of Giovanni Casorso, who is (if we need one) the real father of BC’s wine industry. She spent her first years as a winemaker at André’s Wines in Port Moody in the 1980s before taking on winemaking at the early years of CedarCreek where her wine...2023-12-231h 11The Sipster's Wine PodcastCrushing It Niagara Style with Graham Rennie and Matt LoneyText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . You will hear 2 other voices on this week’s podcast and those will be of Graham Rennie and Matt Loney. Graham is the found of The Niagara Custom Crush Studio in Vineland, Ontario and Matt Loney is the General Manager. They are innovative and pushing the envelope for a new style of custom crush facility. They are just getting started now but they are on track to become a focal point in Niagara’s wine industry, acting as an incubator for...2023-12-141h 02The Sipster's Wine PodcastChilling with Sue-Ann Staff, Part 2Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Want some history? How about finding out what American outlaw Jesse James did to leave his mark on the Staff family property. This is part 2 of my conversation with Sue-Ann Staff of Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery in Jordan, Ontario. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Supp...2023-12-0634 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastChilling with Sue-Ann Staff, Part 1Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This is the second podcast that I recorded while travelling in Ontario. The voice you heard at the beginning belongs to Sue-Ann Staff, from Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery located south of Jordan, Ontario on the top of the escarpment.Sue-Ann was such a bundle of joy to chat with. She had prepared a wonderful tasting through some of the key wines in her portfolio and chatted about the long and storied history of the l...2023-11-2955 min
Unreserved Wine TalkMood & Wine Pairings + British Columbia's Best Wine Regions with Luke Whittall, Author of 50 Must-Try Wines from BC and OntarioWhy should you consider mood and experience when pairing wines? What is a lustful wine? What do you need to know about British Columbia’s wine regions? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with author and host of The Sipsters Wine Podcast, Luke Whittall. You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks Giveaway Three of you are going to win a personally signed copy of Luke's new book, The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines. To quali...2023-11-2939 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastOn Seven Vineyards in Niagara on the LakeText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Vittorio de Stafano from On Seven Estate Winery joins me in this conversation about starting a super-premium winery with a focused portfolio build on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. His Chardonnay left me utterly speechless when tasting it for the first time last winter when I was writing the first volume of the Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines. On Seven was high on my list of Must-Visit wineries while I visited Niagara this fall. This was recorded November 2023 on...2023-11-221h 01Unreserved Wine TalkBC's Wild Diversity, Deep Lake Effect and Promising Future with Luke Whittall, Author of 50 Must-Try Wines in BC and OntarioWhat are five things that will surprise you about the wine regions and wines of British Columbia? What are some top tips to help you get the most from your visit to BC? Which challenges does this west coast wine industry face going forward? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with author and host of The Sipsters Wine Podcast, Luke Whittall. You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks Giveaway Three of you are going to win a personally sig...2023-11-2245 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastCatching up with Noelle StarzynskiText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Noelle Starzynski, wine marketer extraordinaire, joins me on the podcast this week. She is perhaps best known for her work with Lakeside Cellars in Osoyoos, BC where she has been working for the past 5 years helping to build their brand and hospitality program. I first met Noelle in the middle of the last decade and we have been running into each other at various events and stores ever since. We didn’t see much of each other during the pandemic of...2023-11-1559 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastFull of Rigour and WhimsyText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This is the defacto Part 2 of my previous episode with Jess Hopwood from Farm to Glass Wine Tours. In this podcast, you will hear the voices of Jody and Costa Gavaris from Rigour and Whimsy Winery in Okanagan Falls, along with Jess and I as we taste through a few wines from their portfolio. You'll hear the ambience from the cellar as well as the humour and fun (or is that whimsy?) of time well spent enjoying wine together. 2023-10-2557 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastJoin the Club - Carl Boucher is here!Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This might be get loud. Do not adjust your devices. This is what real enthusiasm for wine sounds like. Carl and his wife Mira are partnered in running Carl's Wine Club. Carl joined me recently in the Sipster's studio for a chat about Canadian wine. He's got an amazing perspective on it and tastes so much wine over the course of his working year! Nobody in this country has the unique perspective that he has and it was fascinating to...2023-10-181h 10
