I had an excellent talk with Andres Izquierdo from Viña Undurraga in Chile at VanWineFest 2023. He talked about the history of Viña Undurraga, which was established in 1885. We then moved on to a discussion of the cool-climate region…
What do you know about the wines from Uruguay? One winery that has consistently been attending the Vancouver International Wine Festival is Bodega Garzón. I have enjoyed speaking with Mele Sosa from Bodega Garzón about their wines and tasting them…
One of the things I enjoy doing is talking with winery principals at events like the Vancouver International Wine Festival. This year I spoke with several winery principals from Chile, Argentina, and one from Uruguay. Here is the first interview…
Three years ago, in March 2020, I interviewed Dr. Laura Catena from the Bodega Catena Zapata Winery in Argentina at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. The next week, there was the COVID lockdown that went around the world. Luckily now…
Archipelago Beverage Company specializes in making sparkling wines. I was lucky to meet one of the owners and winemakers, Chris Lawler, as he told me about a new vineyard that they have where they are making sparkling Chardonnay wine. Listen…
One of the wineries I looked for when I attended Taste Washington 2023 is Camaraderie Cellars as they make top-quality wines. I’ve been to the winery in the past and did a blending session using barrel samples with winemaker Don…
Pet-nat wines were quite plentiful at the Grand Tasting during Taste Washington this year. I really enjoyed the pet-nat wine from Walla Walla’s Foundry Vineyards, who created this new winery, Pét Project Wines, to solely produce organic, low-intervention, pet-nat wines. …
I had a wonderful time speaking with Valérie Beyer about their Alsatian wines recently. I interviewed Valérie two years ago together with her husband, Christian, about their wines. I was curious to taste the 2020 vintage wines and compare them…
The Hauller family has been making wine since 1776 in Alsace. They use their ancestral know-how to consider new issues and offer modern and innovative solutions, to respond to their client’s demands all over the world. The two brothers, Ludovic…
François Schmitt took over the family winery in Alsace, Domaine François Schmitt, joined by his son, Frédéric, in 1998, and his wife, Myriam in 2010. I spoke with Frédéric and Myriam about their wines. Frédéric views their wines as gastronomic,…