Podcast

Michael and André at the end of a marathon recording session decided to crack open some older bottles of Ontario Gamay. Did these age well?

We were fortunate enough to snag Richard Painter while he was in town. We got to learn all about New Zealand… and it’s not just a Sauvignon Blanc podcast.

Michael and André sit down with Brian Schmidt of Vineland Estates. Where we discuss his origin in the industry – and we discuss the origin of the swear jar.

Michael swears a lot in this podcast – we will be making a fifteen dollar donation to Brian Schmidt of Vineland estates efforts for Haiti due to this podcast. We tackle a few recent news stories around Ontario including Pelee Island, Norman Hardie, and Hundred Dollar Rosé.

André and Michael spend the evening diving into one of the greatest wine regions on the planet – Chablis!

In this episode André and Michael do a brief overview of Vinho Verde. Given that the summer has really kicked in – these wines are very weather appropriate.

We sit down with Andrzej Lipinski of Big Head wines – but you will be shocked when you hear how many other wineries have had him at the helm when it comes to making their tasty wines.

Michael and André catch up with Magdalena Kaiser to find out what’s going on at I4C for 2019! It’s the 9th edition of the fantastic festival – and we know André is excited.

André sits down with Marcelo Papa of Concha Y Toro to talk about Marques de Casa Concha

Michael was a judge at the All Canadian Wine Championships – We sit down with Michael and some of the judges – André was a judge at the Ontario Wine Awards – we discuss some of the results.

Le Clos Jordanne is making a comeback – we speak with Thomas Bachelder about his new old project.

Michael was busy globetrotting – so André took the opportunity to sit down with Roberto Pighin of his eponymous winery to talk about what’s going on there.