The Sipster's Wine PodcastGetting Busy in Season 2!Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . The fall is always a busy time in the industry and even though I no longer work in the cellars as part of the harvest, I am still busy busy busy. I'm kicking off the second season of The Sipster's Wine Podcast with tons of announcements! PLUS! You will get to hear excerpts from the Sipster's Pocket Guides - BC Volumes 1 and 2 as well as a sneak preview of a chapter from the soon-to-be-released Sipster's Pocket...2023-10-1129 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastWhen Wineries Don't Get It RightText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . You never know who you're going to meet when you work at a winery. This is a recent conversation with Kaila Kliewer, formerly a wine sales professional on the coast with a background in hospitality, who I actually met 10 years ago! (That's a good story too...) We share a similar interest and appreciation in wine but also a similar point of view over the industry from the perspective of working at VQA stores. She shares some stories about her experience...2023-08-3037 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastWildfires and GratitudeText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This is a different episode, recorded within the smoke-filled Okanagan Valley. It has not been an easy time here lately and this podcast is a little window into that time when smoke clogs the valley and fires dominate the news. Some of the links mentioned in this episode:CBC Kelowna - Daybreak with Chris WalkerCastanet NewsBC Wildfire Service MapJancisRobinson.com article by Arnica Rowan Niche Wine Co. Other...2023-08-2312 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastThat One Time in a TeslaText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . If it’s one thing I’ve learned from my years of producing a podcast, it’s that I can plan anything I want to, with as much detail and precision as I am capable of, but in the end the results are usually out of my control. I don’t have a journalism background and therefore, no training about how to maintain perspective or ask the tough questions or anything like that. Sometimes, I just have to go along for the...2023-08-161h 00The Sipster's Wine PodcastThe Other One with Laura MilnesText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . *If you haven't yet, you should probably listen to Part 1 of this conversation first.*I first met Laura in early 2018, I believe through social media (although it was a bit of a blurry time in my life at that point so I might be wrong). In any case, we spent the afternoon chatting about wine and looking at the lake in the warm spring sun. Laura was not like other people that I had talked to...2023-08-0943 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastThe One with Laura MilnesText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . I first met Laura in early 2018, I believe through social media (although it was a bit of a blurry time in my life at that point so I might be wrong). In any case, we spent the afternoon chatting about wine and looking at the lake in the warm spring sun. Laura was not like other people that I had talked to about wine. Her questions to me where very different and I liked that immediately. We stayed in touch...2023-08-0236 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastThe One With Eagles in the DistanceText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . It's another flashback episode this week featuring Steve Venables from Forbidden Fruit Winery in the Similkameen Valley. This is a slightly ASMR interview since it was recorded outside in February on a beautiful day while sitting near the banks of the mighty Similkameen River. This was originally recorded February 2012. During the pandemic, I had to really temper my habit of stopping in to places to say hi and catch up but am slowly getting back to doing that w...2023-07-2640 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastThe One Where Luke DisappearsText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . So where the heck have I been? Lots of places. Listen to this podcast to hear about where I was and what's I've got planned for the future. Welcome to the Sipsters Podcast! Thank you for listening to the Sipster's Podcast. Find us online at sipsters.ca. Support the showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support Sipsters by subscribing! Contact me at sipsterswinepodcast@gmail.c...2023-07-2120 minUnreserved Wine TalkWhy I Don't Review Bad Wines with Luke Whittall of the Sipster's Wine PodcastWhy do I not review bad wines? What’s the difference between sexist, sexy and sensual writing, whether it’s in wine tasting notes or beyond? What are the big differences between wine reviews and articles, and what value does each form give to readers? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm being interviewed by Luke Whittall, host of The Sipster's Wine Podcast. You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks Highlights What’s the difference between sexist, sexy and sensual writing...2023-07-1238 minUnreserved Wine TalkOnline Mobbing, Dark Humour and Change in the Wine Industry with Luke Whittall of the Sipster's Wine PodcastHow do you deal with the mob mentality of social media when it's a part of your work? How can you find the humour in the dark moments of life? What has changed in the past ten years in the wine industry when it comes to inequality and discrimination? