Podcast

It’s always fun when Michael raids his wine cellar. Now that his lovely wife doesn’t enjoy Riesling – André gets to reap the spoils. We taste through an interesting lineup of old Riesling.

André sat down with Umberto Cosmo of Bellenda Prosecco. Michael was absent.

You may remember Penelope Irving, of Family Wine Merchants from our Fried Chicken and Icewine episode. But we also opened some bottles that Michael wrapped in tinfoil to see what they were – how did we do?

Michael has a bee in his bonnet about the stemware at a recent wine event. André thinks he’s being a big baby.

André and Michael sit down with Winemaker Isabel Mitarakis of Don Melchor at the Foxley on Ossington.

André and Michael muse about twenty dollar bottles of wine.

This podcast is a little gratuitous – but Michael let André brag a bit about his trip to Europe.

After disappearing for a month – Michael and André have a lot of nonsense to get caught up on.

It’s been more than a month since we’ve heard from Andre but he’s back … sort of … Michael catches up with him while he is still in Chile to discuss what the heck he has been up to there.

Michael and Andre revisit the topic of changes to the VQA for one specific purpose – to taste a non-vintage, multi-vintage blend … but then they also go on a “tangerine” … and while you will hear Andre’s voice in this podcast it’s because we recorded this one late in...

One more time … Andre is still away so Michael fills the chair this week with the accomplished and very busy winemaker Kelly Mason, who plies her trade with 3 wineries and has her own vineyard … how she found the time to sit and chat we don’t know but...

The cat (Andre) is still away and Michael brings in yet another mouse to the studio to chat about Ontario wine: this week Michael gives second chair to the new winemaker of 16 Mile Cellar, Morgan Juniper, to find out her vision for the winery and why she came back...