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm being interviewed by Luke Whittall, host of The Sipster's Wine Podcast. You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks Highlights What makes Wine Witch on Fir...2023-07-0525 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastJohn Schreiner's Memoirs Part 2Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . If you think you know something about BC Wine but you don't know who John Schreiner is, then you still have a lot to learn about wine in this province. Wine in BC (and Canada) has not always been as good as it is now. At least a generation of wine drinkers now does not remember when Canadian wine was the butt of jokes and probably shouldn't have been consumed by humans before 1994. John saw the potential and began writing...2023-06-071h 00The Sipster's Wine PodcastJohn Schreiner's Memoirs Part 1Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . If you think you know something about BC Wine but you don't know who John Schreiner is, then you still have a lot to learn about wine in this province. Wine in BC (and Canada) has not always been as good as it is now. At least a generation of wine drinkers now does not remember when Canadian wine was the butt of jokes and probably shouldn't have been consumed by humans before 1994. John saw the potential and began writing...2023-05-3149 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastNoughty Charlotte MessinesText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . This week I chat with Charlotte Messines, who works at Thompson and Scott who produce the Noughty Wines in London, England. Never heard of that winery? Well, they produce a whole line of no-alcohol wines that are really taking off right now. They’ve been on my radar for over a year when I was sent samples while writing The Sipster’s Pocket Guide, volume 2 (which is out now). I was really intrigued by the non-alcoholic category and when I foun...2023-05-2431 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 30 Natalie MacLean Part 2Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Part 2 of my conversation with Natalie MacLean, one of Canada’s most recognizable wine personalities. She has appeared regularly on television, newspaper and magazine columns, as well as online through her website at Nataliemaclean.com. She is the author of two previous books that I know you’ve seen in the wine sections of book stores before - Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass and Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best B...2023-05-1747 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 29 Natalie MacLean, Part 1Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Natalie MacLean is one of Canada’s most recognizable wine personalities. She has appeared regularly on television, newspaper and magazine columns, as well as online through her website at Nataliemaclean.com. She is the author of two previous books that I know you’ve seen in the wine sections of book stores before - Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass and Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines. She also h...2023-05-1043 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 28 Yvonne TurgeonText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Yvonne Turgeon is the founder and editor of Thompson Okanagan Trends Magazine. We met for the first time last week at an industry function and we recorded this podcast yesterday (if you are listening to it the day that it is released). You might remember Okanagan Life magazine and the wine competition that they did in the spring. Trends magazine is bringing that back in a big way this month and Yvonne talks about all of that in this conversation, w...2023-05-0351 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 27 - It's here!Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . What's here? The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 2 is now out!Buy it at Mosaic Books in Kelowna!Buy it at Munro Books in Victoria!You can buy it here! You can buy it there!You can buy it everywhere!You can also buy it directly from me by sending me an email. Let me know how many you'd like, if you'd like them signed...2023-04-2636 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 26 - Lady of the MistText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . DJ Lady of the Mist, aka my friend and occasional musical partner Misty Rose joins me on this week's podcast. I’ve known Misty for about 7 or 8 years now and together we form the guitar and flute duet called Pairing Notes. Sadly, it took a long time for us to come up with that name. For some reason, she didn’t like Flutar, which was one of my suggestions – don’t know why. Anyways, Misty and I talk about all kinds of...2023-04-1947 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 25 - Blair GillinghamText us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Blair Gillingham joins me on the podcast this week. He is the winemaker at Howling Bluff Estate Winery in Naramata but has been in the wine business since he was a teenager. He's experienced a lot of vintages in many countries around the world, which he’ll be talking about. Blair is super down to earth about wine and winemaking. He was a hard-core listener to my old podcast, Wine Country BC back in the day – even remembering things about them...2023-04-1255 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 24 - Is Social Media Dead?Text us your wine questions, craziest wine experiences, or if you just have a comment for us. . Wine and social media used to be a classic pairing. Wine enthusiasts found an outlet for their passion and generously shared their experiences on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram to share with their friends and learn about others' experiences at the same time. But something has changed. Is social media still the place for wine lovers to congregate? Is it a constructive and beneficial element in our lives? This podcast is an exploration of social media a...2023-04-0531 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 23 Pinotage and Cider with Jennifer and Kent MolgatText 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 that they have been growing and making there since they...2023-03-2956 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 22 High Fives with Tonia McArthurText 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 wine. Tonia hosts a High Five Wine Acad...2023-03-2227 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 21 Getting Unccorked with Kayla BordignonText 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 and enthusiasm for wine in British Columbia...2023-03-081h 05The Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 20 Alderlea Vineyards with Julie and ZacText 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 before we started recording, I stayed focused on the wine as best as I could...2023-03-0151 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 19 - Wine Touring Info and more Sipster StuffText 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 sipsters.c...2023-02-2219 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 18 with Calli BaileyText 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 was a thrill to share a glass with her ag...2023-02-1553 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 17 - Winterfest at the District Wine VillageText 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 Barbara Hall at Upper Case WinerySuk and Ne...2023-02-0831 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 16 - Flashback to Oyster FestivalText 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 to the Sipster's P...2023-02-0119 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 15 - Kimberly HundertmarkText 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 BC? What's going to happen to the Lt. Governor's awards...2023-01-2540 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 14 - Michael J McCoyText 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 with a list of wine books, listed in categories and loaded...2023-01-181h 08The Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 13 - Joanne DiGeso, Part 2Text 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 showPurchase 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 sipsters.ca or...2023-01-1141 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 12 - Joanne DiGeso, Part 1Text 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 Sipster's...2023-01-0444 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 11 - Happy HolidaysText 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 showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support Sipsters by subscribing! Contact me at sipsterswinepodcast@gmail.com!Read Sipster's ICONS (Becau...2022-12-2802 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 10 - Annika BettsText 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 showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support Sipsters by subscribing! ...2022-12-2147 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 9 - Marcia J HammText 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 showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support Sipsters by su...2022-12-1433 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 8 - Jennifer Schell LiragText 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 listening to the Sipster's P...2022-12-0743 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 7 - MemoriesText 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 at sipsters.ca. ...2022-11-3017 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 6 - Mireille SauvéText 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 showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support Sipsters by subs...2022-11-2348 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 5 - Jenna WhiteText 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. Find us online at sipsters.ca. ...2022-11-1630 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 4 - Inspirational Wine BooksText 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 showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support Sipsters by subscribing! Contact me at sipsterswinepodcast@gmail...2022-11-0919 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 3 - Doug Bell from Northern Lights WineryText 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 showPurchase copies of “The Sipsters Pocket Guides” here! Support Sipsters by subscribing! Contact me at sipsterswinepodcast@gmail.com!2022-11-0237 minThe Sipster's Wine PodcastEpisode 2 - Katrice SutherlandText 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 sipsters.ca. Support the sho...2022-10-261h 11The Sipster's Wine PodcastIntroduction - The Sipsters Wine PodcastText 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. Support the showP...2022-10-1709 min
PERMANENT DEACON TALKINGSEVENTEENTH SUNDAY - Our AbbaSeventeenth Sunday 24th July 2022 1st Reading Genesis 18: 20-32 Gospel LUKE 11:1-132nd Reading Coll 2:12-14Hymn -Our Father from MASS OF THE RISEN LORD. © Mike Anderson Produced by Pete Haslam, it features the vocal talents of Jennifer Whittall, Dave Glynn-Whitehead and Heather RowsonMOTRL.jpgJohn Main Twelve Talks for Meditators - 04 Saying the Mantra I© The World Community for Christian Meditation 2012“These talks are intended to help you prepare for the silence of medit...2022-07-2226 min